Joe Cunningham

Well, I have a better picture of Wally. Because General Yeager and myself and Wally Schirra had a satellite feed that one of the television systems set up, and we were piped in basically into high schools across the United States, where…

General Cardenas is one of the few individuals that can tree a person with a smile. There is not a day goes by that I do not get a call from General Cardenas, and he says, ``Duke, what have you and Duncan done for the veterans today?'' I…

Well, Wally, like General Foss, like Chuck Yeager, like most of the greats, grew up hunting and fishing. He is an outdoorsman. And Wally and I were up in northern California hunting pheasants together, along with a whole group of our folks…

Another important point is that people think, well, I will be getting money back. Not so. You just do not have to send it to Washington, D.C. in the first place. My colleagues on the other side, many of them, believe that Washington can do…

Well, as a kid, I had read about Pappy Boyington, Chuck Yeager and Joe Foss, but the first time I ever met Joe was, again, at the American Fighter Aces Reunion in San Antonio. And I covet that picture I gave the gentleman, because I never…

I have been in this body for 10 years, and each year we have had continuing resolutions, both when I served in the minority and also in the majority. They are always unfortunate because it holds up the work of this House. I would say to my…

the issue is to get people back to work and for those that cannot find work, it is to help them out. The other side of the aisle opposed that. One of the problems we have had in the past, in the Senate, we have had gridlock. James Carville…

Mr. Speaker, I wanted to say there is no better committee to serve on. One does not know Republican from Democrat on that committee. They are there to help the men and women in this armed services, and I am very, very proud to serve on…

Mr. Speaker, if you take every emotion you have ever felt, of love, anger, hate, it swells up in a person. If you can imagine what it is like to see a friend or friends go down in flames, and even more know how that is going to affect the…

my colleagues and I and the other Members quite often get in very emotional debates, each believing in their position. I think that is the case with the subject that we are breaching now. I would hope to bring some light as far as to why…

as a combat veteran from Vietnam, I and many other men and women still harbor ill feelings towards Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden, who gave the enemy comfort and gave them propaganda against the United States. Anyone, anyone who would travel to…

first of all, I tell my colleague, I have got a daughter, not a son, and I have an adopted son, but I am speaking about my daughter. I would also, when you look at jobs lost in the State of California, Governor Davis frittered away…

I know the other side of the aisle talks that we have not passed any appropriations bills. The Senate, the other body, has only sent the House two bills. I am very careful, I am not going to bad mouth the Senate. I am just making a fact…

I would tell my friend from Wisconsin, if I was fighting in combat, I would want to fight against the best MiG driver there is; and as a political opponent and a friend, I think we have fought against one of the best MiG drivers here on…

In 1993, we took up the welfare reform bill. Many on the other side fought the welfare reform bill, but I want my colleagues to know that the events that took place and the successes of welfare, I had a meeting with over 100 men and women…

I do not know how to temper an event when someone legislates someone out of office and denies them going to court. To me that is unconstitutional, and the legislative business that we perform every day should not take up legislation like…

I tell my colleague, a POW was mentioned by the gentlewoman from Missouri. There was a POW that cannot say that. He spit in the face of one of the Cuban interrogators while he was being tortured. The Cuban took out his pistol and blew his…

I rise in support of H.R. 3645 and thank you for the opportunity to speak about this bill. While this issue, as a matter of national honor, is one of the most important subjects that we will discuss this session, it does not capture the…

I rise in tribute to Paul Ecke, Jr., who passed away at the age of 76. Paul was a devoted husband and father, a leader in the San Diego community, and a force in the poinsettia industry. While his leadership and the business made him an…

most of us Republicans and Democrats come to the House to pass legislation and to help the American people. I heard a minute ago from one of the Members that the accounting bill that we passed on this floor was a sham. Well, I want to…

my colleague from Virginia said that 80 percent of the Native Americans never receive funds. That is not factual. It is absolutely untrue. The study that he himself proposed cost $5 million. He said this would only cost $200,000. Well…

It is not very often in a body like this that we get to honor someone like Joe Skeen. I remember Mr. Natcher. I was a young freshman Member of Congress in the minority; and I was upset, like I am about the Wolf portion of this bill today…

Mr. Chairman, if the DeFazio amendment fails, I am going to offer an amendment to put it at 25 percent. I will not do that if that passes. I cannot imagine it not passing, because the public has spoken, the airline pilots have spoken, and…

Mr. Chairman, I support not only the underlying bill but the DeFazio-Thune amendment, and let me tell my colleagues why. I spoke a little bit on the bill itself. Two percent is a good step, and I commend the chairman and the ranking…

the reason I did not vote for the Hostettler amendment, it required 30 percent within 30 days. There was no way to do that if the percentage was increased. I think that is why the DeFazio amendment strikes a good balance on this and gives…