It is important, for the purpose of the Congressional Record and for the purpose of reenlightening the Members of the House as to the purpose of the mammoth effort that we expended over the last 3 years and more to bring about needed…

The purpose is to say to someone who would move into Texas, if you move into Texas, purchase a property and within 2 years file bankruptcy, you would still preserve a $100,000 exemption but you would not have a total exemption.

it has to do with the search for better government within the Congress of the United States, in the realm of the State Department and in the realm of bankruptcy reform, and for the good of our people who demand action on the State…

It is my intent to press for the States' rights on homestead exemption to remain.

If I become chairman of the conference, I will have some power to determine the parameters of how it would be run. I am the lowly chairman of the subcommittee which happened to author this wonderful and needed bankruptcy reform measure. To…

I noticed that at the exact moment when the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Schaffer) was talking about the fact that the Federal dollars that are being spent could be better spent at the local level, in walked the gentleman from Pennsylvania…

Mr. Speaker, I think the RECORD should reflect the fact that every single issue that the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson-Lee) articulated here in her remarks has been debated, redebated, discussed, rediscussed, overdiscussed…

the gentleman from Alaska has outlined the necessity for energizing an energy policy. That is important for the future of our country. The lack of the current administration's intentions towards formulating an energy policy gives us this…

The national goal under the energy policy which is embodied in the bill that we propose calls for our being energy independent in 10 years. What do we have to do? Increase by any means possible the correct and environmentally safe drilling…

Our bill, called the NRG bill, NRG, national resource governance, NRG, energy, calls for the establishment of a commission, a blue ribbon commission, which will put together all these various facets that we are talking about and balance…

I ask our colleagues to cosponsor the NRG bill for self-sufficient energy in the United States.

the Judiciary Committee has reported H.R. 534, a bill that allows parties who have signed motor vehicle franchise contracts containing arbitration clauses to accept or reject arbitration as a means of settling their contractual disputes…

we have here a little poster that tells the story and tells you the intricate number of steps and areas in which we are involved on behalf of the American people. That is the important thing. Are you not interested as an American in the…

we rise here today to state and restate a goal that we had set several years ago to attempt to and to succeed in doubling the funding for NIH, the National Institutes of Health, over a 5-year period. This was 3 years ago. We began that by…

we thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Bentsen) for his very valuable contribution. There is something I always wanted to put in the Record to how we got started on this tremendous effort on behalf of the National Institutes of Health, and…

I just want to repeat some of the promises that lie ahead with the continued development of our research capability: new ways to relieve pain, that goes without saying; medications for the treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction…

I join with the gentlewoman in the celebration of the moment of the 10 years of good times spent in developing the Americans With Disabilities Act. I was on the committee, as I still am, on the Committee on the Judiciary, when we had the…

I note that the gentleman from Pennsylvania, my colleague, is ready to give testimony to the special contribution that the individuals from his area made in this conflict... They are our citizen soldiers, our neighbors. We are all proud of…

we had mentioned the fact that the concerns of the Indian tribes in the area were a highlight of the agreement that was finally reached. As a matter of fact, we approved an amendment in full committee, which is now part of the bill, which…

As everyone knows by now, the Constitution requires that when any one State or more than one State wishes to enter into an agreement with one or another State, that agreement is subject to the consent of the Congress. That is why our…

H.R. 4700 grants the consent of Congress to the Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District to facilitate cultural development in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. The Compact being considered is uniquely designed to…

I want to, by way of wrap-up, to pay tribute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Lazio) for the expedited procedure... we are now well poised to proceed with enactment of this bill.

In 1992, the Bush Administration successfully negotiated with Syria to secure the release of persecuted Syrian Jews. To accommodate the Syrian Government, the U.S. was forced to admit the refugees on temporary visas and grant them asylum…

Mr. Speaker, everyone recognizes that over the 10 previous years prior to this exact moment, there has been an explosion of use of wireless communications, mobile communications devices. These are seen in every hallway in Congress, in…

Mr. Chairman, many Members will remember that last year, those of us who are interested in this particular issue and I, notwithstanding some tremendous reservation that I had, supported and voted for and spoke on behalf of the amendment to…