Mr. Speaker, I believe for the ages Senator Paul Coverdell will be remembered as one of the most thoughtful, diligent, and detail-oriented Members in the history of the United States Senate. Who would have ever thought this time last week…

Mr. Speaker, in the 35 counties in east Tennessee, 200,000 people are adversely affected by the marriage tax penalty. More than 110,000 couples pay approximately $1,400 per year more in taxes simply because they are married. That is not…

The Spallation Neutron Source is one of the most important science initiatives of our generation and represents a $1.4 billion major construction project supported by the Department of Energy's Office of Science to build the world's most…

Mr. Chairman, I want to identify myself with the comments that I have heard this morning from both sides of the aisle relative to this bill. When we wrote this bill at the subcommittee, where I serve with the distinguished chairman and the…

I think a lot of good came out of that. But very few people out there realize that at the very last minute of the negotiations of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which really have set in place the framework of the balanced budget and the…

Mr. Speaker, it is a bittersweet day as our vice president of our current Prayer Breakfast experiences the loss of his son, and we, all this week, will mourn and grieve and pray and just yearn for that family and the loss that they have…

I certainly believe, Mr. Speaker, if the economy either turns down or experiences some restrictions, that the American people will be heard demanding change, because I still hear it a lot, frustration with this current Tax Code, people who…

did my colleagues know that when one puts a frog in a pot of water and sets it on the range and slowly turns up the temperature, the frog will stay in the pot and boil to death without jumping out. But if one puts a frog in a pot of…

I know later tonight as we close up this great debate on the budget this year that we are going to give proper recognition to the gentleman from Ohio (Chairman Kasich), but I think over the last 15 years, as many have labored in the fields…

I wanted to make four points today about this very important initiative. First, the marriage tax penalty is a penalty. So when people say tax cuts, and we have had all this rhetoric about tax cuts, this is actually a penalty. So we want to…

Mr. Chairman, Yogi Berra once said, ``It is deja vu all over again.'' And that is where I feel like we are today. We have been down this road. Under the leadership of a former Member, Ms. Smith of Washington, this legislation pending…

Since 1991, I have either been a candidate for election or reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives and filed the necessary paperwork. All the money that I raise and spend is regulated by the Federal Government. Should we in any way…

it is great to be loved by both sides here today. I rise in support of the rule and in great appreciation for the distinguished chairman of the Committee on Rules who I think has been very fair and courteous through this process, and also…

I want to applaud the truly bipartisan team so ably lead by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) and the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Meehan) who have brought us yet again this year to the success that we have seen today on…

my ancestors' history in East Tennessee goes back 200 years. The region is rich in people, culture, and heritage, but our success has not come easily. At the turn of this great American century the Tennessee Valley, at the foothills of the…

other than the church and the family, I believe the United States Congress is the greatest institution in the world today and has been for a long time. The American people do not really know the details of what is going on up here over the…

I have been here 4 years and have grown to deeply and passionately, not only love this institution, but love people on both sides of the aisle. When I hear people like the gentleman from California come here and make statements about…

what an honor to close the debate on this most important issue that affects every single Member of this House and the political parties, and most importantly, the American people. I say to my colleagues that tonight really is the moment of…

Mr. Chairman, for those that may be following this debate and wonder at times what 'poison pill' and some of the references actually mean, I want to point to the motives of the Shays-Meehan effort. That is really to try to remove the…

I rise, too, in very reluctant opposition and I say reluctant because the author of this bill the gentleman from California (Mr. Horn) is not only one of the brightest individuals in the House, he has been a true reformer, offering…

the operative word is ``finance.'' This is about campaigns, this amendment. I agree, frankly, with the intent of the author of this amendment. I agree so many times with my friend, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant). But campaign…

This is another good example where the gentleman offering the amendment is in a constructive way enhancing what we are trying to accomplish with good reform. Certainly the reformers here in support of Shays-Meehan accept the amendment and…

I think in the memory of these two outstanding men, we should all commit ourselves to love each other more, to be more civil, to hold this institution up in the way that they deserve. In memory of them, that we would, as a people, find…

I did not vote for the Freedom to Farm bill in 1996, because I did not think that the reforms they called for went far enough, if at all, in some cases. I want to say, too, that our agriculture friends here in this body are the nicest…

I must say what surprises me the most, without question, is that my party, the Republican Party, took a majority in this institution for the first time in 40 years, yet agriculture somehow escaped the reforms. It is unbelievable to me that…