Jon Fox: “People will say to us, well, this sounds good, but what happens in times of emergency, and what happens in a time of…”

H.R. 3046, the Police, Fire and Emergency Officers Educational Assistance Act, expands that bill of the Former Federal Legislation Officers Assistance to one that will take care of State officials as well. As my colleagues know, the Degan…

The one I wanted to start off there was to talk about eliminating the marriage penalty. Right now, two people are discouraged from getting married because they actually will pay more in taxes if they do get married.

Mr. Speaker, children are at the heart of the need for this legislation. No child should go to bed hungry, miss a medical appointment, not have adequate housing or be deprived of quality education. We have no more precious resource than…

The fact is we have hotlines in this country for almost every imaginable purpose, but what could be more important than have a hotline to protect our children? And the fact is if we can have more than one method to make sure we protect our…