Steve Largent

this being my last week to serve in Congress, I wanted to make just a brief statement to my friends and colleagues. Last week my youngest son Kramer completed an essay on Mark Twain. I was struck by how many facts about Mark Twain's life…

today our nation grieves for those lost in yesterday's horrendous attacks. Our prayers are with the victims and their families. We also must honor the heroic efforts of those who gave their lives while attempting to rescue victims trapped…

there is a Chinese proverb that says that the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, but the next best time to plant a tree is today. The same can be said for a national energy policy. The best time to have had a national energy policy…

Mr. Chairman I think tonight I have seen more California whines than since the last time I visited Napa Valley. We have heard today about the price gouging of the big energy companies from out of State. And we have an amendment, which I…

on behalf of the Pawnee Nation in Pawnee Oklahoma, I respectfully request increased construction phase funding for the Pawnee Replacement Health Center be included in the Indian Health Service (IHS) Budget. This funding was initially…

I want to say to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, they cannot come up to the podium and say that they think that the death tax is unfair, they think that the death tax is un-American, let us reform it. If it is un-American…

I rise in support of H.R. 2641 to make technical corrections to title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. This legislation is a clean reauthorization that extends the program of annual reimbursements for 5 more years to clean up uranium…

Mr. Speaker, there is a cancer in our culture today, and it literally is corroding our national character. The problem of illegal pornography is a cancer, eating away at America. Unless we begin to aggressively treat this cancer by…

This is a great day when we have an opportunity to vote on marriage penalty relief. Finally, 25 million couples in this country that have been penalized simply for the fact that they have been married will see some tax relief. This is a…

I am afraid that some people over at the FCC have been holding their cell phones too close to their brains, because this winter they have come up with a decision and decided that they know what is best for the American people, that they…

I also am concerned that the provision only mentions State law and does not mention Federal law, and I hope that the provision can be modified to make it clear that purchasers of these systems have to comply with relevant Federal law, such…

Mr. Speaker, this has been a great debate, as my friend, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel), has said. It is an important debate. This is a good time to have this debate. Many taxpayers are filing their tax returns as we speak. We…

Mr. Speaker, this has been helpful, because it seems that we all agree that Americans deserve a fair and simple Tax Code that takes only the amount of their money that is needed to run a limited and efficient government. We all seem to…

Smith and Wesson is but the latest victim of the administration's assault on democracy. The recent so-called voluntary agreement by the gun manufacturer follows a familiar script. First, the administration proposed mandatory trigger locks…

I stand this morning appalled at a cancer that is eating away at the American family. That cancer is illegal pornography. Federal law prohibits interstate transportation and distribution of this material. Through the Internet, the family…

Mr. Speaker, one of the real problems that I see we face in this body is that we are consumed with so much business from day-to-day that the institutional memory of the House of Representatives tends to be very short. And so, I hope to…

on this floor we debate and deal with many issues that are very complex. This is not one of them. I truly believe in my heart that my colleagues can be the most pro-choice Members of this body and vote for this legislation. In fact, I find…

this is a very short, very simple amendment. In fact it is only 30 words long. But it does, I admit, have far reaching ramifications about what the House decides today. Thirty words. It is not very complicated. In fact it is very, very…

As I listened to the debate, one thought kept crossing my mind, and that is how easy it is to be a philanthropist with other people's money. It is really easy to give away other people's money, $9.5 million. The impression some Members…

Americans value many things, but no value is stronger, deeper or greater than the love that a father and mother have for their children. Mr. Speaker, no one loves their children more than their parents. Yet we see and hear more every day…

I would tell the gentleman in all sincerity that I am prepared to do that and would do it willingly, that I participated in a number of the tax shelters that the Congresses in the past created that were a total disaster, and I would have…

let me first of all give my colleagues just a little brief history on how this came about and tell them that I am really saddened by the course of debate that we have had today. I will tell my colleagues and confess freely to the gentleman…

this is an historic moment. Understand, no one likes to be forced to do anything. My children do not like to be forced to make their bed and Congress certainly does not like to be forced to do anything. This bill simply does that, it…

Absolutely it was on the advice of counsel, to take advantage of the tax loopholes and shelters and everything else that have been created in Congresses past.