I rise to commend Chairman Porter, Ranking Member Obey, and the members of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations for their foresight in increasing appropriations in recognition…

I believe that India is the United States' largest trading partner, and that if we approve this amendment, it will have serious consequences for the massive investment that we have in India, totaling $5 billion last year, a tenfold…

let us make it real clear here. I understand how there may be two sides to the issue, but I want to be very clear. Whether my colleagues embrace the position of the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Saxton], my friend, that the program is…

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…

I rise tonight to salute a young lady from my district Teresa Staerk who was a very special person and for me a role model. She died suddenly and tragically at 41 this past Saturday. She had great courage and strength. Her honesty and…

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?

I rise tonight to address a few issues with my colleagues; first, the tax cuts that have been discussed earlier this evening by the gentleman from Georgia. I think it is good to point out that in the charts that he showed, it was…

I rise tonight to urge the adoption and final form of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1998. The challenge we have is to protect U.S. interests in an uncertain world, Mr. Speaker. The continued decline in defense…

My first amendment would call for the POW/MIA flag to be flown in all Departments of Veterans Affairs medical centers. This flag, as my colleagues know, serves as a reminder. We have yet to receive a full accounting of our all of our…

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.

I rise tonight to salute a hero of Montgomery County, PA, and a hero of law enforcement. John Volpe died this week. He was former police chief of Plymouth Township in Montgomery County. For 10 years he was chief; for 34 years he was with…

it was not long ago, December 1994, that the NATO summit, the United States expressed its interest in expanding NATO in order to strengthen nations that share the U.S. belief in democracy, continue the development of free market economies…

There can be peace in the Middle East in our lifetime, as long as all parties live up to their end of the bargain. However, the Palestinian authority, under the leadership of Yasser Arafat, who professes to be a partner for peace in the…

I rise to support the bill. Chairman Gilman has done an outstanding job in bringing both sides of the aisle together in a bill that is going to achieve, I believe, the kinds of reforms that Congress has set out to do, to make sure that we…

I must congratulate the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Sessions] and the gentleman from Montana [Mr. Hill] for their leadership on this issue, which is going to help small business and is going to help the economy, frankly. Ninety percent of…

I rise today to salute a very special gentleman from my district in Montgomery County, PA, Emil J. Ciavarelli, a funeral director of great renown, a civil leader, an outstanding businessman, a proud father and grandfather, a wonderful…

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?

the NEXTEA proposal and the recent budget agreement fall short of fulfilling the Nation's, Pennsylvania's, and Montgomery County's transportation needs. Much more needs to be done to protect our highways, bridges, and transit systems…

I rise tonight to address the House for purposes of thanking my colleagues today for approving House Resolution 93. House Resolution 93 expresses the sense of Congress with regard to the Consumer Price Index, and that the Bureau of Labor…

First of all, we appreciate the gentleman's leadership and creativity on educational initiatives, but we also agree that it is left to the States to determine when Federal money goes forward for transportation, for books or school lunch…

we are very proud that the gentleman is on the Committee on Ways and Means so that he can exert his considerable leadership on some important reforms, not least of which would be to reform the IRS. Of all of the districts, for that matter…