I strongly support an end to terror and violence in the Middle East, so I voted for resolution supporting peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, and American engagement. At the same time, this resolution does not tell the whole…

The amount of money that is required according to the Defense Science Board to be able to do the 10 million acres which could free up an estimated 8 million is $200 million a year. The $5 million that I was talking about was a pilot study…

I will seek to work with the committee, but my ironclad commitment is to help make sure that there is a way that we focus on the floor so we are not back here with another study and a pilot project, no increase in funding and a problem…

what I am suggesting in this regard is to redirect a mere $5 million from the research account to be able to deal with the wide area assessment. This is one of the numerous studies. This was done by the Defense Science Board task force on…

I would call to their attention that according to the Defense Department's own data, the program to clean up unexploded ordnance on formerly used defense sites will take as much as 252 years. That means in the year 2255 that Congress…

I listened to my friends who are advancing this amendment, and there are a number of things that I agree with them on. I would be happy to have a debate on this floor about corporate inversion and about tax policy. I am troubled by some of…

there is no more fitting counterpoint to the Reagan legacy than what we are seeing here today. Ronald Reagan was President during one of Congress's most significant tax accomplishments--The Tax Reform Act of 1986. It truly was tax reform…

I find some small amount of irony with my friend on the other side of the aisle talking about secrets that somehow we do not want the American people to know. The American people can judge for themselves about the extent of this economic…

I can think of no better terminology to describe the bill before us today, because it has been ``drug out and messed up.''... There are legitimate policy differences. There is a great deal of emotion. There is a great deal of significant…

because, as fellow westerners, I did not want there to be a misunderstanding, what I said when I was on the floor earlier was that there had been four decades of having buffalo grazing in the Grand Teton Park with cattle without incident…

I hope in the spirit of bipartisan accommodation that has accompanied much of the work with the arts, with the parks infrastructure, and with CARA that we are able to give our affirmative vote to preserving the integrity of them in the…

Mr. Chairman, in times past I have come to the floor debating ways to deal with reducing the demand for water in the Klamath Basin while being able to fulfill our many obligations. The problems in the Klamath Basin are not going away this…

One would think that if our Republican colleagues were so concerned about renewable energy, they would not have bottled up the wind energy tax credit that has been allowed to expire, languishing, stopping projects in my district that the…

I find it somewhat ironic after the fumbling underreaction to mad cow disease that the United States Department of Agriculture is considering a Draconian emergency order for all Oregon nurseries in order to deal with an infection of sudden…

As we observe the news, we have commentators rushing to give an assessment of the legacy of Ronald Reagan. Conservative commentators will credit him with the fall of the former Soviet Union, new approaches to the economy, especially with…

Well, I could not agree more, with the spiraling deficit, more tax cuts for people who are already well off, the refusal of the President and the Republican leadership to fund the No Child Left Behind initiative, or ignoring the promises…

helping hard-pressed families is a valuable activity here on the floor of the House. We have an opportunity to do it today. Yet my Republican friends are advancing a fundamentally flawed proposal. For two families each with three children…

I too was struck by the words of the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston) because I think he has the rhetoric right, but I am concerned about the target for his concern. The Republican bill takes resources and extends them to families who…

I stand in support of the Kennedy- Snyder amendment. This is an area that is inherently controversial, but we have finally put a process in place that helps depoliticize it. The bill, in its current form, represents an unfortunate step…

I hope this bill signals the beginning of a different approach from Congress in dealing with Defense Authorization. I'm pleased that there is at least some money for Iraq, with some instructions on how it's to be spent rather than relying…

the objective of child tax credits should be to help families with children who are in need of assistance and to improve tax fairness. This legislation provides little to no help for a single mother making minimum wage, while increasing…

General John Logan, the national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, officially declared the first Memorial Day to be observed on May 30th, 1868. In a healing moment for our Nation, flowers were placed on the graves of both Union…

we have talked about the contribution that our friend Charlie Johnson has made to the rules of the House, and that he has provided the context to understand the rules. But I think the thing that I have come to appreciate is the human face…

today the Committee on International Relations had a hearing on the Iraq transition. Actually, it was not so much a hearing as a briefing. While interesting, the real need for the Committee on International Relations and other committees…

I am pleased that in 5 minutes, the House Committee on International Relations is going to have a hearing about the post-Iraq situation. Since there are only 48 days left until the transfer of power, it is about time. Sadly, it is about 2…