Bill Shuster

We have no speakers at this time, and I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, this indeed is historic environmental legislation, not only because it provides for water resource protection and development throughout these United States, but most particularly because this is the largest ecosystem…

I would say he has indeed shed some light on these issues, and while I have concerns with some of the legislative proposals that have been offered, I do, I believe, appreciate the underlying concerns; and I look forward to working with the…

I simply want to summarize by saying that while NTSB is a small agency, it is a highly respected agency for the quality of its accident investigations. It has also taken on the responsibility for assisting families of airline accident…

What this legislation does, the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 marks the first major amendments to the Stafford Disaster Relief Act since 1988. I would urge strong support for it.

Herb Bateman was more than an outstanding Congressman. He was an outstanding American and a fine gentleman. We contributed mightily to his District, his state and the nation. He served together on the Transportation and Infrastructure…

The original Committee on Ways and Means bill did have the 4.3 cent reduction in it.

This is a clean railroad retirement reform bill. There is no tax treatment in there.

This amendment can properly be called the ``Traficant Buy American Amendment,'' and we support it.

We support this amendment. It is a technical amendment. It makes a change to clarify the intent of the bill to ensure that appropriate public agencies in Monroe County are eligible to receive assistance. We support the gentleman's…

The gentleman certainly is correct. We want to acknowledge his strong interest in this particular issue. We appreciate his cooperation. We look forward to working with him and other colleagues on cooperative, consensus-based approaches to…

I regret that due to responsibilities in my congressional district that today I was unable to vote on H.R. 1376, ``Tax Benefits to American Military personnel in Yugoslavia.'' If I were able to vote on H.R. 1376 I would have voted in favor…

Mr. Chairman, I am quite pleased to bring this bill to the floor today to authorize expenditures of the Federal Maritime Commission. The Federal Maritime Commission has important work ahead to implement the important provisions of the…

Not only could he, we strongly encourage him to do so. I would not be surprised if Youngstown, Ohio might be one of the candidates.

I think the outpouring that we have seen here tonight for Joe McDade shows how much we respect him, we admire him, and we love him. Godspeed to you, Joe McDade and Sarah and your family.

For example, if 25 percent of a new terminal building is to be used by eligible carriers, all the costs associated with the gates and the boarding areas, and at least 25 percent of the building's total shell, including heating…

I am particularly pleased not only that it was passed in the Senate just some minutes ago, 88 to 5, but also that the President of the United States has stated this afternoon, and I quote, that he will be ``pleased'' to sign this…

I would emphasize that under the formula in this legislation Illinois gets $203 million a year more than it was getting under ISTEA, and there are very substantial additional State funds also available.

I have seen the problem firsthand there. As the gentleman from Washington has observed, I have first-hand knowledge of the special mobility problems in the Puget Sound region. The Fast Corridor Program was developed to address that…

This legislation requires that not one penny of this can be spent unless we bring back offsets agreed to in the conference with the House and the Senate. It was felt by our leadership that we might as well do this in conference once…

I simply wanted to make the point that there is nothing in the law that requires small businesses to change the signs. If I had a small business, I would use my signs and stationery that I had; and when it was appropriate and when it ran…

I want to reiterate the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's exclusive jurisdiction of the traditional activities in the facilities and equipment account. Because of our Committee's desire to expeditiously consider H.R. 1271, it…

I want to deal with this issue of how much it costs Amtrak to lay off workers and the argument that it hasn't really cost them anything. It begs the question. In fact, it is a red herring. The very fact that 6 years of labor protection and…

First of all, the authorized levels in this bill are below previous authorized levels; and, second, it is easy for someone from a large metropolitan area, indeed, the Nation's Capital, to not care about essential air service for rural…

We may disagree and have different opinions, but I am sure my good friend would not want to misstate the facts. When we hear that Federal Express is not an express company, that simply is factually incorrect. There is no reclassification…