John Tanner

The economic engagements that I believe this country must engage in is truly a matter of national security. As I said, history teaches us that economic partners become military allies, and we have seen over the course of the last few years…

When Betty Ann and I came to Congress in 1989, Herb and Laura were some of the first people we met. I was on the Committee on Armed Services at the time. And he was a good and decent man. More than that, he was a gentleman and a friend to…

I rise in support of H.R. 8. The estate tax is an outmoded, inefficient, complicated subjective tax. The Tax Code needs to be rewritten. This is a good first step. This tax applies, as I am told, and I came to this from the standpoint of a…

Last year I said when we have projections, and I think the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Minge) is going to talk about projections in a minute, that no reasonable business person in this country that I know of would spend 80 percent of a…

I want to take this time to recognize another Texan. Being from Davy Crockett's district, I have to recognize these Texans, as you know, but one of the leaders in the House on financial matters and fiscal conservative business-like…

I hope that those who listen will be somewhat informed or enlightened after we are through. Madam Speaker, most observers agree that our national debt is about $5.7 trillion. That $5.7 trillion is composed of two separate and distinct…

There will be a lot of rhetoric today, since it is tax day, about the Tax Code, and surely we can do better. It ought to be simplified. But there is one facet of it that I think is good public policy. That is the home mortgage interest…

Many Members have spoken from the heart and out of their conscience on either side of this issue today, and I want to talk about the procedure, because I am deeply troubled by the procedure that we are following here today on the House…

I just would like to reiterate that the gentleman from Illinois emphasizes a point I am making. Spending did go up in the 1980's because of the automatic pilot that was put on the entitlement programs in the early 1970's. It is rising…

I appreciate that because I am concerned about the funding levels in the decontamination and decommissioning account, which funds environmental cleanup and decontamination and decommissioning activities at the Portsmouth, OH, Paducah, KY…

I am advised that we made no substantive changes, that we get scoring for that savings because we cut out waste, fraud and abuse and maintained compliance. for example, if one has a trust fund income of $50,000 and has a job that pays 12…

There was not one iota, we saw a chart at the end with no debate. There was not a witness that came forward on the internal programs of NIST, that I recall, that the committee said, ``What are you doing that for? That is not part of your…

I ask the gentleman from Pennsylvania again, would he accept an amendment to my amendment to perform standards-related research? He said in the well a minute ago that is what NIST should be doing, and we are perfectly willing to say that…

What are the committee assessments that certain specific things do not fit into the core mission? We have never on the committee been advised of what the gentleman is talking about here. That is why we have objected to the report language.

This bill is about having accurate information on the costs of a given statutory provision being considered and encouraging the Congress to consult with State and local government representatives about how best to address the Nation's…