once again I rise unfortunately to object to this amendment offered by my good friend and colleague. Mr. Chairman, what we are asked to vote on right now is an amendment that in fact would specifically detail to the Secretary what type of…

I take this 5-minutes special order this evening to partly respond to some of the rhetoric that we heard on the House floor earlier, primarily coming from the minority side, on the allocation of 10 hours of debate on the National Security…

First of all, in response to the comments of my colleague, the gentleman from California [Mr. Cunningham] the Russians also, as we know, have been selling their submarines. They recently sold at least two submarines to Iran.

And Iran has been doing very well in the training of those submarines, which presents a whole new threat for us, with Iranians having capability in the seas. The question of our colleague and friend on missile defense is an important one…

I consider myself a fiscal conservative. I have as many watchdogs in my office as any of my colleagues, but this is also an issue involving our national security. Please vote ``yes'' on the amendment.

Mr. Chairman, I rise because I have to respond to some of the comments I have heard on the floor. It is absolutely amazing to me; this is my ninth year in Congress. I was not planning on speaking on this bill, but to hear my colleagues on…

I was the original author of the Targeted Tax Relief Disclosure Act for the last five sessions of Congress. I reintroduced it yesterday. I have introduced that legislation in every session of Congress since I have been here, starting in…

The defense budget of this country has already become the cash cow. In last year's defense bill, the total amount of unauthorized appropriations was $4.7 billion; $2 billion of that $4.7 billion was in the subcommittee that I now chair…

Mr. Speaker, we have to look at the facts, and the facts are quite different than the way my friend and colleague presented them to the American people. First of all, as all of us in this body--my good friend and colleague is here. Thank…

Let us set the record straight: This issue is not about pulling out of the United Nations, this issue is not about undermining President Clinton; this issue relates back to what was debated on this House floor last week. It is called…

I rise today to welcome and to pay tribute to 43 of the best and brightest young people that I have in my congressional district in Pennsylvania. Each year I invite every high school in my district to send their outstanding male and female…

But I have four major problems with where we are in terms of defense spending, Mr. Speaker. First of all, the perception is that we have not cut defense spending. Members are going to hear that over and over again by our colleagues…

I rise today to welcome and pay tribute to the inaugural visit by a parliamentary delegation from the state of Kuwait. This is the first time we have been able to host 12 members of the new National Assembly in that country. In fact, Mr…

I rise today in favor of the Balanced Budget Amendment. I have and will support the sound fiscal reform proposals offered by Mr. Kyl, Barton, and Stenholm. The Balanced Budget Amendment is an absolute necessity to protect our children's…

yesterday, Chairman Ortiz and I introduced the Ocean Radioactive Dumping Ban Act of 1994. The act conforms the U.S. law to the international treaty known as the London Convention which, effective February 20, 1994, banned the dumping of…

I rise today to introduce legislation designating the first week of May as Arson Awareness Week. Arson is a serious crime causing damage to property and taking lives. Arson is responsible for approximately 25 percent of all fires in the…

let me first rise and commend the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Kildee], for his leadership in this effort and the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling], for his leadership. Let me say that some of our colleagues here just do not get…

with all the furor over Ed Rollins and the unsubstantiated allegations of electoral shenanigans, I thought our colleagues might be interested to learn that the only proven case of race-based voter fraud in America last year occurred in the…

today we find out the nominees for the Academy Awards in Hollywood. I thought I would take the liberty of presenting the Academy Awards for the longest-running comedy in Washington--Whitewatergate. Best Actress in a full-scale cover-up…

The people of America have again been to some extent hoodwinked into thinking that all of our Federal dollars have gone for the military and we have cut domestic discretionary spending and mandatory spending dramatically. Nothing could be…

I would like to say at the outset that even though there were two Republicans against two Democrats on this issue, my position would have been at the outset that there are many, many Democrats, including most on the Armed Services…

if the gentleman will yield, I just think it is appropriate at this point as the gentleman is talking about the Balkans and the potential conflict there that here we have an administration that is downsizing the military dramatically, and…

I will insert in the Record an article from the New York Times which summarizes a study done from 1977 to 1990 that says that one-third of $15 billion in loans went belly-up, and we had to eat it. The article referred to follows: [From the…

today I am introducing legislation that will assist America's crusade to reduce crime and violence in our inner cities. The Federal Firearm Buyback Initiative Act will give matching grants to State or local governments that initiate gun…