Bill Archer

Mr. Speaker, it is fascinating to me to listen to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, the minority, support tax breaks for big corporations simply because they believe that the end result might benefit something that they are…

I have listened to all of the rhetoric today. I must say the gentleman from Florida now says he wants this money to go into the trust fund. I have wanted all gasoline taxes to go into the trust fund and to build highways and bridges so…

the motion to recommit attempts to regulate the market price of motor fuels with the threat of monetary penalties for failure to pass on the motor fuels tax reduction to customers. The mechanics of the motion offered by Mr. Rangel are…

This bill does not increase the deficit. And why is the deficit down since 1993? Not because of the taxes that are taken out of the pockets of people for gasoline. It is down because, yes, we did not have to bail out any more insurance on…

Yes, the gentleman is correct. The credit would be available for all reasonable and necessary expenses required by a State as a condition of the adoption. By way of example, expenses could include the cost of construction, renovations…

Madam Speaker, today we are here to consider legislation that will help thousands of children who are waiting to be adopted. In America today, there is no reason why any child should be denied a loving family. Unfortunately, there are…

I am very pleased today to support H.R. 3074. I congratulate my colleagues, Chairman Crane and Mr. Shaw, in working hard to bring this important piece of legislation before the House today. This bill enjoys bipartisan support and is…

It would also not apply to legislation that replaces one tax system with another, as long as that replacement is revenue-neutral; for example, if we were successful in tearing the income tax out by its roots and replacing it with a…

What is important to the worker is how much comes out of his or her paycheck, not what percentage of GDP. We can talk in those glossary terms inside the beltway, but the American people who are out there producing understand that what they…

Also, the superma- jority requirement does not apply to tax legislation that raises a de minimis amount of revenue. Am I correct in assuming that a bill that increases Federal tax revenue by less than one-tenth of 1 percent would be…

Accordingly, the supermajority requirement would not have applied to the Balanced Budget Act of 1995 or the Contract With America Tax Relief Act of 1995, since those bills provided a net tax cut, is that correct?

Mr. McCRERY. Mr. Speaker, medical savings accounts will provide hardworking Americans the freedom to personally manage and even save a portion of their health care dollars. By granting consumers complete control, MSA's allow working men…

Mr. Speaker, this clearly is an unfunded mandate on State and local government. It is the very thing that this Congress overwhelmingly passed a law to prevent last year. It will significantly increase the cost of State and local…

to reiterate what was said in the earlier debate, that the President has within his power unilaterally to activate this authority immediately after his signature on the bill by signing and agreeing to a balanced budget for this country and…

I think the debate, Mr. Speaker, has been very curious today. On the one hand, the Democrats accuse us of overreaching, of having too comprehensive a bill. This is from the same people that gave us the unbelievably complex Government…

Mr. Speaker, this is a responsible thing for us to do. It not only prevents the possibility of default on the national debt, but it also assures that all of the funds that rightly belong in the trust funds, including the Social Security…

It is fascinating to me to hear the arguments from the other side of the aisle, particularly in light of the fact that on March 25, 1993, Leon Panetta said, ``It is important to tie the debt limit to other disciplines that people would…

But this debate is really not about Social Security, and it is not about default. It is about our Nation's debt. Our debt stands at over $4.9 trillion and growing. For a family of 4, their share is $72,000, increasing each week by $89…

Mr. Speaker, the debate we are entering into today really should not have to occur at all. Our Nation is a great nation. We are financially sound, and our credit is secure. We always have, and we always will pay our bills on time and in…

The gentlemen is correct, and I will work with him to include appropriate tax provisions in conference. Mr. Chairman, the letters referred to are as follows: House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Washington, DC, April 3…

Mr. Chairman, it is very interesting when the Democrats present charts and numbers. Again, statistics as I have said earlier, do not lie, but. Their numbers almost exclusively are based on the Treasury Department's analysis, and the…

Figures do not lie, but. Those were Treasury figures. They do not cite the Joint Committee figures that the congressional activities depend upon. The Treasury figures are so distorted that they are not credible. They were exposed as being…

Mr. Speaker, in September of last year, we promised in our Contract With America that we would vote on tax relief for families and on incentives to create new jobs. We also promised to pay for these tax cuts by slowing down the growth of…

Figures do not lie, but, figures here can be so distorted. In 1981 there was a tax reduction. There were not the precise spending cuts that the gentleman from Ohio has insisted on and are in this bill. This will be precisely paid for, as…

the gentleman has totally distorted what he spoke of. He should go to the Democrat Senator from Illinois, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, and ask her why she insisted and why the Senate insisted, in order to be able to get this conference…