reclaiming my time, that worries me because we have not seen a lessening of injuries on the job. Maybe what we need to do is make OSHA better by providing more funding for training of those inspectors and more inspectors to go out and…

What the gentleman said is right and what our colleagues said was correct, in that over a month ago we reached a bipartisan agreement on helping parents and helping students in college, whether it be the Hope scholarship program, the tax…

Mr. Speaker, today I am proud to be here on the floor of the House and pleased to announce the high performance rating for a school district in Houston, Aldine Independent School District. It was recognized by the Texas Education Agency…

the Republican majority has placed a provision in the budget bill to expand the definition of independent contractor. Because of the negotiation on tax cuts and health insurance for children and Medicare, not much has been said about this…

I rise in support of a very important provision of the Energy and Water Appropriations bill that provides for the $23.8 million for the widening and deepening of the Port of Houston. This construction project is investment not only in…

recently the Houston Oilers received the final agreement to leave Houston and become the Tennessee Oilers, playing in Memphis, TN, this year and later on in Nashville, TN. As a long-time Houston Oiler fan, I am looking for a new…

I rise in support of the Bentsen amendment, and I commend my colleague from Houston for his leadership on this important issue. On March 15, 1996, the EPA issued a final rule to amend the Federal PCB regulations and allow the import of PCB…

For 5 years I have struggled with the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help the citizens of my district in Houston. Houston is a city with a growing population, and with this growth there is a definite need to address the…

I am proud to stand up and say that I disagree with the one-minutes from the other side because you do not need to be a Harvard Law School or business graduate to know what is happening in the Republican tax bill, but let me talk about how…

Recent public opinion surveys indicate that Americans have figured out that the Republican bill is mostly handouts for the wealthy. The Wall Street Journal/NBC poll released on June 26 revealed that Americans prefer the Democratic tax…

I have sat here on the floor and listened this morning, and time and time again we have had folks come up and say, we are going to help the struggling families with the first tax cut in 16 years. The gentleman said, and I know we have had…

the tax bill crafted by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Archer] has some good items in it. Every American would like to have a tax cut, whether it be an income or estate or a capital gains tax. But I am beginning to fear that we are losing…

I rise as a cosponsor of House Joint Resolution 54. I am proud to be a cosponsor this session and last session. I think it is so important that we recognize, though, that freedom of speech has limits on it. And as much as I defend the…

I join in the comments of my colleague from Indiana in my concern about the makeup of the commission. I am glad there is an agreement to fix it. I do have some concern, however. In fact, I was one of the original requesters of the GAO…

last night the majority Republicans made a wise decision in including full funding for the WIC programs. They threatened originally to cut the President's $76 million request for additional fiscal year 1997 funds in half, which would have…

I am not proud of this Congress either because we are a do-nothing Congress. But before we condemn the Republican leadership for their inactivity, I would like to remind my colleagues that it could be worse. We could have a repeat…

the first 100 days are supposed to set the standard for the session ahead. I hope this is not the case with this Congress, which has been plagued with delays on everything, not the least of which is the budget. The Republican leadership…

We only have 11 days left until Congress by law must pass a budget plan. But here we are today debating a rule and debating a resolution that says, Mr. President, send us your second budget, and yet we do not even have our first here from…

one of the central points of the democratic Families First program has been a commitment to improving children's health care. Last summer in Houston we hosted an immunization day to offer inner city children free immunization as a step…

we are over 2 months into the 105th Congress, and yet the House has not taken any effort on a serious budget. We hear the complaints as a result of the President's plan on moving our country forward on education, and yet the Senate voted…

I grew to admire him as a man who was committed to the highest ideals and actions. Almost 2 years ago, I remember when Frank became ill, I prayed to God that he would be healed, and the Lord let us have Frank until last Thursday night. He…