Charles W. Stenholm

I would advise the majority leader that that is precisely what bothers me about this particular decision this year. Because now we have a tremendous potential problem with dealing with projected surpluses of $5.6 trillion, 70 percent of…

I hope that everyone will pay particular attention to some of the comments that many of our colleagues are going to be making. We will have the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Taylor), who will be on the floor momentarily, and will talk…

I rise in support of provisions contained in the Conference Report on H.R. 4577 that will enact legislation to reform the Commodity Exchange Act. It is a great accomplishment that an agreement has been reached on this matter. It would not…

I found that at no time did I ever doubt the sincerity of the vote cast, the speech made, the point made, the dedication and the sincerity of his attempt to represent his people, his district and his views; and he articulated this in a way…

I oppose this bill precisely for the reasons the gentleman who just spoke says we ought to support it. There is no death tax relief in this bill, and after spending most of the year in here knowing that we could very well have a death tax…

The numbers in our chart represent the original Republican requests, the original President's request, and the Blue Dog request that we have begged and pleaded with those of you on the other side to agree with us on numbers that we could…

As a Texan, I cannot say that Tom and I have always agreed on every aspect of agriculture, our States being a little different, the rainfall, climate being a little different, but I believe it would not be an overstatement to say that in…

I will serve notice to our colleagues that we are going to be doing a lot of talking about this over the next 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 days. Tomorrow we will pass a rule that will provide for six 24-hour continuing resolutions. Just as the…

I appreciate very much his taking this time today to talk about the lack of a national energy policy. Perhaps the best known price in America today is that of gasoline. Americans see it posted along the road a dozen or two times a day…

Mr. Speaker, I think people need to understand how this game is being played today, because the majority, the leadership I might say, has said that we are going to put our priorities and we are going to take out the President's priorities…

I truly have enjoyed attempting to work with him and several others on his side of the aisle who have attempted to be consistent. The bill today is not consistent. That is my problem. You cannot be on the floor one week arguing for…

It is great for our country that we are now running a theoretical surplus. But just as in the September 4 issue of U.S. News and World Report, Mortimer Zuckerman, the editor in chief, stated, "the surplus is a mirage." He is correct. We…

the shortages that we allowed to happen in the defense needs of this country have originated in this House of Representatives, not the President. We both agree to that. Therefore, my concern about the current budget implications today is…

If one believes that providing a tax cut as large as possible is more important than eliminating the national debt and protecting Social Security and Medicare, then vote to override the veto of this bill. However, if one agrees that…

I want to thank those making this period of time available today to further the discussion of the bill that was vetoed and then sustained earlier today. I would gather that anyone listening to the debate today was rather confused about…

if we believe that repeal of the estate tax is more important than eliminating the national debt and protecting the integrity of the Medicare and Social Security trust funds, vote to override the veto of this bill. However, if we agree…

the gentleman from Florida was correct a moment ago when he said, this is all about who is going to get a tax cut, and that is precisely why I oppose both the substitute and, even more strongly, the base bill. Because the gentleman from…

according to the scores of Social Security by CBO, both of our plans require the very same dollars that the gentleman proposed to give back today in the long term. We would not disagree on that. I would just say, we are consistent. What…

I rise in support of H.R. 4285, ``Texas National Forest Improvement Act of 1999.'' This legislation gives the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to sell or exchange nine parcels of land located in the state of Texas. The parcels listed…

I rise today to honor Ross Wilson, former manager of the Southwestern Peanut Growers' Association. Widely regarded as the Nation's most knowledgeable person on the subject of the U.S. peanut industry, Ross has retired after spending the…

But it should be obvious to all that sanctions, unilaterally applied, do not work; cannot work. And the reason they cannot work, or as a previous speaker said today, what we ought to be doing is tightening the screws down on Mr. Castro…

Mr. Speaker, let me just say again in reiteration of what all of my colleagues who have testified in favor of this legislation today and the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment of the Committee on Transportation and…

but I also have 116,000 Social Security recipients in my district. In all due respect, the Republican tax bill and the entire other tax package will jeopardize the future of Social Security and Medicare. And just as the gentleman in his…

What we are saying is there is a process in which most folks in USDA and EPA have agreed to from time to time, and that is to allow the participation of all interests in this case, those groups concerned solely with conservation, but also…

I appreciate that. But from the standpoint of freeze, I would hope the gentleman would look at it from the total perspective of agriculture, not a particular program. Because if we look at it from the total and the needs that we have, and…