In an interview that Dr. Kay conducted on NBC TV, he was asked to comment on whether it was prudent to go to war. Dr. Kay said, ``I think it was absolutely prudent. In fact, I think at the end of the inspection process, we will paint a…

37 times in the 1990s President Clinton put our troops in harm's way. Thirty-seven times. In none of those cases were we asked to pay the money up-front. Eleven times the Congress, led by the Republican side, gave the money that President…

I will remind my colleague I was the one who took 11 Members of Congress, including five from his side, to Vienna, and the reason was, we did not disagree with the actions against Milosevic. We felt we had not put enough pressure on…

I rise to make one simple point. From the period of time in the 1990s, starting with President Bush, Sr., and continuing through President Clinton, our troops were deployed 149 times around the world. Many of these deployments were…

I have been here 17 years. I was not going to speak on this issue, but as I sat in my office I heard speaker after speaker mention the word ``firefighter.'' Now, I came to the Congress as a firefighter, and I spent the first part of my…

enough is enough. I sat in my office last night and listened to Member after Member on the other side rail about President Bush and whether or not we could trust him in the Iraqi situation. I have listened to my colleagues tonight. Enough…

Mr. Chairman, my amendment concerns the loss of an investment in Moldova by a constituent of mine due to the actions of the Moldovan government. A long-time constituent of mine invested $2.5 million in Moldova for the purpose of purchasing…

as I have stated before, I do not want to alienate Moldova. The citizens of Moldova are not at fault. They are good people. It is their government that is at fault, and I do not think it is fair that its people suffer. Something must be…

Mr. Chairman, I want to, first of all, before I enter into a colloquy with the distinguished chairman, thank the chairman of the subcommittee. Even before it was created, the leaders on this subcommittee were instrumental in helping our…

Mr. Speaker, tonight I rise for the major purpose of outlining the results of a trip that I led to North Korea this past weekend, but I want to start out by responding to some of the concerns raised by my colleagues on the other side where…

Approximately 1 month ago, 25 Members of Congress, including the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Edwards) and I, introduced the Nuclear Security Initiative Act of 2003. This bill is the first major, comprehensive expansion of our efforts to work…

this bill is about America's patriots. This bill is about America's heroes. From Kabul to Baghdad, from Riyadh to Graznyy, our sons and daughters are in harm's way doing a fantastic job, and we applaud them with this legislation. But this…

the point is the gentlewoman has tried to also find the middle ground. And I think not to allow this research by taking the money away is a mistake because, in fact, the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy has announced publicly they are…

I do not understand this amendment because we reached a compromise on the floor of the House last year, and it was not as my colleagues said, Republicans. In fact, I have the vote here. It was 243 to 172. The last time I checked, there are…

Mr. Speaker, I want to support the President's healthy forests initiative, but I am here today to put the President and the administration on notice because I am not happy. Mr. Speaker, it was just 6 years ago when I chaired the…

I am confused today. I have been in Congress 17 years and I have been a strong supporter of our relations with our European friends, with parliamentarians from Russia, Ukraine, China, and every other major nation in the world. I have…

I rise this evening to lay on the record information that needs to be brought to the attention of this body and every American as we struggle with the current crisis involving our relationship with Iraq. We have seen a lot of information…

the only tragedy in this debate is it has taken us 12 months after 9/11 to move on organizing our homeland security and 5 months after the President challenged us with a plan to bring together 22 agencies with 170,000 employees and a $38…

I would not be in public life were it not for the fire service, having grown up in a fire service family. The earliest recollections of spending time with my father was at the firehouse with him and with my six older brothers. It was only…

I take this time to reflect on the incidents of the past year and to discuss the next phase of our war against terrorism and our war for homeland security. Mr. Speaker, 1 year ago on this day at 8:30 in the morning I was on the third floor…

I rise in a difficult position, but very supportive of the Shays amendment, and let me explain why. First of all, as most of my colleagues certainly on this side know, I am a strong supporter of the labor movement in this country and I…

I am grateful for the outstanding work the gentleman's done, and I would remind him, when I first came to Congress, and the gentleman was in the majority, he had dismantled the U.S. Fire Administration. He had put the fire academy under…

We are here tonight, I hope, to help the people who are our first responders. We were not here to help Brookings Institution. We are not here to help The Washington Post. We are not here to help the members of the Committee on the…

I rise and will not oppose this motion to instruct as I did not in the committees, but I rise to basically let our colleagues understand what is at play here. Please do not feel assured because Members vote for this motion to instruct. It…

I wore this bracelet for 9 months, since September 11. This bracelet was given me by the widow of Ray Downing, one of my best friends. Ray Downing took me through the World Trade Center in 1991 to give me lessons that I should learn to…