Steve Largent

I guess the question that I would ask in reverse to the gentleman is are you prepared to defend the current Tax Code in its current form or do you really want tax reform in a comprehensive nature?

It is that time of year. The trees are budding, flowers are blooming, and tax accountants and attorneys are sharpening their pencils. That is right. It is the tax preparation season. April 15 is just around the corner. Taxpayers everywhere…

I just want to remind all of my colleagues that what we are about to vote on... is just that. We are talking about making an appropriation for emergencies. Now, our President, who is not known for his fiscal restraint, has asked for $5…

The pro-choice movement has lost a lot of credibility during this debate, not just with the general public, but with our pro-choice friends in Congress. Even the White House is now questioning the accuracy of some of the information given…

in this age of high technology and medical wonders, there still are many things that are a mystery to the human mind and an awesome reminder of the work of the Creator. We see it when longtime rivals drop their weapons and come together as…

Absolutely. I would just submit, Mr. Speaker, that the relationship of the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Frank] with another man does not threaten my marriage whatsoever, my marriage of 21 years with the same woman.

I want to address the last speaker's comments and say that, first, we need to step back from trees and look at the forest and try to take a long view of our culture, and we can look at history and show that no culture that has ever…

I would just like to say, as I have said many times, that the family is the cornerstone, in fact the foundation of our society, and at the core of that foundation is the institution of marriage. Mr. Speaker, there have been many that have…

I want to talk about the three strikes of the issue at hand, minimum wage. Strike one, it is bad policy. There really is no serious debate that when you increase the cost of labor, you decrease the number of jobs. There really is no…

we have heard this morning about the cruel Republicans cutting education. Let us talk about our children for just a minute. Less than a month ago, the President of the United States stood at that podium and said the era of big government…

5 years have passed since American troops were sent to the Persian Gulf to fight a war that former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger now calls ``a classic example of the danger we face because we are so dependent on foreign oil.''…

I think that is plenty of time. If we debate it another 4 years, that will be about the average time that a convicted murderer sits on death row before his sentence is executed, if that occurs in that amount of time, 14 years. Mr…

I listened to the passionate but wrongheaded arguments for this Lowey amendment, and I rise in strong opposition to that argument. It is not a compelling argument. Folks, understand that the children that are being destroyed through the…

I want to comment both Chairman Bliley and Chairman Fields for the leadership they have shown, as well as the diligence and perseverance exhibited in shepherding this long overdue telecommunications bill through the legislative process…

I rise today to conform the water infrastructure authorizations in H.R. 961, the Clean Water Amendments of 1995, to the House budget resolution passed earlier yesterday morning. H.R. 961 currently authorizes roughly $3 billion annually for…

regretfully I would not be wiling to accept that friendly amendment, and let me just say a couple of things, reasons why. Currently the present funding for the State revolving fund is $1.2 billion. Under this amendment we increase that…

I would just say that I have not seen the amendment yet. I look forward to reading it here in just a second. But I would just say that in my mind what I see this doing is what the gentleman is saying, is that we are not asking for one…

I remind the gentleman that under the current State revolving funds the States already have the flexibility to address nonpoint source matters. So what we are doing is really redundant and provides less flexibility for States, potentially…

I have always been proud to call myself an Oklahoman, and Okie born and bred, but I do not think I have ever been prouder than since the time of the bombing, to see the outpouring of love and compassion not only for the families who lost…