Robert Weygand

It is not only with home heating oil. It is also with regard to diesel, and it is also with regard to energy conservation and weatherization, the program we talked about earlier. We need to have it, but we need this amendment now; and I…

We would hope so. But maybe we need a little bit more capacity to do so. Actually, in the Midwest this past year, past January and February, their increases were about 10 to 25 cents a gallon, where we were seeing 78 cents a gallon, simply…

We concur 150 percent that we need to have a national energy policy that includes not only production; it requires conservation, and it requires capacity in various parts of this country for diesel, for home heating oil, for a host of…

It is time that we recognize the contribution of the Hmong and pass this legislation.

I think it is a disaster and a catastrophe that veterans, after having served and provided us with great service for many, many years, that unfortunately we do not sometimes provide the necessary honor guard at their burial.

It is incredibly important, not only for the second district, but for Rhode Island's economy, that the Quonsett Point Naval Air Station turn into the fulfilled dreams of a commerce and port facility.

I understand the gentleman's effort to try to make some amends, but it would seem to me that whether one is serving presently or one has served in Vietnam and one has provided that service to this country, the motivation for the…

So that if they have served in Vietnam, in Desert Storm, if they have done that, but they are now out of the military, they are not eligible?

It is times like this that we are reminded of the inadequacy of our language. How do we properly express our regret and sorrow to the wives of Officer J.J. Chestnut and Special Agent John Gibson at the loss of their husbands? How do we…

Reclaiming my time, our sole intent here is to make sure that Shays-Meehan stands, in part or in total. This amendment that is being offered by the gentleman will, in fact, provide us with a total failure. It is a poison pill that will…

Well, let me ask the gentleman this. When a person has to spend a million dollars or $2 million of special interest, including the various organizations that have helped them----

With a heavy heart and a clear conscience, I rise today to support the resolution commencing an impeachment inquiry into the President of the United States

I think that is inherently bad, because what we are doing is further restricting. It is almost like a Federal mandate with regard to requirements, restricting these charter schools in a way that in most cases the Republican side has said…

Reclaiming my time if I could, Mr. Chairman, I think what the gentleman from California has pointed out is exactly the essence of the argument of the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Tierney]. States should have the control, which the…

Further, if I could add that, indeed, we should not be discriminating against States that happen to have a legislative cap in their State laws, but in fact do in all other elements encourage and promote charter schools. That should not be…

As a Democrat and as a former small business owner, I can tell my colleagues, the people that are out there for this kind of reform are begging for this reform. This is a wonderful, very prospective, very proactive kind of legislation that…