you know, the President was right when he addressed us on Tuesday night: Congress cannot be for sale. We cannot have the appearance that Members of Congress are for sale. Imagine, if you would, if we keep going the direction we are…

for 24 years I was a journalist. I did stories on and about murderers, rapists, drug dealers, politicians that were in trouble, even police officers who had crossed the line. And I was threatened many times, told not to carry a story or…

Yet in 1 year Mexico did not make any attempt to go through a devaluation of the peso. I think the gentlewoman in past discussions has made some wonderful points about the timing of this devaluation.

We have lost the initial battle on NAFTA; we have lost the battle on GATT in a lame-duck session of Congress. The gentlewoman pointed out those Americans out there that have invested in United States savings bonds have no idea what the…

If this passes, there is enough blame to go along for both parties. I agree with the gentleman. We are being told there are three things ultimately that led Mexico to be in this position. No. 1 is the fact they have had the civil unrest in…

If we go down this path with this loan, with this line of credit to Mexico, we can never say no again. We are breaking new ground. We are saying that the taxpayers of the United States will stand behind this type of loss and this type of…

I think it is interesting now, and I made this point at a press conference earlier today, now that these reporters themselves are going to be asked to dig into their own pockets and take their tax dollars that are going to go to Mexico to…

as a cosponsor of this legislation, I rise in strong support of H.R. 2108, the Black Lung Benefits Restoration Act. Mr. Chairman, western Pennsylvania is coal country. Thousands of our neighbors there worked in the coal mines and now many…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Kanjorski-Ridge amendment to the EDA Reauthorization Act. First of all, I would like to thank my friend and colleague from the eastern half of the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, [Mr. Kanjorski]…

I thank the gentleman for yielding 30 seconds to me. There are a lot of things I would like to say. I want to bring out just one point that has not been brought out. This was delivered to me by Preston Covey, a Ph.D. and Associate…

it's a pleasure to participate in today's special order by the freshman class welfare reform task force. I want to compliment my fellow members of the task force who have worked hard to develop a list of welfare reform principles to serve…

I am pleased to support H.R. 6. It will help set the direction for States and school districts to reform education in this country by linking title I funding for disadvantaged students to the content and performance standards contained in…