Charles W. Stenholm

Well, I do not know that to be a fact. In fact, regardless of the numbers that we might talk about, et cetera, we are still only going to be providing for what percent of the children?

about 2 hours ago, I came to the floor very angry. I had received what I perceived to be a very threatening phone call as a result of my support of this legislation from what I consider the primary reason why we are there today, and the…

I have spent all of my life in the food processing end of the business. I have spent the last 16 years of my life learning more about the consuming side our food industry. In the last few days I have spent a lot of time talking to the…

But we are only feeding 40 percent of the possible children, so it would seem to me rather than making that cut we ought to be looking for ways to make the program work better and reach out to the other 60 percent of the children that we…

Mr. Chairman, I think the question in the debate is: Is this about illusion or reality, substance or not? This is a tough amendment. It is fair, and it is constitutional. I think there are significant constitutional problems with H.R. 2…

I reclaim my time and say they are not fundamentally different because they are user fees, because the users have the right to believe those funds are being expended in the most efficient way possible. Therefore, the argument we make, I…

I rise in support of the Orton amendment for the same reason that the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Sabo] a moment ago did, and that is for the sake of consistency. Having been involved in the line-item veto and being opposed to giving any…

But if you will read more carefully our substitute, the substitute specifically states that it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider any rescission bill introduced pursuant to the provisions of this section…

Mr. Chairman, the Stenholm-Spratt amendment that I offer at this time is the same amendment that passed the House of Representatives July 14, 1994, with a 342 to 69 vote, basically the same amendment in my judgment. We offer it today and…

Furthermore, OMB could continue to withhold the funds from obligation until the President's plan was voted on, as required by the legislation regardless of any attempts by Congress to waive its internal rules. If Congress used its…

Mr. Chairman, in summation I would just like to say if Members want to replace the cumbersome and unworkable process for year-round authority with teeth, they need to vote for the Stenholm-Spratt amendment. This amendment has had a proud…

I would conclude my remarks at this time by saying that I believe it grossly unfair to categorize our amendment as being weakening. If we are truly concerned about deficit reduction, I believe the language of our amendment, as a supplement…

What I am saying is that in an overwhelmingly bipartisan way, Members have stated, through their words and their votes, that the expedited rescission procedure is a very good one, and I believe much preferable to the base bill. We must…

I first want to stand and commend my colleague and fellow Texan for the yeoman's work he has done in promoting his proposal to amend the Constitution to require a balanced budget. Joe has worked tirelessly for an ideal he believes in…

I am not for cutting Social Security one penny, and no one can ever find anything in the Record that suggests that our amendment that we will offer tomorrow does that either. But yet the rhetoric flows free in this House today, and that is…

I would take very strong exception to that on behalf of a lot of folks on both sides of the aisle. We do, and we can, and we will.

just as God made little green apples, a $6 trillion national deficit growing continuously at $200 billion plus is going to become a national defense issue for this country someday. One month ago I spent 2 days here on the House floor as we…

Mr. Chairman, yesterday, we began this debate with a heart-felt wish that our proceedings, would be conducted on a plane befitting deliberations for amending our Nation's Constitution. I want to thank virtually all the participants in the…

But it still has to be defined. Somebody has got to define it, and that will be defined by whom? By us in the Congress. And on what? A majority vote.

It should not be, as we have heard one or two previous speakers, suggesting that those of us who support our version are going to somehow gut the Social Security system. That is furthest from the truth. And I say, if I hear anyone else…

in the gentleman's research on the States and what they are doing regarding capital budget, did he look to see how many of those States might perhaps now be getting into financial difficulty because they have stretched the definition of…

I do not know of a single Member of this House who is proposing to cut Social Security. I do not believe there is anyone who is proposing to do that. I certainly am not, and I know the gentleman from West Virginia is not; neither is the…

I rise today in support of House Concurrent Resolution 218, the budget resolution for fiscal year 1995. I do so with praise for my chairman, Mr. Sabo, for the manner in which he always conducts business within our committee. I also do so…

I rise in opposition to the Frank amendment. I do so because of my growing concerns, now supported by this administration, that to cut defense further could unnecessarily jeopardize our Nation's security. There has also been a great deal…