But to those who have said they wanted a much broader bill, the first thing to point out is that 527s can be used by a union, they can be used by the trial lawyers, they can be used by right-to-life, by Planned Parenthood. This treats…

I certainly oppose our withdrawal from participation in the World Trade Organization, but I share many of the concerns that have been voiced here today concerning the way the WTO operates. When a dispute arises in the WTO, perhaps over…

Mr. Chairman, the provision that this amendment seeks to strike reeks of tobacco, it reeks of special interest, and it reeks of injustice. I think that this rider, and of course there has been considerable competition through the years…

our effort to mandate full disclosure from clandestine political organizations began with a bipartisan appeal. Unfortunately, it has gone largely unanswered. Unlike the Senate, where an idea that began here in the House, was approved last…

Inherited economic power is as inconsistent with the ideals of this generation as inherited political power was inconsistent with the ideals of the generation which established our government. If ever our people become so sordid as to feel…

Mr. Speaker, last night, across this Capitol, 14 Republicans stood up to their leadership and took a firm stance against the corruption of our American political system. This motion once again seeks to achieve what now they have really…

is it correct that there are no plans to test the capability of this system to deal with decoys even scheduled until the year 2005, as has been reported in the press?

I want to give one of the examples of what our motion to recommit will address. It is called Shape the Debate. This is the Web page from Shape the Debate, one of these clandestine organizations whose specialty is character assassination…

I look into my heart, and I think of the seniors who are out there who are forced to choose between getting a prescription and buying food. I see a pharmaceutical company that can dump unlimited amounts--millions of dollars--into attack…

I am here to applaud the Committee on Rules for giving us the opportunity today on the floor of this House to have the first, and given the way the Republican leadership runs this place, perhaps the only vote in this new millennium on…

my first concern in evaluating this agreement has been deciding what course would be most supportive of the interests of central Texas families. I believe that more trade will mean more good, high-wage, technology jobs not only for central…

Mr. Chairman, the economic dream of America is still alive and well in Central Texas. A business can begin in a dormitory room, as Dell Computer did, or in a garage, as hundreds of start-ups in our community have done, and can grow into a…

I suppose, unlike some of the debates we have here in this House, that the amazing thing about this debate is that the comments that our colleagues on the Republican side have made confirm all of our concerns about this measure. Indeed…

all of us who recognize the importance of the new economy and who believe we should encourage its expansion by minimizing regulation and taxes and maximizing the freedom to innovate should join together today to express our concerns. This…

having authored the Texas Sunset Act during my service as a Texas State Senator, I believe there is merit in the sunset process. That Texas law limits the life of every State agency, and I am working with a bipartisan coalition here in…

Even though Texas has some problems, having outdistanced Los Angeles, which is one of the cities that has the dirtiest air in the country in many areas, the claim was that one candidate was not enough of an environmentalist, but instead of…

we said, look, whether those ads are put on by a Democrat, a pro-environmental group or an anti-environmental group, let us at least tell the taxpayers who is financing them. And this Republican leadership, the same Republican leadership…

Instead of doing the kind of hot air measure that we have here today, I believe the gentleman joined with me in saying that that was wrong and that taxpayers ought to have a right to be able to find out whether it is some Texas friend of…

certainly it is important to point out they will freeze into place all of these special interests provisions, all of these loopholes. The gentleman focused, I think, very eloquently on the effects of their proposal and has also noted that…

Next year we will have substantial change. I believe that next year, since this particular Congress once again will not even honor the recommendations of its Joint Tax Committee to address corporate tax shelters, ignores the…

Mr. Speaker, I believe the American people have come to realize that every spring about this time, as sure as daylight savings time going into effect and Easter and Passover coming along and kids anticipating their graduation from school…

I think that is right. In other words, most proposals dealing with the Tax Code would bring in the experts; would do the kind of thing that I sought to do with these tax shelter hustlers, bring in the academic experts, the people out in…

They had a hearing at their political convention on it, so they really do not need to have substantive hearings on it, because this is a political gimmick. It is a gimmick, not really a serious proposal about how to resolve the concerns…

So the last speaker was totally out of order in his suggestion that we were avoiding taxpayer rights, because what we are involved with is giving all American taxpayers a new right, the right to know what these phony organizations do that…

a 527 is not a bird or some new model of aircraft, but it is the Superman or super weapon of this political season. Operating under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, these new political groups can spew out hate over the airwaves…