That is exactly right. It was a bipartisan bill. I worked with Senator McCain who did an outstanding job working this bill and trying to get Members of the Republican Party to support this bill. What happened? The Republicans killed that…

I just left the Committee on Rules. Here we are on Wednesday of Reform Week and the Committee on Rules has stated that we are not going to do any reform this week. That is right, Reform Week. This is the week that we have been waiting for…

today we are debating a bill that purports to defend marriage. I have been thinking a lot about this legislation this week because tomorrow, I am getting married. My finance and I are going to vow to spend the rest of our lives…

when I came to the Congress 3 years ago, I brought a list of priorities: Balancing the budget, cleaning up the environment, and promoting economic development and small business opportunities. But after working on Capitol Hill for just a…

I rise to support the freeze amendment. That is what this does. It is a freeze amendment. Now, it is interesting to me, when we voted on the balanced budget amendment there were about 300 Members of the House of Representatives who came in…

for over a year now, we have been debating in this Chamber how to balance the budget. Democrats and Republicans have been trapped in a stalemate, arguing how to cut Government programs without harming the poor, the elderly, without…

it is foolish and irresponsible to propose increasing the deficit as part of a plan to balance the budget, but that is exactly what the Republicans want to do. Their much touted 6- year budget plan will order the Congress to borrow $17…

we want to balance the budget. There is a Democratic plan to balance the budget. The question is this: Are we going to ask for shared sacrifice? Who is going to pay the price to balance the budget? The budget actually increases the deficit…

As we close general debate on the fiscal 1997 national defense authorization bill, I wonder what sort of message we are sending to the citizens of this country. For months the American public has heard nothing but the dangers of the…

the calls for Whitewater Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr to address concerns over his outside legal practice continue to mount. This weekend, former independent counsels--both Democrats and Republicans--added their voice to the chorus of…

it is very, very obvious why we are here. These guys have taken millions and millions of dollars from special interest PAC's. Mr. Speaker, the whole country is watching this debate. The whole country is watching it. Seventy percent of the…

just for the record, for my friend the gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon] I have never taken any political action committee money. Maybe you should try it.

I rise in support of the Schumer amendment. I think it is clear that sugar subsidies are bad for most Americans. Think about it. When the Government indirectly raises sugar prices to help sugar farmers make a living, all other Americans…

Mr. Speaker, last night we heard two speeches about priorities and values. The Senate majority leader said, and I quote, ``The President claims to embrace the future while clinging to the policies of the past.'' This bill is clearly an…

last Sunday on ``Face the Nation,'' Speaker Gingrich backed down on his promise to pass campaign finance and lobby reform. His excuse--Congress is moving too quickly on the issue. Too quickly? Is he serious? Mr. Speaker, we have yet to…

I am honored to address the House of Representatives to commemorate the Armenian genocide. Only by remembering the tragic events of the Armenian genocide can we ensure respect for human rights and democratic principles throughout the…

the Republican tax plan is not about helping out struggling families. It is about pandering with promises that will destroy our economy if they are kept. Call me cynical, but I do not think Republicans want to give tax credits for children…

I ran for Congress because I felt that the Federal budget deficit was out of control and threatening future generations of Americans. We are paying $240 billion a year in interest on the national debt. If you look at projections of Federal…

Mr. Speaker before we start on a rampage of spending cuts, I thought we might like to consider the following multiple choice question: If you were trying to pay for over $1 billion in tax cuts for the wealthy, would you, A, cut funding…

the truth is that when that money was cut in committee, it did not take into account future enrollment figures. It did not take into account increases in food prices. They is why it is a cut. And how we can sit here and cut school lunches…

is this not something? They did it when they were in power, so we can do it. They did it, so we can do it. Let us get serious. Here we are creating a commission to spend money to figure out how we are going to spend more money. We pass a…

the Iranian hostage crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan helped produce a consensus for higher defense spending and a landslide victory for the GOP in 1980. But instead of concentrating on the ability to fight terrorism and…

the fact is, earlier this year two people were gunned down in cold blood and three were wounded at a family planning clinic in Brookline, MA. The suspected killer, John Salvi, is unrepentant, and he has been hailed as a hero by some…

we should not have to have this debate, because fighting crime is a bipartisan issue; it is not an issue that should be pitting Democrats against Republicans or having Republicans concerned because President Clinton got too much credit in…

last September the President signed the most comprehensive, toughest, smartest crime bill in the history of this institution. It is a crime bill that put better than $10 billion to build new prisons and combined community policing, 100,000…