I think first tonight about the quiet efforts of thousands of ordinary people yesterday who were called upon to do extraordinary things: the firefighters and EMS personnel who climbed up the stairs of the World Trade Center towers while…

I would like to pay my personal tribute to one of our colleagues who passed away over the break, the Honorable Floyd Spence. I had known Floyd Spence as many of our colleagues did in a very personal way over the past 15 years that I have…

Mr. Chairman, the number is 102, and the number in 1999 was 112. That was the number of U.S. citizens, most of them volunteers, who were killed in the line of duty in protecting our towns. If we lost that many soldiers, it would be a…

I want to speak about one very small part of this bill we are going to be voting on today that impacts one very large group of people in America. We talked about the FEMA budget and how we need to help resolve those problems created by…

as my colleagues know, I would not be in this body, I would not be in politics, were it not for the fire service. I grew up in a firehouse family, and I became president and chief of my fire company, went back and got a degree in fire…

I rise tonight to provide some information from the standpoint of one Member of Congress following President Bush's recent meeting with European leaders, and in particular with his historic meeting with Russian President Putin. I wanted to…

It hasn't happened in 18 years, But it's the NBA Finals and the Sixers are here. It's been a long time since Moses and Dr. J., But the Sixers are playing like the good old days. Shooting and defense, both ends of the floor, They've shown…

I would not have spoken on this issue, but for my colleague to get up here on the floor and rant and rave about the administration and what they have not done in 5 months in office and talking about not giving them the hose to put out the…

I come from Pennsylvania, and we are having the same concerns that the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman) has, but our State is doing fine. Perhaps, the State of California should have had its act together before this administration…

We are in a crisis situation right now. Now some might ask, well, how did we get to this situation? Why do we not have enough money to finish out the rest of this year to pay for the training and steaming and flying hours that our military…

I rise tonight to focus on an issue that is dominating the front page of every newspaper in America today and that is the defense of America's homeland. President Bush gave a major speech yesterday where he outlined a commitment to pursuit…

I just had the pleasure of leading a delegation to Russia, Ukraine, and Moldova, where our primary purpose was to reestablish strong ties with the people of those three countries; to announce, specifically in Ukraine, the establishment of…

I thank my colleague for his outstanding contributions to the trip. He was a valuable partner, he was an aggressive representative of the American position, and yet he was open and aware of the need to listen to the…

I thank our colleague. The people of Florida have sent us a great one. He is going to be a star in this body. We can already see it in the way he handled himself and the way he conducted himself in meeting with these foreign leaders. I…

The other important part of our trip, Mr. Speaker, was Ukraine. Arriving in Ukraine 3 days ahead of us, after having left us in Moscow, were our two Members of Congress who know the most about Ukraine. In fact, they are both of Ukrainian…

I want to rise and acknowledge and support the comments of my colleagues and say that we are making progress. I fully support the PAC-3, the MEADS program which we are doing cooperatively with Italy and Germany is moving along. We have had…

I will not take the entire hour, but I did want to rise and summarize a trip that I took last week to Colombia and Ecuador to inform our colleagues and our constituents about the progress being made in the war against drugs. To be honest…

I rise tonight to unfortunately relate to my colleagues my concern about the conviction of an American citizen in Russia by the name of Ed Pope. Ed Pope is an academic affiliated with Penn State University who had a distinguished career in…

I rise with a deep sense of sorrow shared by all of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle in remembering those brave Americans who paid the ultimate price for the freedom and democracy that we enjoy. It is appropriate... that we…

I rise in shock and disbelief. I never would have imagined last Wednesday and Thursday as we sat on the conference committee between the House and the Senate working out the differences between our two bills on defense... Unfortunately…

this past Friday, President Clinton gave a major foreign policy speech at Georgetown University announcing his decision not to move forward with the plan to deploy a national missile defense. It took the President 7 years and 8 months of…

I rise in strong support of Aimee's Law. Aimee Willard lived 2 miles from my home. Aimee Willard went to the same schools that my children attended. Aimee Willard played in the same parks that my kids played in. Aimee Willard's family…

this past weekend we had one in a series of tests of our national missile defense program, which is currently under development, and supported both by the White House and by overwhelming support in both the House and the Senate…

Mr. Chairman, I rise to join with the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant), my friend and colleague, in offering this amendment and rise to express my concerns about the status of some of America's workers. I agree with the gentlewoman that…

I am not talking about treaty, but an ABM system that protects 75 percent of the Russian people surrounding Moscow, upgraded three times. Is the gentleman aware of that?