Bob Clement

I have been involved in this cause for a long time because I am a former college President myself at Cumberland University, a small, private, independent college in the State of Tennessee. I am proud to be able to say that we have six…

I know we are all here tonight, and I am pleased to be here with the gentleman, because I know the gentleman is such a leader in education and in so many other areas, but also our other colleagues, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr…

As you can tell, we are putting a great deal of emphasis and time on improving passenger service...

Okay. Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I support this resolution. The United States must take steps to stop the killing, human rights abuses and humanitarian disaster that is taking place in Sierra Leone. This resolution puts the House on record behind a series of actions that…

This is a sad time. J.J. Chestnut and John Gibson will always be remembered by the families and friends and all of us that love them and respect them. I grew up in a family where we had a lot of security around. My father was Governor of…

I tell the gentleman that I was at a small college university and I had a tough time balancing that budget. If the gentleman were to put me in a stringent situation such as that, where I had to look 4 years out, and I could not adjust my…

Let us all get behind this most important transportation bill for the 21st century. We need it, and we need it now.

I do not claim to be a great constitutional scholar, but I have read the Constitution and considered carefully what scholars have written about the document, about what its framers had in mind, about our common law tradition and about the…

I also support the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Stupak]. This amendment is very clear, concise, and will decrease the Coast Guard's operations and maintenance costs of this facility. Therefore, I support the…

If, during that consideration, the other body includes more specific language regarding music education, could I have the chairman's assurance that the House conferees would carefully consider the generic direction for these funds in light…