this Congress should delay any further tax cuts until we establish a budget that allows us to recognize current fiscal realities while we: ensure our security at home and abroad; meet our domestic priorities; and fulfill our Social…

during my tenure in Congress, I have worked hard for the Federal Government to be a better partner to promote the liveability of our communities by walking the walk, by acting the way that we are asking the rest of America to behave. Yet…

Mr. Speaker, we have heard on the floor this evening why the supplemental appropriations bill before us is not fiscally responsible. We have heard how we are not having an honest vote or even vigorous debate on key issues like raising the…

I deeply appreciate the strong words of comfort and support and wisdom from my three colleagues. I know this will make a huge difference, not just to people in Afghanistan, but from what we have been hearing, of an outpouring of concern by…

Part of the reason we are in Afghanistan today is because the world turned its back on Afghanistan after the collapse of the former Soviet Union. The Taliban and other thugs and warlords and misfits filled the power vacuum left after the…

there's no small amount of irony that just one week after Congress reinstated welfare for some of the largest agricultural interests in this country in the farm bill, the Bush Administration and Republican leadership in the House are…

I am from a State that made great progress 5 years before we enacted welfare reform, and it is doubly sad for me to see us poised to turn our back on the principles that helped make my State successful. The House has proposed new mandates…

I note some degree of irony here. Just a few days ago on the floor of this Chamber, the House approved a massive repudiation of one of the Contract with America, the Gingrich Revolution, in terms of the Freedom to Farm Act. It was a…

I am eager for this Chamber to deal with the subject at hand with the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act. We are leading an effort as a country in a global struggle against terrorism, and this legislation can be critical for that effort. We…

I support the pro-choice Amendment offered by Representative Sanchez to the Defense Authorization bill. This amendment restores the right of female service members and dependents who are stationed overseas to use their personal funds to…

There is, Mr. Speaker, a national debate raging about defense policy in this country. It is healthy, it is appropriate, and we all have strong feelings about it, their concern about the nature, extent and direction of national defense, but…

there is no function of our national government more fundamental than defense of the Nation. Today, our national defense is more important than ever, and with this authorization bill, we are spending more on national defense than ever. In…

this debate has become far more political than technical. The bottom line is that the Federal Government made yet another commitment it cannot keep. Following decades of rosy predictions and assurances to the public, we explicitly promised…

I do identify with the comments of my colleague from Michigan, a family farmer who is focusing on the priority needs of agriculture in this country. I look at this bill before us, and I argue against the bill; I argue against the rule. It…

We did. It passed on the floor to put felony provisions for people who would transport these fighting birds, and also to export fighting dogs. What happened in the agriculture conference committee is that the penalty provisions that would…

Over time the majority of the loans have gone to small business, but at issue for me is not small business, large business, it is whether or not we are going to be able to help American companies penetrate difficult markets around the…

I would like to elaborate on what the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter) just mentioned. We talked earlier about the need for this legislation to prohibit the stark choice between moving activities overseas and being able to continue…

As someone who comes from an agriculture State and somebody who is concerned about the relationship of prime agricultural land to our cities, this interface, the urban-rural interface, is critical to be able to maintain some of the most…

it is no secret that for decades, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has been beleaguered with complaints of mismanagement, ineffective border control and a growing backlog of immigrant applications and petitions. The events…

as we deal with global issues that at times threaten to overwhelm us, there are issues here at home that we can get our arms around that deal with the quality of life, one being the consequence of unplanned growth and development right…

one of the most disturbing trends for governance in America is the tendency to have short-term political expediency regarding budget, tax, and fiscal affairs trump responsible long-term policy. State and federal statutes and initiatives…

Mr. Speaker, it is hard to imagine anyplace outside of the Beltway where having a subsidy of $275,000 limit is starving people to death. Yes, it is possible that people in this current system are involved with slowly spiraling down into…

I represent as many Enron survivors as probably almost anybody in the House, and I have heard people ask, Could we find some workers that would be willing to serve on the board? I will tell my colleagues, they are lining up in Portland…

the success of the 2002 Olympic games in Sale Lake City reflects well the hard work and extraordinary efforts of its host city and of the thousands of athletes who participated in the games. In particular, I would like to congratulate the…

last year, when the Republican leadership brought their budget resolution to the floor I commented that they were ``leading us down a fiscally dangerous path.'' Now that we are debating the fiscal year 2003 budget resolution, it is clear…