On March 10, 1999, the House Appropriations subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on the topic of aviation safety. At that hearing, Jane Garvey, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) testified, as did Ken Mead…

6 months ago today President Clinton signed the International Religious Freedom Act into law. The law mandates that within 120 days of enactment individuals shall be named to the Commission on International Religious Freedom created by the…

I rise to express concern over the conditions in the Balkans. I am particularly concerned with the continued deterioration in the lives of ethnic Albanian refugees ripped from their homes in Kosovo at the direction of Serbia President…

an exodus from Kosovo of biblical proportions is taking place. Thousands upon thousands of refugees stream across the border 24 hours a day. There was a newspaper headline in Europe that said ``Europe's turn in the killing fields.'' That…

I was in Kosovo 2 weeks ago. It was my second trip there since 1995. I rise in support of the resolution. I will stipulate the administration has not done a good job on educating and conferring with the Congress, nor has it done a good job…

Mr. Speaker, I am concerned that the administration may be all talk and no action when it comes to promoting international religious freedom. A brief lesson is in order. In the closing days of the 105th Congress, the Senate passed the…

for months I have been troubled by the matter of the President. I wish more than anything that we were not here at this moment in our Nation's history poised to vote on the articles of impeachment as reported by the House Judiciary…

in my prepared statement, I mention all of the people, many who are on the floor who have really done an outstanding job, and many names are there. I do want to cover some, and I hope if I run out of time, the gentleman may even yield me a…

I am concerned that it was taken out of order in a way that I think was fundamentally unfair, because we checked with the House. The gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) and the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Shadegg) and I are concerned…

I visited Nagorno Karabagh in August of 1994. It was one of the grimmest places that I had ever, ever been. The Russian ground missiles have been thrown in there daily for year after year after year. Many people were living down in the…

While Congress was in recess over the last few weeks, the news was filled with reports on the bombing of the U.S. embassies in East Africa and subsequent retaliation strikes in Sudan and Afghanistan. Experts in the field of…

On January 31, 1993, armed guerillas entered in Kuna village of Pucaro in Southern Panama and stormed the homes of Mark Rich, David Mankins, and Rick Teneoff. The men were missionaries for new Tribes Mission who lived in the village with…

I rise in strong support. I was one of the Republican Members that signed the discharge petition to get this process moving, and one of the reasons I did it is because soft money is beginning to and may have already corrupted the political…

I would favor closing it. The concern I have with Shays-Meehan is it prohibits people from expressing themselves, and I am concerned it is an incumbent protection bill. I think anybody in the country ought to have the right to criticize us…

Why would the Democratic Party, why would the Republican Party want to take money from the gambling industry that brings about corruption and addiction? I also saw a study that came out the other day from Vermont where it says, the medical…

You are so convincing, I just agree with you that this is a worthwhile program, and I will consider ways in which to continue to fund Operation Respond.

I completely agree. We want to crack down on poaching of Forrest Gump in the gulf and people are doing that.

If we do have any other allocations which I hope we will at the end for defense, we plan on asking for some of that so we can beef up the Coast Guard in many of these areas, including additional funding in the area of drug interdiction.

the committee appreciates the importance of the Eisenhower Parkway extension to the gentleman's district in the State of Georgia and recognizes the commitment Congress has made in the past with funding for the project.

the administration's roles and missions Presidential Advisory Council would have come at a great cost to the Coast Guard's operating budget. Despite the announcement of this commission several months ago, the administration has not…

Mr. Speaker, the entire country was shocked and saddened to learn of the terrible tragedy that happened on Friday afternoon, when U.S. Capitol Police Special Agent John Gibson and Capitol Police Officer Jacob J. Chestnut were killed in the…

I just read today in The New York Times on the front page an article entitled, ``Those Seductive Snake Eyes: Tales of Growing Up Gambling.'' The bad news is that gambling in this country is growing. The worst news is that the gambling…

I have a letter from Wei Jingsheng, who spent 17 years in prison, who was earlier with us today. He said, ``I strongly believe that the freedom of religious belief is one important component of man's fundamental human rights.'' And he goes…

Under this act, there is no blanket prohibition on exports but only exports to the responsible entities engaged in persecution. Furthermore, I would point out to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Ewing) that if a farmer or exporter exports…

That is correct. There is no requirement that the exporter know or be responsible for the ultimate end user of his product, but only that the exporter does not export to those found by the director to be responsible entities engaged in…