I know that he in the Pennsylvania legislature and the Pennsylvania Senate was particularly a leader into his own right when it came to health care reform and to making sure medical devices and pharmaceuticals were covered in the…

our budget plan will help America do better. We have passed the first balanced budget in a generation. While the President vetoed our balanced budget, we have changed Washington forever. The debate is no longer about whether we need a…

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…

If the gentleman form Georgia will yield further, just to add to what the gentlewoman from California said, that is all the taxes that take it up to May 8. But adding up all the Federal, State and local regulations, you actually get into…

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…

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…

One of the things we are also doing for seniors is to make sure with Social Security--we are the ones leading the charge, the Republican majority--to make sure that $358 billion owed to the Social Security Trust fund, through our line-item…

The Republican Party has led the way in making sure that we roll back the 1993 unfair Social Security tax. The same party, the Republicans, also allow seniors to earn more than $11,280, actually up to $30,000 over the next 5 years. The…

When it comes to the situation discussing about Joe, obviously under the coconspiracy rule, all those in the conspiracy, regardless of whether or not they pull the trigger are involved and of course would be felony murder to all. Obviously…

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…

I think Congressman Gutknecht and Congressman Tauzin, as much as it is important to reform the tax structure, and, believe me, the American people want that, they also want to make sure we have a more business friendly Congress and…

I think the people driving it frankly are the people back home. They are saying they want a simpler, fairer, flatter tax. They also say they want the IRS to be changed. Some want to eliminate it, to be sure. But the Taxpayer Bill of Rights…

I want to thank Congressman Gutknecht and Congressman Tauzin for their leadership, not only in presenting the reforms that they have worked for, but in trying to forge a bipartisan agenda, one that is going to make this Congress continue…

the average drug now might take 12 years and $350 million to come to market. Some people cannot wait 12 years to get that miracle life-extending drug, and $350 million is a lot of money for a company to invest without ever getting approval.

I come to speak to my colleagues tonight here in the House to discuss some of the reforms that we have achieved thus far and where we need to go in the next few months to make sure we complete our agenda to create jobs, to have reforms and…

I would say this to the gentleman. One of the items he brought up about being commonsensical about the environmental laws, our chairman of the Committee on Science, the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Bob Walker, said we should have strong…

The work that has been done so far by the gentleman from Texas, Joe Barton, the gentleman from Wisconsin, Scott Klug, and, as well, the work of the gentleman from North Carolina, Richard Burr, they have been appointed along with the…

I think we will. Mr. Speaker, I think the gentleman's approach, which is one that is global, that is pro-environment, pro-people, and one that is going to bring about positive change with common sense, I think that is what the American…

One of the other areas we are working on for seniors...because we want to make sure our seniors and others are living longer and living better.

If I can ask you, Mr. Tauzin, beyond the discussion we had on flat tax, with or without deductions for mortgage, the Armey and Specter versions, as well as the Forbes version, and the consumption tax and national sales tax, what other…

They do not feel any qualms about telling us where to go and how to get there. That is good. That is how we learn. But let me say this about the Medicare situation. We are the individuals in the majority party that said, look, we think…

And it provides, if I recall correctly, that the taxpayer will have an advocate at the IRS who will intervene on their behalf. It waives the interest charges and penalties when the IRS is at fault. It extends time for taxpayers to pay…

I want to take this time to speak with my colleagues about the items in the Contract with America and other items that have received legislative approval in this House for which I think there can be bipartisan pride. Many items have come…

Mr. Speaker, the tax limitation balanced budget amendment will ensure that, like American families, the Government spends only within its means. The tax limitation balanced budget amendment will prevent the Congress from balancing…