As I understand it, does the amendment not say, ``limitation on activities,'' and, as I understand it, it says: Members of the United States Armed Forces who perform defense services or provide military education and training outside the…

I should say, this is not the last step, this is but another step, and there are steps yet to come, because I believe that the release of this transcript will simply provide one body of information upon which other information now will…

any time a Member of Congress has the audacity to suggest spending cuts in this body, the special interests pounce upon that Member of Congress with a vengeance. The latest target of special interest lobbying is cutting spending A to Z…

I thank the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Emerson]. He helps make my point, because it is extremely important to recognize that if someone out in the country would have a complaint of regulatory problems, the Administrator under this…

one of the things that really does get in the way of economic development in this country is the myriad of regulations that have been written at the Federal, State, and local level which take the power out of the hands of entrepreneurs to…

earlier this month the three ranking members of the committees most concerned with health care reform wrote their counterparts, the chairmen of those committees, and asked that we in the spirit of bipartisanship handle the health care…

the bill before us is a very, very broad bill with regard to economic development going to the entire economy of the United States as described in the section of the bill delineating the coverage, and so in this case the coverage is very…

The point is that here we have this Tetracofico that includes these four items, including the giant money bag that we know from the original bill was a $12 billion item. It is not here, but guess what is coming, folks. Guess what is just…

the fact is the Department of Agriculture and NIH opted out of the licensing procedure at NTIS. The technologies available are still at NTIS. You can still find out what the technologies are that can be transferred to you through NTIS…

No. This is a one-stop shopping center. NTIS is a one-stop shopping center for exactly the information you are talking about. What we are doing is creating a brand new system. All I am saying is if somebody has been dealing with NTIS or…

it is rather clear that to some extent the fix is in here, and I am a little concerned about that because the bottom line is that we are going to do real damage if we allow this to go ahead in its present form. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman…

the problem is, there is some concern about the process here, because there was an attempt to assure that the minority, I think, was included, but when my objections arose on my behalf, and I think the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr…

the gentleman makes an important point. It is my understanding, for instance, that the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce sent a letter to the Committee on Rules specifically asking that the germaneness waiver not be granted…

Mr. Speaker, I just want to point out that one of the germaneness waivers in this rule has some major consequences to it, and I wish it had been more carefully considered. Mr. Speaker, when we have an open rule, it is extremely important…

I want to say, first of all, that no one is talking about condoning violence in any kind of demonstration at any time. We are not talking violence here. We are talking justice. The question here before us today is in part whether or not we…

I think that raises an interesting point, because what the gentleman is now suggesting is exactly what I said before, that we are engaging in wish-list politics out here, because he cites the $100 million and then suggests that in this one…

Tonight I want to talk about what I consider the most critical aspect of welfare reform and that is individual responsibility. Welfare reform must reconnect recipients to the world of work and reestablish the traditional American values of…

That was an interesting point that was just raised by the chairman of the subcommittee with regard to the numbers. He makes the point that their numbers are consistent with the President's original presentation. However, when the…

I must say, Ms. Norton, it looks like we have agreement that welfare has done harm, more harm than good, listening to the opponents to the proposition. Maybe we ought to get down into the details. I do not know where you all get your…

Today, Mr. Chairman, we are voting on legislation that emphasizes the proper role of Government. The National Science Foundation is one of the best examples of Government using taxpayers' money to provide the greatest rate of return on…

in the modern era you cannot have an effective economic policy without global security. The weaknesses showing up in our domestic economic arena are related to an ineffective foreign policy. This administration's foreign policy failures…

The reason why we are not having amendments debated on the House floor is because of the internal politics of the Democratic caucus. Mr. Speaker, the Democrats cannot allow certain amendments to come to the floor or they will lose people…

there is a growing concern that the President's economic program, and in particular the tax increases that were incumbent to that economic program, are beginning to undermine the long-term economy in this country. The question is what are…

What we did not hear is what this bill fails to do, and that is deal with the special interest power as it lobbies the administration. There is an awful lot of concern about that. Very recently, the Capital Research Center has done a…