Robert Weygand

In closing, let me remake a couple of the points that have been said so eloquently by my colleagues here. First, this proposed amendment is not about campaign finance reform. This is more properly before discussion and debate on voters'…

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?

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…

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…

Home health care is, indeed, without a question, a kind of health care system right now in deep peril. A lot of times, people will look at the home health care system and think about just the numbers and the dollars and the cents…

One of the things we have just seen come out of HCFA is that the rate of reimbursement that we have right now with this cut, HCFA and the people have acknowledged within Medicare that they are receiving far less, 93 percent actually is…

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----

I want to thank my neighbor from Connecticut for allowing me to close on this very important issue. I have to compliment the gentleman from Washington (Mr. White) in the great effort that they have put forward. When I look and listen to…

the centerpiece of the freshman bill is a very strong ban on soft money. It prohibits national officeholders, candidates, their agents, from raising, directing and coordinating soft money. The freshman bipartisan Democratic-Republican bill…

on behalf of the Armenian community in Rhode Island, I would like to recognize and commemorate the observance of the 83rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, a solemn, yet historically significant event. On April 24, 1915, 200…

I am a member of the freshman class, a freshman class that came in here on the role of amending our campaign finance laws to make it better for all citizens to participate in this Congress. It was a bipartisan commission of freshmen…

Today thousands of Greeks and Greek Americans will celebrate the 177th anniversary of the beginning of the revolution that resulted in the liberation of the Greek people from nearly 400 years of domination under the Ottoman Empire…

I rise this afternoon with great pride, because the smallest State in the country, Rhode Island, has one of the greatest basketball teams in the country, the University of Rhode Island. It won its game just two days ago against one of the…

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 am here to support Senate version 1139 because I think this is good for my State of Rhode Island, the small State of Rhode Island, but also good for other businesses throughout this country. This bill authorizes SBA and its programs…

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…

I rise simply to provide a measure of fairness to the distribution of funds under the public charter schools program. Mr. Chairman, let me begin by saying I vigorously support the concept of charter schools, which further public education…

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…

those of us who came in as freshman class Democrats came from all parts of the country with different viewpoints and different backgrounds. I think when we all first came here, we kind of looked for someone, someone that we could always…

I rise in support of H.R. 2261, the Small Business Programs Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1997. First, I would like to thank Chairman Talent and Mr. LaFalce for their leadership and for producing a bill that will undoubtedly…

But what I would like to talk about is the key part of my amendment deals with the transition with regard to designated fingerprinting services. Because of the concerns over quality and veracity of the prints being given to the INS for…

I want to address the House this morning for the purposes of talking about perhaps the most important issue I think in all of our districts. That is education. Like many of my colleagues, I have roundtables in my district. I talk to the…