William F. Goodling

Seventy-five percent of the employees surveyed by the polling firm of Penn & Schoen Associates favored allowing employees the option of time off as an alternative to overtime wages. The first amendment would require that an employee have…

For 20 years I pleaded with the Democrat majority to please fund the unfunded mandate, the biggest we ever had in the history of this country, which of course is special ed. For 20 months I have hounded the new Republican majority to…

Absolutely. Since this is entirely a matter of State law, States are free to consider whatever mitigating circumstances they wish.

Yes, it does. In addition, the bill gives States sole discretion over case-by-case determinations relating to exercise of authority in this area. No State is foreclosed from considering parents' use of treatment by spiritual means. No…

Yes, we have. After a very lengthy negotiation we have reached a compromise which will both protect children in need of medical intervention while ensuring that the first amendment rights of parents to practice their religion are not…

The two provisions the gentleman has described have caused problems for some States. In recent years, the Department of Health and Human Services has moved to disqualify certain States from CAPTA funding based on the State's accommodation…

A GAO study of college costs found that tuition at 4-year public colleges and universities has increased 234 percent over the last 14 years, but the median house income rose only 82 percent and the Consumer Price Index rose only 74…

Again, Mr. Speaker, another total distortion of the facts. If an employee is coerced in our legislation, they can collect double overtime and attorney fees, and the Secretary of Labor can do it for them, they do not even have to do it…

I commend the gracious gentlewoman from Missouri not only for offering this legislation, but also for honoring Bill Emerson and for her very moving message this morning, not only in memory of Bill, but I think a very moving message for the…

Let me again indicate that contrary to what a lady from Hanover, in my district, called this morning to say, I am not taking money from her sick family. How could anything be more wrong than a statement like that? I am trying to get a…

I would indicate, Madam Speaker, that the gentleman's State of Indiana will not lose any money for 5 years under this bill, and probably will ultimately not lose any money because of increasing appropriations. What we are trying to do in…

Let me point out, here is what the Democrats said they were doing for small business in 1989, from the committee report, agreed to by many of the Democrats speaking here today. They said: Small enterprises whose total volume of sales or…

Children is the name of the game as far as our program is concerned. We are here to make sure that anything we do will not hinder there getting a good education, but will enhance that possibility.

We are here to support those teachers back there on the firing line, and we want to help them as they try to produce the quality that we need to order in be successful.

I want to point out how important the captioning is. But what a foolish way to spend money for captioning, when you could spend money to really help the people who need the captioning on programs that are meaningful and important to them…

See, this goes back to the idea that I used to hear, year after year after year. They say, well, we need more money in the program because we are only covering a small number of the children. And I would say what are you covering them with…

I just wanted to point out to the minority whip that the recent problem with processing for free applications for student financial aid had nothing to do with the Congress of the United States. Simply, the Department did not print or…

I want to make very, very sure that we are thoroughly convinced that the administration understands that they will not publish anything above $2,440, unless they have the permission of those who are negotiating this issue.

My major concern with this substitute is the point the gentleman mentioned. 94-1 shall be null and void to the extent it is construed in violation of ERISA. My fear is that, and I have many, many wonderful attorney friends but they are all…

I have to say the same is true, of course, in this amendment, where we are buying 40 minutes of time or how much ever time it is but only buying $600,000 worth of outlays in money. The second observation I want to make, two or three…

Mr. Chairman, of course the money does not come from the existing programs; it comes from the increase. There is still a 17-percent increase for all of those programs.

The tragedy with the amendment is the fact that, and I suppose that is why it was presented, it gives 40 minutes of talk time. It gives no money to do all the things that Members are talking about doing in job training, et cetera. When you…

I think I said part of that in my opening statement in that the one size fits all from Washington, DC, we know best what is best for this town or this city or this State, does not sell back home, and those people back home know what…

One of the other tragedies, as I mentioned, that we had poor participation as far as paying customers are concerned in the School Lunch Program, but there is an even greater tragedy. We have about 46 percent of free and reduced priced…

That is why I said I would like to see them put their chart up there and put his 3.1 and 3.6 over there rather than talk about what a CBO baseline is.