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It is important that he mentioned that the nation of China has an aggressive space program. They have set a goal of going to the Moon. It reminds me that centuries ago, the Chinese had one of the greatest fleets in the world. The emperor…
It is truly only the Federal Government with the resources we have available to pour into scientific research, much of the work that scientists do, much of the work that NASA does, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the magnificent discoveries…
I thank the majority leader, who has so eloquently and forcefully set forth the benefits in so many ways to this Nation of the President's vision for outer space, of space exploration. Because the best evidence I could give in support of…
We face a record national budget deficit in this country. We face a record national debt of over $7 trillion, which we cannot leave to our children. We face in Harris County, Texas, spending over $100 million a year providing health care…
with some personal experience, having served 14 years in the Texas Legislature, and having many friends who serve in the Texas House, and having just been elected in the 2000 election, I felt compelled to come to the floor and offer some…
I have joined the Congress after serving 14 years in the Texas House of Representatives, and in every one of those years the State of Texas operated under a Federal court order controlling our prison system. We have operated under Federal…
Mr. Chairman, I think the best evidence of the President's success in winning this war against terrorism is the silence outside, the absence of any attack on our homeland since September 11, when terrorists used 737s as fuel air bombs and…
the book of Proverbs teaches that the greatest profession, the most valuable profession on Earth, is our good name, and by that measure, Sam Johnson is one of the wealthiest men in America. It has been my privilege to serve with Sam in the…
the Members of this Congress have many reasons to support this legislation, and again I believe it illustrates a fundamental difference between the Republican and Democrat philosophy. We trust people to manage their own money and their…
the House is meeting today to lend 110 percent support to our Commander-in-Chief, President George W. Bush. Every Member of Congress is completely unified in our support for President Bush to do whatever is necessary to rescue the wounded…
If I could reclaim my time and in response say that the Metro has indicated they are willing to have an election, but we have not seen the election occur yet. Metro moved forward very rapidly to build this rail plan from downtown Houston…
the physical boundaries of the district I represent in west Houston, district seven, we were very, very blessed and fortunate to have escaped the flooding, in large part. We had a few very small isolated pockets of flooding, but the…
as a new Member of Congress representing the west side of Houston, Texas following in the footsteps of Bill Archer, the former chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, I rise today to remind the Nation, the Congress, to go through some…
April 25, 2001, is a very important day demonstrating to every American taxpayer who is tired of paying higher taxes the immense importance and the tremendous achievements of the Republican Congress, the importance of having a Republican…
I rise tonight very briefly to pay tribute to the memory and spirit of 182 brave Americans and Tejanos who, on this date March 6, 1836 at sunrise this morning, the garrison of the Alamo fell in Texas and but for the sacrifice of those 182…
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