Joe Cunningham

I come here tonight, as someone once said, with a very heavy heart. I would say, Mr. Speaker, unlike many of my colleagues in this body and the other body, I spent the majority of my adult life in the military. I come with a lot of…

I would ask my colleagues to look. If NATO and OSCE are unanimous, then why are Hungary and France still shipping oil to Serbs? Why do we have Hungary and Poland and the Czechs who say that if we go to war they will not support us, and we…

probably in 8 years this is the first time I have agreed with the gentleman from Oregon, or second time. If not, what? I am trying to do everything I can to keep us out of war. Then what? First of all, the Pentagon said not to bomb…

there is a strange dichotomy at play in this event. Those from the left attempt to use a vehicle they neither support, understand or even loathe at times. They attempt to spin the White House language that we attempt to stop ethnic…

in my opinion, this is the most inept foreign policy in the history of the United States. The Pentagon told the President not to bomb, that it would only exacerbate the problems. We have forced over 1 million refugees. 2,012 were killed in…

I want to give some perspective on an issue that is, I think, very near and dear to every American's heart, as it is in Kosovo today also. I would like to give the Speaker a little perspective. First of all, according to Henry Kissinger…

the State of California has almost 1 in 9 of all American citizens that live in it. An accurate census count is very, very important. We are a donor State in transportation. We are a donor State in education. The formulas that devise the…

why is this important now? In 1995, they found out there was a mole in our national labs. He had been operating during Carter, during Ronald Reagan and George Bush and also Bill Clinton. In 1996, the President was told of this. Nothing has…

I want to tell my colleagues, the things about drugs, the things about illegals, California pays a big price for all of the above. And I would tell the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), the greatest thing that we do not have to deal…

I will not condemn any one of the Members in here for the way that they vote on this. They do it so because they have different knowledge, they have different beliefs. But I do resent the minority leader impugning the motives of many of…

Mr. Chairman, when a member of my own party tried to stop COLAs for our military, the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Fowler) was the first one to jump and say, ``Duke, I'll support you. Let's get a coalition together, and let's stop it.''…

is it improper, either in the full House or in the body, to characterize the reasons for why different people vote for things; to characterize and impugn?

I support strongly the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Porter Goss). I am not going to say why I am against the amendment offered by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Gejdenson) because it would sound partisan, but I…

this is exactly the time to have this discussion, exactly the time. It may not be the time for negotiators and bean counters but it is for our troops. I remember Somalia, where the President did not come to Congress when he changed going…

men like Gray Davis, our new governor, and Alan Bersin in San Diego, are trying to do the right things and get through the bureaucracy and get more flexibility into the school system. We need to support them. I heard the word…

I came to this debate fully expecting that there would be a donnybrook and battle. I think it has been a very healthy debate, showing differences on the issues itself. It did not get personal. There was very little partisanship that went…

I just a left a meeting with Secretary Cohen, Chief of Naval Operations, and General Shelton. I know people are talking about Social Security, they are talking about education, they are talking about Medicare, but I want to read something…

I met with Alan Bersin. I think he is trying to do a magnificent job but his number one problem is special education and he is trying to sort it out. There is a lady named Carolyn Nunes, the director of all special education in San Diego…

Last year, in the 105th, we offered a bill for school construction that gave a 30 percent tax incentive for school construction for private companies to build them. The President vetoed that, and he came back with a school construction…

As a matter of fact, I am going to title it the Jerry Solomon Flag Protection Act when we submit this thing. We have 230 cosponsors, Mr. Speaker, and I think that is a great tribute to this body, both bipartisan. The great gentleman from…

I had served on the Committee on National Security in authorization. I now serve on the Subcommittee on National Security of the Committee on Appropriations, and I want to tell my colleagues, every single member on those two committees, I…

the bill before us tonight is vastly different than just even 2 days ago. The dollar fights willed the liberal Democrats to spend $150 billion more above the balanced budget and increase fees and taxes by $130 billion, is what this whole…

I wanted to reiterate what the previous speaker said. I want to point out some areas where there is wasteful government and the difference between my colleagues on the other side that believe that government can do things better and on the…

it is every individual's right whether to support trade or not to support trade. I personally feel that during GATT, during NAFTA, during fast track, I think each and every one of us had pluses and minuses in those agreements. Why? I think…

I do not disagree with my friend, the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) on Gulf War syndrome. Also FEHBP, we need to work on that for our veterans, as well, next year. I would say that this has been crafted in a very narrow way. It is a…