Charles W. Stenholm

no one is proposing that Congress change the methodology of calculating CPI. Everyone agrees that only BLS should change the methodology for determining CPI, and anyone who suggests that the blue dog budget or any other budget proposal…

I rise in support of H.R. 1342. Mr. Speaker, it has become apparent from meeting with farmers and discussing the situation with the chairman, that farmers in winter wheat States who have expiring Conservation Reserve Program [CRP]…

food stamp rules make quite clear that residents of most institutions are not eligible to participate in the Food Stamp Program. Yet, according to GAO, thousands of prisoners are being counted as members of food stamp households, resulting…

But there again we both know that those are more partisan than they are actual activities on the floor of the House. Mr. Speaker, the purpose of our alternative is to try to put an end to finger pointing and the blame game that has…

the tenor of the last speaker, my friend and colleague from Texas, is exactly why I wonder why we are doing this today. It is just like last night when I appeared before the Committee on Rules. It seemed like we were in more agreement than…

it is difficult not to be discouraged by this debate today. Why in the world are we wasting time debating a meaningless one-sided resolution which has little or no value other than seeking political points? I must clarify several points…

We all now know much more about Frank Tejeda, his records, his legacy, his biography, but what will last in those hidden hollows of the hearts that knew him as a son, as a brother, as a father, as a comrade, as a colleague, and as a friend…

H.R. 2508 is an example of how serious reform can and should occur. The Animal Drug Availability Act of 1995 enjoys broad support from camps that do not always see things from the same viewpoint, however, both the FDA and the regulated…

I rise in support of motion to instruct the conferees in exactly the same spirit the gentleman from Florida has just spoken with. I believe when we carefully analyze this amendment, in the spirit in which was indicated support for, we will…

Mr. Speaker, just in conclusion, I might point out that this is an excellent example of cooperation between various agencies, cooperation between various committees that will now allow us to do the most efficient census possible with the…

I believe the legislation I am supporting is the best way for the House to realize that opportunity. There is a bipartisan welfare reform alternative that can be supported by a strong majority of members on both sides of the aisle and can…

I oppose this amendment as a member of the Committee on the Budget. In some of the debates we have already heard today, it needs to be pointed out to the House we already have dynamic scoring. That is already, when it is supportable it is…

it is not too late to reverse the actions of last week's budget vote and still continue to attack the deficit. I am very, very concerned that after 4 years of continuously declining deficit, we now see again in the chart that instead of…

For of the last year and a half all we have talked about is CBO scoring, CBO scoring, CBO scoring. The President finally submitted a budget that was CBO-scored and balanced, but that did not suit the gentleman, did not suit me.

Mr. Chairman, that last exchange was truly amazing. If my colleagues would only stop for a moment; when we talk about the consumer, and I want my colleague from New York to listen very carefully, look at what has been happening in the…

But I wish my colleague would give credit to the Committee on Agriculture for doing that which we recognize we had to do, and that is move the program more into the market orientation side. And we did that. But it is never enough for those…

I only want to point out again, which I think is the most relevant counter-argument to the amendment being offered: There is no restraint on production of peanuts. The market is the one that has to react. If the market chooses to pay $800…

What I am saying tonight is if my colleague is concerned about reducing the deficit, there is only one budget that has been before the House this year that will reduce the deficit by $150 billion more than what we are considering tonight…

I wish the chart were still up because I really get frustrated when I continue to see always talking about lines that do not represent the facts based on CBO. Let me remind my friend from Arizona, a majority of Democrats voted, rollcall…

I want to take time today to put in a plug for enactment of real welfare reform, something that the House and Senate can and will vote for and something the President will sign. Let us be totally honest today, Mr. Speaker. This debate on…

What we actually have here is the Election Year Seven Month Temporary 4.3 Cents Tax Repeal Bill, and it is a textbook example of poor public policy being driven by election year politics. Let me say for the record that my opposition to…

What would happen to the deficit numbers in the Republican budget if it included a tax cut large enough to pay for the child tax credit in every year?

there are two budgets; no, there are four budgets being considered tomorrow. The one that I support borrows $137 billion less than the majority budget. I listened to a lot of speeches today, and I do not understand how anyone can propose…

I have seen the charts, I have seen the kids, and I have seen the accusations about this side of the aisle. But the budget that I support with the gentleman from Utah [Mr. Orton] and others on this side, we propose to borrow $137 billion…

The resolution that is before us contains a net tax cut of $122 billion. At the same time information put out by the majority indicates they can pay for a permanent repeal of the gas tax, a cut in the capital gains, which I happen to…