Jon Fox

If they had come back and they had shown us that they had followed the restrictions, including the new one that my colleague, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Burton], will offer later, then we could consider increasing the funds in future…

Reclaiming my time, I wanted to make it clear on the Brooklyn case, which obviously is an egregious situation, they are not a Legal Services grantee. It is a problem we would like to address, but it is not LSC's problem. They did not cause…

The fact of the matter is where the Legal Service Corp. was aware of the violations it has gone after those grantees and withdrawn the funding. In the case of Brooklyn Legal Services, I understand they are not a Legal Service Corp grantee.

Further, Mr. Chairman, do we have the chairman's assurance that he will support and protect this provision in conference and do everything in his power to follow through from the Madrid conference and make sure that these same new…

We are not antifarmer or antiagriculture. We are prohealth care, we are prochildren. It is our goal to stop lung cancer in our lifetime. The Government that gives a Surgeon General warning on the dangers of smoking should not be…

I rise to support this. This is the better public-private partnership I am aware of. Meals on Wheels helps seniors in every State of the Union. We must restore half the cut from last year. Let us support the Sanders-LoBiondo amendment.

Not only will it help seniors with the estate tax assistance and also helps with the capital gains tax to grow jobs and the economy, but the education tax credits will help families send students to college. I know my own district, 108,000…

I think the fact is that this has widespread support among the public and also Congress. Was this not the agreement that the President has made with Congress to move forward with this family tax plan?

The American people not only send their tax dollars here. We want to make it sure they get more of it back so they can use it for their families. They also want a new IRS, one that is more taxpayer friendly, one that we would have under a…

Most of the tax reform we are talking about in Congress is for the middle class.

Not only will it make sure that jobs are saved but they will not have needless lawsuits with the Federal Government to justify what they have been doing, which is correct to begin with under the original IRS examination; am I correct?

I would ask Congressman Hoekstra, how do we get education to be more child centered?

I would point out that some of these two-wage-earner families actually have more than one job apiece.

Perhaps in our housing subcommittee, we can certainly address that. It seems to me that one of the items of legislation that I have introduced that I think would address this is sunset review of Federal agencies, to say if they are not…

The fact is the gentleman's vision, and the correct vision for America, is where he is headed by saying instead of having two parents both forced to be working, not only do they not have a chance to get the family together and time to be…

My fellow colleagues, I would be remiss if I did not also give special mention to the Honorable William Clinger, who has served this House with distinction, most recently as the chairman of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee…

I think it has been very clear from the discussion this afternoon that Legal Services Corporation deserves the increase that is in the Mollohan-Fox amendment. We have seen the appropriate restrictions on the use of funds by LSC to only…

I want to thank Chairman Stump for yielding time and for his leadership with this legislation. I am grateful for his assistance including provisions to authorize the exceptional veterans pro bono legal representation program within the…

I further understand that this legislation is forward thinking and consistent with all the goals of this Congress in helping women avoiding domestic violence problems to children and families and includes also additional funding for…

This represents a 15 percent increase in the programs in a bipartisan bill, including the Chrysler amendment for $2.4 million.

I thank the chairman for his outstanding leadership in moving forward the National Defense Authorization Act. This bill is very important because it supports troops and their families by ensuring quality medical care for military families…

Well, the line-item veto was passed into law. The unfunded mandates, that is in the law. Regulatory reform is going to wait for the conference committee of the House and Senate. And balanced budget went to the President already twice, so I…

In 1992 when the President ran, he said he wanted a middle class tax cut, to end welfare as we know it and a balanced budget amendment. We sent him all 3, he vetoed all 3.

That has been our problem up till now, but I think by having this special order that the gentleman from Georgia has reserved for tonight and by bringing together I think some of the sharpest minds we have in Congress like yourself and the…

I rise in tribute today to a great America, Ron Brown, who was an outstanding father to Tracy and Michael, a loving husband to Alma, a fine Cabinet secretary, a trusted adviser to President Clinton, a champion of business. He helped…