several of our Republican colleagues have said quite forthrightly this morning that this bill has nothing to do with Enron, that it has nothing to do with those corporations that renounce America and move off to Bermuda. They are…

it is said that a rising tide lifts all boats. Certainly this tide lifts some boats. The yachts do pretty well. Over three-fourths of the tax reductions in this bill go to the wealthiest 20 percent of Americans. Almost half of the tax…

Many Americans wonder why this Congress has taken no effective action to stop another Enron debacle, and no effective action to prevent one multinational corporation after another from fleeing America in order to evade its taxes…

September 11 really brought out the best in Americans when all of us are continuing to be asked to sacrifice some for our country, and some have sacrificed their all. Unfortunately, certain of our multinational corporations are offering…

There is nothing in today's bill that really helps them at all over the next several years.

it is the specter. It is the ghost of relief. It is great for an election year, though. I think they have done a good job of having a good election year ploy. But my concern is that with this basic underlying proposal, there is some…

they do not even propose to actually implement the marriage penalty under their proposal for several additional years. Now, if we had taken the Democratic alternative that we advanced last year, that would have been more benefical to that…

If you think that our current Tax Code is just right, that it is fair, that it is equitable to everyone, including the most powerful corporations in this country, that all are being treated fairly and are paying their fair share, and that…

I would just add that this bill was considered in at least two committees; and in the Committee on Ways and Means, there was anything but a bipartisan, balanced bill. Indeed, what we did have was a letter from the gentleman from Iowa (Mr…

only one percent of all the estates in this country are assessed any estate tax. I have already voted to repeal the tax for most of those who are subject to it, and to do so immediately, not seven or ten years from now. But this vote today…

the only emergency addressed by this rule is the one created when they were caught in a sleight-of-hand to greatly accelerate the national debt. Having been caught, our Republican friends have put a new twist on an old maxim: if you cannot…

And should we not be permitted to offer the amendment and the point of order be sustained, Mr. Chairman, that would deny any opportunity under the rule for us to consider this critical issue of whether we want to raise the limit on the…

the tragedy of September 11 really brought out the best of the American spirit, with so many people across this country asking, ``What can I do to help my country? What can I do to help my neighbors?'' But unfortunately that spirit did not…

parents at every economic level sometimes must balance the demands of being a good parent with being a good employee. This is especially challenging when it is a minimum-wage job with no health insurance and a single parent. This partisan…

space-based missile defense is the true faith-based initiative because it takes a mighty big leap of faith to believe we can master the technology, distinguish the decoys and achieve perfection. Of course, in the real world this spacey…

I have to admit, the first time I heard about the concept of placing this waste at Yucca Mountain a few years ago, I thought it was a very good idea. I thought so for one reason: Nevada is not Texas. I think that is the main reason why so…

my vote in solidarity with the State of Israel should not be read as a vote in solidarity with policies of Ariel Sharon that I view as misguided and counterproductive. My support for Israel is longstanding, but Ariel Sharon is not…

a few months ago, one really could not turn on the television at night or open a newspaper without hearing about the plight of those who suffered in the Enron-Andersen debacle-- people whose tomorrow was stolen, many of them innocent…

Many people have said that 9/11 changed everything for this country. It certainly did for President Bush and his budget. He is now urging this Congress to increase the size of Federal spending by 22 percent for this coming year, over what…

I believe we here in Congress need to be equally concerned about activity that was lawful, but simply awful, in its impact on American families. This is a scandal involving the deliberate decisions of policymakers in this House of…

How truly typical it is, sad though it is, that the first piece of legislation dealing with the Enron-Andersen fiasco that our House Republican leadership permits us to discuss here on the floor of the United States Congress is a bill…

this is not really an insult of me or to the House, but to the 11,000 workers added to the rolls every day who are going without unemployment insurance and whose needs are being deliberately neglected by this House, and who will not…

this bill is really the Republican ``Tale of Two Cities.'' The best of times for some: first-class treatment for the Kenny-boys of the world. And the worst of times for others: third-class treatment for the now unemployed Enron mail room…

if this important bipartisan Shays-Meehan proposal has any defect, it is that it does too little, not too much, as its detractors have claimed tonight. With the Shays-Meehan proposal, we take a very important step to reform, but it…

I appreciate the leadership he has shown on this and in our committee. Let me take this opportunity to discuss the link between the two subjects that the gentleman has been discussing: the mess we have with growing amounts of red ink in…