I am coming back to this tritium issue, the Markey amendment. We need to focus on this as part of this en bloc amendment. Tritium is a gas. It is necessary to maintain our nuclear weapons capability in the United States of America. Just…

I, too, Mr. Speaker, come to the well today with a heavy heart, remembering a wonderful life of our colleague and friend, Mr. Steve Schiff from New Mexico. He was my subcommittee chairman in the 104th Congress in the Committee on Science…

Mr. Chairman, my grandparents were farmers. I represent farmers in east Tennessee. Those same farmers continue to support me even though I voted against the farm bill last year. Why? Because I do not think we can really have reform until…

I quit using the word revolution because it implies bloodshed, maybe even chaos. Started using the word correction where all of us, Democrats, Republicans, Independents could follow through on our word, just be consistent, clean this place…

Medicare, even though it was demagogued, they called it medagoguery in the last election cycle; it is hemorrhaging, losing millions of dollars every day until we fix it. In order to fix it, we have to rein it in. In order to get that…

Well, we also talked about the economy. I think it is important to look at what the economy may do in the short run. I am convinced that it will be a real shot in the arm to an economy that is already performing well if we follow through…

Mr. Speaker, if we analyze what is happening out here in our country today, in 1997, and we really yearn, as I do, for a renewed sense of ownership from the people of our government and our country, I actually attempt, which may be…

If we started prospectively, I am told the budget would be balanced in 2 years. So things are going in the right direction. I believe that the markets are a reflection today of the renewed confidence that things are changing in Washington.

I think today is a day that we should stop... to look back. In 1957, when I was born, my parents paid less than 10 percent of every dollar they made in combined taxes, local, State and Federal put together. The Federal tax rate was only a…

I would like to say this again. Sometimes back home I get in trouble for being too honest, brutally honest at times about what really the situation is here in Washington as I explain it to people and do radio talk shows or town meetings or…

I commend all that have been involved in a very bipartisan way, and just for the people whom I think we so adequately represent here in this body across the country that are wondering maybe what this is all about, this is a group of a few…

I want to open with some kudos to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Kasich]. There is always one warrior that is out there with faith when there is little hope; and the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Kasich], our distinguished Committee on the Budget…

Mr. Speaker, I, too, rise today to commend and salute one man in Chattanooga, TN, who is making a huge difference in the life of children. His name is Chris Allen. He is a reporter with WDEF Channel 12 in Chattanooga, but he is being…

I have participated in the first Congress in 26 years that actually voted to cut spending. Not a single Congress for 26 straight years actually voted to cut spending. People ask me, how did this happen in the 1980's, if Reagan's tax…

I want to make reference to four retiring Members... All four of these men have meant so much to this institution and this Nation, but so much to me personally... we do have an extraordinarily high amount of senior Members retiring that…

I applaud the work you, Chairman Boehlert and ranking Members Oberstar and Borski have put into this bill, in a bipartisan manner, and for the excellent support the staff has given us during the hearing process and drafting of this bill…

I applaud the work Chairman Shuster and Chairman Boehlert, and Transportation Committee Ranking Members Oberstar and Borski have put into this bill, in a bipartisan manner, and for the excellent support the staff has given us on this bill…

I strongly encourage our colleagues to support the Water Resources Development Act and remind our colleagues that behind the national defense of our country... this was the second function of the Federal Government, to meet the basic…

cutting PAC's, political action committees, contributions from $5,000 to $4,000 simply is not enough. Let us cut them in half to $2,500. That is one basic difference. We have seen an exhibition on partisanship and demagoguery. For the…

I am 1 of only 22 Members of this body that refuses to accept any PAC money, so I really come to this argument with a desire to eliminate political action committees. As a matter of fact, I testified last week before the Committee on Rules…

one of the most wonderful lessons for the young people of this country is that great things can be done in our society when it does not matter who gets the credit. The Republicans should be commended for taking Medicaid off of their…

I am probably a minority within this body, not just because I am a freshman, but because I did not come to Washington with wealth or money, to speak of. I had a good job. I have a nice home. I have a loving wife and two small children. I…

of course we should all come together tonight and unanimously condemn these outrageous acts. But I want to come tonight from a little bit different perspective because, Mr. Speaker, long before I was a Member of this body, I was a member…

my amendment would add $20.5 million to the National Weather Service budget. Specifically, it increases the local warnings and forecast budget by $5 million. It increases the computer facility upgrades budget by $4 million. It increases…

I want to thank Mr. Blute. One of the greatest honors that has been bestowed on me since I got here was being elected as a freshman as the cochairman of this Blue Dogs group over here on our side of the aisle, a group that does seek…