H.R. 3482 would establish the highly objectionable precedent of using FEMA disaster relief funds to reimburse private profit-making concerns for disaster losses.

The diversion of these funds to a non-mandatory purpose, as envisioned in H.R. 3482, would result in the funds being treated as discretionary spending.

It would reduce the emergency disaster relief assistance that would otherwise be available to public authorities, and individuals and families for the rebuilding of their lives.

Congratulations for your achievements, for the passion you bring to the arts.

No, it doesn't make sense to me.

The LRSAP has therefore essentially served its purpose, and should not be reauthorized.

We need to make this great diversity of art more a part of the lives of all Americans.

Look, I just want to keep them out of the swimming pool.

This afternoon the President called Prime Minister Thatcher of Great Britain to discuss the upcoming EC [European Community] meeting on Eastern Europe and his meeting in Malta with President Gorbachev.

The agreement in this bill on a training wage for teenagers is an historic step.

On Thanksgiving Day, we Americans pause as a Nation to give thanks for the freedom and prosperity with which we have been blessed by our Creator.

Of course I'd love to see Noriega out there, but you know I never discuss intelligence.