In fact, what is our greatest concern, in the 4 years that I have served here under a Clinton administration, I think back to that outrageous moment when we were called down to the basement of this building for a briefing--and the…

I publicly supported, President Clinton when he said we were going to send our troops to take action because of the situation with the Kurds. But then, Mr. Speaker, we heard that the first strikes were not successful, that some of the…

President Bush went to the United Nations six or seven consecutive times and had the United Nations pass very specific resolutions, and then he came to this body and allowed us to have a vote... My point is that we are not being given that…

the real outrage of my feeling here tonight is best expressed by what this President and his party are doing to those workers who work in the defense and science technology base of this country. Here is a President talking about job…

I want to talk about that for a moment, Mr. Speaker and, through you, I want to talk to those rank and file union workers across the country who I think have been sold a bad bill of goods or, in fact, I would say have not even been sold…

It is an excellent bill because it deals with the quality-of-life issues, issues involving pay raise, cost of living, housing, child care, and all those things that are important for our military personnel around the world. It also deals…

the debate over the success of NAFTA continues. Two years after this legislation became law, we look back and see whether or not it has been successful, and there is still disagreement. Tomorrow I will introduce bipartisan legislation, Mr…

The facts and this is typically the case throughout this administration, just do not bear out the rhetoric. As the gentleman and my friend pointed out, the office of Drug Enforcement Administration reporting to the White House has in fact…

I will attempt to not take the entire hour, but I did want to rise this evening first of all to commend my colleagues for the excellent work they did in discussing the message of the Republican Party, and not just the Republican Party but…

on the issue of immigration, again, this administration wants to create the perception among the American people that Republicans do not care, that we are not sensitive, that we are not compassionate. And we have to rise up and we have to…

I ran for office and got involved in public life because of drug use in my hometown and my county. I come from a town that was one of our most distressed communities in Pennsylvania. I was born and raised, the youngest of nine children…

I had not intended on speaking on this particular issue today but sitting back in my office listening to some of my colleagues speak, I had to come over here and I had to say a few words. As a Republican who supports labor a good deal of…

I want to commend Chairman Porter for the outstanding job he did with this piece of legislation. Make no mistake about it, people on both sides of the aisle here have the same ultimate purpose. We want to help kids. We want to make sure…

as we move ahead into the post-cold-war world, we find ourselves increasingly challenged to better understand the People's Republic of China which remained for so long closed to us, and to foster new relationships that will enable us to…

I rise with great sadness to join in the sorrow of this institution at the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Bill Emerson. As our friend and leader from Missouri stated so aptly, Bill was one of our colleagues who was always there to…

I would make this point to the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Appropriations. Is he aware that the administration has yet to request one dollar of funding for the Nautilus program, that he has told the Israelis is the…

this story should be in Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Lawyers for the President of the United States, Bill Clinton, who has been sued by a former Arkansas State employee, have now asked to postpone the lawsuit claiming that the President…

there is a provision in our bill about a program called Joint Advanced Strike Technology, also known to industry as the joint strike fighter, that very few Members of this body have any knowledge of. Our committee recommendation in this…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the committee chairman and I thank the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Harman] for her leadership on this vital issue and program. The Nautilus program is critical, critical to our overall missile defense program and…

I rise and thank the distinguished chairman of our full committee and the ranking member, two fine gentlemen who have worked together with us to achieve this piece of legislation. While we may disagree in certain elements, we certainly…

Today we honor America's domestic defenders, the 1.5 million men and women across the country who serve every one of our communities in responding to every type of disaster known to mankind. This evening, 2,000 of their leaders are…

I am proud to call him not just a colleague, but someone that all of us can look up to in this country as a true role model for America. Congratulations, Jim. The people of Philadelphia are real proud to call you their own.

I rise this evening for a brief period of time to discuss an unfortunate incident involving the Clinton administration. As the chairman of the Research and Development Committee for the Committee on National Security, my responsibility is…

I rise this evening to speak, perhaps not for an hour but certainly for some time, on the issue of missile defense and partially in response to the administration's announcement of a little over a week ago in regard to their missile…

I join with them, as a Member of the Republican Party, in paying tribute to the late Barbara Jordan for all the fine work she did, not just on behalf of the constituents that she represented in Texas, but for people all over this country…