Tom Wolf

I do agree. Texans stepped up and helped out in a tremendous way. I hope the Attorney General will work quickly to deliver a plan that meets the gentleman's concerns. Mr. DeLAY. I appreciate the chairman's attention on this matter.

Well, we will try to help you. We will send a letter, and in the letter that we will send maybe Mr. Mollohan will sign it with me. We will send you a copy of it. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. ____________________

Well, I would like to challenge the gentleman to really pull together. I will try to come to the meeting or get some staff people to come. Bring in the Mexican ambassador. Do something rather than just coming down and doing that. But do…

Well, we are going to do a letter. I would urge the gentleman to get a meeting to get the commission to come up to your office. We will have a staff person come by. Also get the State of Texas, also do not forget about Mexico, to get them…

I forgot my colleague is from Wisconsin. We are going to miss having Mr. Osborne here, but we look forward to working with him as Governor of Nebraska.

Reclaiming my time, the record just has to show, again, SBA guaranteed 88,912 loans in fiscal year 2005, an increase of 22 percent over the previous year. Mr. Speaker, let me stipulate that I know the gentlewoman is a strong supporter of…

We support the amendment. We support safety. I thank the gentlewoman for offering it. We accept the amendment.

We will definitely work with the gentleman in conference to ensure that this program is funded.

Yes, I would be happy to provide the Committee on Government Reform with information received from the administration regarding e-government initiatives. Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Chocola

There is no amendment. We were going to reserve a point of order on it. But I just want the Record to show, and I appreciate the gentleman's comments, that the bill provides $800 million for the Marshals Service, which is $41 million above…

He has my commitment to that. This is a very important issue, and we can work together.

This is subject to a point of order, and it is unfortunate that it is. I would pledge to the gentleman that we will do everything we can to deal with this problem. Several weeks ago several of us were down in El Salvador where they made…

Yes, I do agree with the gentleman that this funding for ongoing research and capital improvements to these laboratories is important. To date, no new funding has been requested by the administration, and plans for such a fence have not…

I would be happy to do so for the gentlewoman. I share her concerns about waste, fraud and abuse, and have also expressed my concerns to the SBA about this issue. In fact, the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Granger) had expressed the same…

Dear Chairman Sensenbrenner. In anticipation of the U.S. House of Representatives' consideration of an amendment that would prevent the Justice Department from obtaining records from public libraries and book stores under section 215 of…

Mr. Chairman, I again rise in opposition. But I think the Committee on the Judiciary, and we will also look at whether this court ought to be abolished, I think this Congress passes things and creates things. Maybe this ought to be…

I would rather have the FBI and the Secret Service and the Financial Center there. Also, when the gentleman says independent agencies, that is also the World Food Program. That is also the issue with regard to the SARS outbreak in China…

I personally, though, would make it apply to everything, because of the thought of the exploitation to women. But unfortunately, it just applies to that one very narrow section. I think it is appropriate on this bill, because we have…

I just want to say that my mom died of cancer, my father died of cancer, and I would have done anything to help them, and OxyContin can make a big difference. But there has been a lot of abuse. There have been a lot of doctors that have…

In the book of Jeremiah it talks about justice, and I think the people need justice, but it also talks about righteousness and we have to deal with those. And perhaps there is an opportunity for the Committee on the Judiciary or we would…

I was in a program called Man to Man with Charlie Harroway before I got elected to Congress. It was a prison reentry program helping men out of Lorton. And I completely agree with the gentleman. I have been a great fan of Chuck Colson in…

I want to assure the Members and the gentleman that the subcommittee is aware of these issues and will do everything we can to protect the rights of Federal employees. Ms. Dominguez has promised us, and I went back and I looked in the…

Absolutely, I can assure the gentleman we will not direct NOAA to make any changes in the structure of its science programs that the gentleman's committee would not approve.

The Census Bureau has informed the committee that the survey can be fielded successfully in 2005 without including people living in group quarters. I would also say to the gentlewoman that there is an amendment to this bill by the…

I think drug courts make a lot of sense. Our problem has been just allocations from legal services to NAP and others, but certainly we will work with the gentleman as we get to conference. My colleague has my commitment on that.