Jon Fox

We have cut out 3 committees and 25 subcommittees. We released one-third of our committee staff, saving over $100 million just in the cost of running Congress. As well, we have a gift ban we are now going to move towards passage, lobbying…

The fact is that this class of freshmen has been anti-tax, pro people and pro business. When I say pro business I mean pro jobs. I think if we keep that orientation, we will make some positive changes. When we speak of Medicare reform…

This is the first year since 1969 that we have actually had a balanced budget here in Congress, and we did it without having, as you say, even though we passed the balanced budget amendment and it has not been passed in the Senate, we did…

I do, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this amendment, as amended, in fact does add $50 million under technical and financial assistance to the State energy conservation programs which are so vital to each of our States, and it takes the $50…

The fact is that the bipartisan task force studying Medicare has come up with the fact that, in fact, we will be out of money in 7 years. Most of the Clinton appointees, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and others, have clearly…

One of the other items we are embracing, I think, is the idea of Corrections Day, whether it is the gentleman from Florida, yourself, the gentlewoman from Washington, the gentleman from Minnesota, we are trying to make sure we get through…

The gentleman from Florida [Mr. Foley] has been a leader on another reform, and I would like him to join our colloquy, if he would, on the idea of having a lockbox to make sure when we have savings achieved they actually go to deficit…

We do want to see the continuation, I believe, of what Congressman Gutknecht has been working on; that is, the regulatory reform. Many of the businesses and individuals in this country have been stifled in their individual effort to try to…

Do not you think these kinds of reforms that Congressman Gutknecht is talking about, and the ones you are talking about, are going to restore the confidence of the public in the institution so that more people will want to run? We will…

This week just suddenly a tragic death, Sister Judith Cleary of the St. Joseph Order in Philadelphia who suddenly died. She was someone who was 50 years old, did many accomplishments in her lifetime, many more than those who may live twice…

I rise just to say finally this amendment will, in fact, give everyone the chance to put the money into deficit reduction that all of our families want and all of our children want. That is certainly an amendment I would ask for a…

I think the case can be made and I hope the American people realize that we Republicans are dedicated to increasing the school lunch programs, approximately 4.5 percent per year from here to the year 2000 and beyond. We will be working…

We do in Pennsylvania as well, so we look forward to working with you on this issue and make sure we bring light to it. The fact is we want to protect the programs for children, and we will work together for that purpose.

The school lunch program under the Republican majority proposal will actually increase the current $4.5 billion budgeted to $4.7 billion for fiscal year 1996. The other side of the aisle would have you believe the school lunch program will…

Now, the Federal Government, Mr. Speaker, wastes 15 percent of the school nutrition money----

I hope the gentleman will get back to us through this forum of the special orders or within our Committee on Government Reform and Oversight because I know the gentleman from Pennsylvania has a full plate with many of the Contract With…

So it is your opinion then that the Banking Committee under Jim Leach and Government Reform and Oversight Committee under Congressman Clinger could in fact hold appropriate hearings to get the appropriate and honest and fair information…

Would the law impute, in other words, based on the transactions the gentleman spoke of and the fact it was in his firm, would they automatically assume that the Secretary would have known?

The fact of the matter is every Member of this Congress, Mr. Chairman, wants to make sure we have clean drinking water, and the fact is we have strong clean drinking water laws in the United States that all of us want to see protected. The…