today Republicans in Congress will introduce H.R. 2, Dollars to the Classroom, a bill that is aimed at improving the quality of our public schools. This bill, we admit, is a threat to those who believe fervently that Washington knows best…

last year in the President's proposed budget, he proposed saving all surpluses in the future for social security. Then he went on in his proposal and had enough new spending to eliminate all surpluses. The President cannot have it both…

Frank, America would be stronger and better if it had more congressmen like Frank Riggs. And I mean that sincerely. Those who talked about his toughness, coming back after a tough loss, coming from a district that he probably should never…

is the President's school construction program a good idea or is it a gift to his urban fund- raising friends? There are 15,600 school districts in America. Half the money is designated for 100 urban poor. There are urban poor, but there…

I rise this evening to join the chorus of those who want to discuss education. It is interesting, we have had a lot of discussion from the White House, we have had a lot of criticism from Democrats about the process that we are going…

the United Nations, led by the United States, is getting pushed around by a rogue nation with an unfeeling dictator, Saddam Hussein. There is no other way to say it, Mr. Speaker, the United States is sitting idly by while this tyrant…

I want my colleagues to ask themselves a question. That question is, how long will it be before rogue nations are able to reach American soil with ballistic missiles? In 1995, some said 15 years. President Clinton used this information to…

I rise to share my admiration for a Member of Congress who I think is unique. If I had a list of top 10 effective Members of Congress to affect this country, Jerry, you would be in it and near the top. Jerry, I admire your tenacity, your…

from day 1, this administration has conducted affairs of state more like King George than George Washington. Its ethic has been summed up in the book title by Clinton hit-man James Carvel: ``We're Right and You're Wrong.'' Now, in the…

I have known Joe 14 years. I have known of him a lot longer than that. But 14 years ago, when I was running for the Pennsylvania Senate, we met in Potter County where he was so capably serving that county, and then we have been friends…

I quickly would like to share my admiration for the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Fawell). I have known him less than 2 years, and he is somebody in Congress that I admire greatly. His district in Congress and the small business community…

it seems each holiday season a hot new toy or doll takes the Nation by storm. Parents and kids line up and pay hefty prices for the item of the season. If it is not beany babies, it is a doll called Tickle Me Elmo. If the Vice President…

I heard the gentleman's question. It is my understanding that, if the INS records and the Social Security records did not prove one to be a citizen, then the body requiring that information could, if they choose, remove one from the rolls…

I want to respond to two issues first. Someone talked about safeguards. It says right in the bill, to have reasonable safeguards against the pilot program resulting in unlawful discriminatory practices based on national origin or…

Well, I think, one, if one has some record as a person to prove that one is a citizen, and one should have if one is, then one would provide that; and that serves the bill. Or the Attorney General could come forth with other means that he…

it says we may be nearing the end of a global solar warming cycle, and that there is a strong possibility that the Earth will start cooling off in the early part of the 21st Century. Still none of the global warming computer models, the…

Mr. Chairman, it has been interesting tonight as we have heard the discussion here about a number of issues dealing with EPA, an agency that I find sometimes more troubling than the IRS. They have one of the most important jobs in this…

I think there is public land owned in America, yes, that should go back. It would be better served in local communities' ownership, local, State government, yes. I think the Federal Government should not own 40 percent of America. I think…

this would not affect the Allegheny National Forest. The PILT payments do not affect the Allegheny National Forest. They affect some other land in my district. To the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula), who I consider a good friend and an…

it is certainly a pleasure this evening to join the gentleman from New York in support of the Fossella amendment. I have found it amazing to hear the discussion on this amendment, an amendment that says you must be a citizen of the United…

it is time for a reality check. Our friends on the opposite side of the aisle claim they are not the party of tobacco. The reality is that through the eighties and mid-nineties, the Democrats accepted 10 percent more money from the tobacco…

It should not be that narrow. Because sales can be made on the telephone at home just as easily as they can be made in the office.

I rise to support H.R. 2888. It is obvious to me that those that oppose this bill do not understand the dynamics of sales in this country. I would ask everybody here tonight, would you like to go back to the rotary telephone, get rid of…

a petition has been signed and released by over 17,000 scientists urging the Congress and other lawmakers around the world to reject the Kyoto Protocols on global climate change. The 17,000 signers include over 2,000 physicists…

for one minute let us say out loud what Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are saying privately about what they are reluctant to say in public: The emperor has no clothes. It is obvious that the people who came to Washington…