I oppose the amendment. Also, the American Consulting Engineers Council, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, the Associated General Contractors of America, the American Institute of Architects, The National Society…

Yes, it is my intention to see that the conference report reflects the priorities and funding levels of the House, and also I might say that if the Senate tries to put any highway demos in, we will make sure that they are not in, and I…

But if we do not know the profitability, we do not know whether or not it could default. Therefore, if it defaults, as it happened one other time, everybody is obligated. Mr. Chairman, I strongly oppose the amendment.

Reclaiming my time, there has been a default. There has been one. Second, we know absolutely nothing at all about the railroad, absolutely, positively, categorically nothing.

the gentlewoman raises a very good point. As I said earlier when the gentleman from Delaware [Mr. Castle] asked me the question, unless there is a dedicated revenue source for Amtrak in the next several years, Amtrak will not make it. So…

I just want the body to know, though, that this is the IG that broke the story that was in Business Week 3 weeks ago showing that many of the major airlines unknowingly are using bogus parts that are potentially very dangerous. What if she…

I can concede the point of order. The provision is legislation on an appropriations bill. However, I would like to explain that the committee feels strongly that the Coast Guard should be more active in using this grant program to…

Mr. Chairman, there is currently a provision in the bill which could allow the United States Coast Guard to sell property in Wildwood, NJ, currently used for the Electronic Engineering Center. This would be devastating for Wildwood…

Amtrak will not make it unless there is a dedicated revenue source... without a dedicated revenue source, Amtrak will not be able to rely on the appropriation process and it is going to fail.

I think Congress ought to know that the number of high school kids that are using drugs is probably much higher than we actually think. We had a drug conference in my district this past weekend with General McCafferey and a number of other…

Bill was a committed Christian. Bill loved Jesus as much as he loved anything else. So I just want people to know, and I can speak personally from having listened to Bill for the last several years, he loved Christ. He knew that when he…

This is, whether we like it or not, a fundamental moral issue, perhaps the overriding one internationally that this Congress will have to address. As the gentleman said with regard to human rights, as we vote on this issue, we should think…

We know that for a fact, and we have pictures of it, taking place as late as February of this year. Last, before I get to the last one I would mention, we also know that they were so barbaric that they were trying to sell AK-47's and…

Can the gentleman imagine the feeling that would roll through China if they found out that the United States House of Representatives, the people's body, voted to deny them MFN? Can you imagine how the dissidents would feel? Can you…

I just wanted to bring to the attention of the body there is a man named Robert Hussein who was converted to Christianity in Kuwait. As a result of his conversion to Christianity on May 29, a court in Kuwait has found him guilty, and the…

That would be wonderful because I am very concerned about the man's life. He has been threatened and sentenced to actually death, so I think it would be good if the gentleman and Mr. Callahan would do that.

Mr. Chairman, on May 29, 1996, a judge in the Kuwaiti family court declared Robert Hussein to be an apostate. The judge, Amar Al-Sabiti, also gave a written ruling stating that Mr. Hussein's wife should be divorced from him and his…

I have a picture here showing Chinese security forces lining men up and putting pistols in the back of their heads and shooting them, and then they take their kidneys and their cornea for transplantations and sell them to people in the…

I hope all the Members listened to what the gentlewoman from California said on the trade issue. We are losing big time. I thank the gentlewoman from California for her statement and letting the Members take a focus on that. As the…

I rise to speak on the matter of human rights. Perhaps the most basic of these rights is just to be able to exist or to live. And I am compelled to speak on America's role in protecting and promoting these basic rights. Like it or not, we…

Money and power. That is the influence too often on Capitol Hill when it comes to the legislative process. Money and power. The American people more and more every day hold this institution in disrepute because of the influence they see…

a highway demonstration project is the State, and we have found out many times the State does not want the money, but the Congress gives them the money for whatever reasons, and you can fill in the blank what those reasons are. After the…

Mr. Chairman, I support this amendment. I do not think it is going to pass. I hope it passes. But what we ought to be doing, and maybe this would be the prelude to next year, is we ought to just take a percentage of the 18.5 cent gasoline…

The difference is, I would tell the gentleman, the Woodrow Wilson Bridge is the only bridge owned by the Federal Government.

reclaiming my time, what happens is though the States say ``If I am going to get it, I will take it.'' Even my own State said we are against these projects, but if everyone else is doing it, can you do it. So I think it is better that it…