Joe Cunningham

I truly believe that both under Republican and Democrat administrations, our State Department has been the weak link of this country. While we have strong militaries, the American worker can compete against any nation in the world, but yet…

That is the California Duke, not the Louisiana Duke, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, can our colleagues imagine having a child with disabilities and no place to go, that the school refuses to teach that child, and they have no hope that that…

I grew up in a little town of 2,133 folks in Shelbina, MO. To tell you how bad I was in baseball, we did not even have a baseball diamond at the school. We had to go to the fairground to play. At that fairground, to show you how bad in…

Mr. Chairman, I have many Sikhs in my district and, like I said, nothing has been said new except that the Bulls are going to win tonight and you can pay me my $10, Sonny. Mr. Chairman, the atrocities have gone on long enough. India has…

I join in support of this resolution. It is true that we have had a lot of droughts, a lot of floods, especially in my State of California, where agriculture is the No. 1 commodity. But I just this weekend spoke to a group of poultry…

the gentleman form Georgia, [Mr. Lewis] said that the tax did not have any effect on the price of gas. It does, $550 million in California, it affects our taxpayers. Yes, the 1993 Clinton tax package, we took away the increase on Social…

as in the past, I rise in support of the Shays amendment. First of all, foreign nations should pay more. They should do more. And yes, national security for the United States and economic benefit helps from those allies. But it also helps…

this bill came out of our committee 49 to 2. That is Republicans and Democrats voting for a bill 49 to 2. But yet the far left still wants more and more defense cuts. This President has devastated national security and defense cuts, but…

I ask that Megan's law, that the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Zimmer] is putting forth, will make the Dunn-Deal a done deal, that it does strengthen the legislation passed on this House floor. Can my colleagues imagine Larry Quay, the…

What I was trying to say earlier in the evening was that had this amendment been crafted so that we were talking about sexual crime, a rape crime against a woman, or whatever, that was a Federal crime for the second crime, just as Mr…

Mr. Speaker, I am glad to support H.R. 3269, the Impact Aid Technical Amendments Act of 1996. The Federal Government has a responsibility to the children attending schools that lose tax revenue associated with a government facility, such…

Mr. Speaker, for years we have been touting American workers, and I would say to my friend from Ohio, who fights for American products and 'Made in America,' these are American cars. For 100 years Americans have been making these products…

I truly believe that liberals want to help in Medicare, Medicaid, education, the environment, just like conservatives do. Let us take the case where you tell one of your liberal constituents that you are going to have him give his money to…

But she would be there, I understand, and I speak as one of the new cochairmen for the Sportsmen Caucus along with the gentleman from Tennessee, and the Sportsmen Caucus is founded to support the rights of fishermen and families that are…

I heard the excuse that, well, we have not had hearings. I do not think you have to have a hearing, to go in your district, to have people feel that they are taxed too high. You can go into any district across this country and people will…

Reclaiming my short time, Mr. Chairman, what we are asking is that our police department be allowed to work with Border Patrol, be able to work with INS, be able to work with those agencies so when they go in and help, that they can work…

I want to compliment Members on both sides of this issue. We have remained on the issues and people have spoken, no matter how strongly they feel, and remained on the issues. Most of this debate has dwelt on those issues. Even though those…

I support the proposition that we not separate illegal immigration from legal immigration in this bill, but I think when we speak about them that it is very important to differentiate between the two. I would like to speak primarily to the…

Mr. Speaker, I would say what is really cruel is to leave the system, in view that we have some very good schools across the country, but across the board, a system in which I think every American sees there is a lot wrong with that…

this special order makes my heart soar like an eagle because you know you are able to talk about that I know the chairman was an educator, and I know the gentleman from California [Mr. McKeon] owned a business, and I was a teacher, but not…

That is the liberals' and socialists' excuse to just keep dumping more money into a program, regardless if it is effective or not. And you know the other side would say that we are cutting. First of all, for every dollar the government…

I heard smoke and mirrors. Let me tell you what smoke and mirrors, or a difference of opinion, at least, is in this impact aid that the President cut all of part B out of. We have restored. As a matter of fact, the bipartisan impact, and…

I respect the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Kildee]. We are on the same committee. I would say, of the 256 educational programs we have, we cannot fund all the programs that really work adequately. Where do we get this free money? We take…

this authorization conference report was supported by 48 to 3, 48 to 3. To be fair, it probably would have been 48 to 4, but the gentlewoman from Colorado did not think enough to show up to vote, and she calls this bill pathetic. Maybe if…

As a subcommittee chairman on education, I think there is a difference on what is really good. We increased student loans by 50 percent. We increased Pell grants to the highest level ever. But what we did not protect is your precious…