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…

to put it very bluntly, my amendment would increase the Federal appropriation for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDEA]. IDEA is the Federal law supporting our Nation's special education system. It was originally passed 21…

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…

If we tell the big lie enough times we will believe it ourselves. If we tell it more, we will have others believe it. It is interesting how this 1 million, 2 million, 30 million, 10 million, figure has been kicked around all day. As a…

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…

Mr. Speaker, as I indicated earlier today, after we make the decision to move ahead with raising the minimum wage, then the question comes, what do we do for the most vulnerable, the unskilled, the poorly educated, the dropouts, the teens…

I have improved upon his legislation initiative because I have grandfathered all of these people who are now inadvertently receiving this money. So when someone tells us someone is going to lose money, they are not going to lose money…

I rise in opposition to the effort to mandate a raise of the minimum wage because I think this effort, although it appears to be well-intended, ignores what I refer to as the victims of minimum wage folly. In my subcommittee, we held…

I am amazed at what length special groups and organizations will go to in order to stir up controversy, manufactured controversy so they can get contributions to keep their organizations going. We are working for years on a bill called the…

No, they would not. It should be clearly understood that the Secretary's guidelines are to recognize school food authorities' right to develop their own approach to complying with the dietary guidelines using their best judgment. This…

Mr. Speaker, during the 103d Congress, we enacted major changes to the impact aid law. These changes focused the program on those school districts in greatest need and eliminated all the various exemptions, exceptions, et cetera which had…

I can sum up the most important reason to pass this legislation in one illustration. Thirty-eight percent of what the average American family earns they pay in taxes. Anybody have any idea how much they spend on food, clothing and shelter…

today this House of the people has a historic opportunity to cast their vote for landmark legislation designed to address the health insurance concerns expressed by the people. For nearly three decades the American people have looked to…

I am pleased the House and Senate conferees for S. 1541, the Agricultural Market Transition Act of 1996, included a provision to protect horses during transport to slaughterhouses. In particular, I would like to thank Congressman Steve…

our balanced budget provides an instant raise for workers in the form of lower taxes, reduced interest costs, and greater economic opportunity which will lead to higher wages for America's workers. Let me assure Members that the committee…

now let us move from fantasy land to the real world. I think that would be a good approach. I would have thought, after what I heard, that somehow or other the Federal Government was in charge of public education in this country, even…

The tragedy is that when you talk about that system of federally financed volunteer programs, contrast that with what happened in my district recently, where the Brethren Nursing Home had a contract with a local high school where the…

I want the parents and the students who are high school seniors and college students to understand that there is a program out there called disinformation, disinforming the public. They are trying to scare you into the idea that somehow or…

I think it was rather humorous. It was rather humorous. The forms are not available because they had 21 days of bad weather and shutdown. The forms had to be printed long before the shutdown and long before the bad weather if, as a matter…

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…

You know, sometimes the best intentions can do the worst harm. When we attempt to help, we often simply burden. When we attempt to inspire, we may only discourage. With all the helping that the Federal Government has done in the last 30 to…

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 rise to support H.R. 3019, the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act II and to commend my colleagues on the Appropriations Committee for funding important education and job training programs while maintaining our goal to reach a balanced…