That is a concern. They wanted to give Joe Camel a passport. They have already given him one really and taken him around to addict other people's children on nicotine, just as these nicotine peddlers have addicted our children in too many…

Thousands of deaths ago we could have acted on this measure. But the Speaker put a stop to the investigation that was going on in the House Committee on Commerce of the misconduct of the tobacco industry. Had it not been for vigorous…

Of course, I am familiar with the gentleman's leadership role on behalf of Armenia and Armenian Americans, and I am sure the gentleman has found it troubling, as he has traveled there and in some of these other former Soviet countries…

With that kind of money at stake, it is pretty clear why the tobacco industry can afford to lavish such giant campaign contributions on this Congress. And it is also pretty clear that the type of addiction that is at stake here is not just…

I think quite clearly you need to give the Food and Drug Administration, which deals with other kinds of harmful substances, lethal substances, the authority to do what it needs to do with reference to nicotine because it is such a deadly…

It would be consistent with what they did on campaign finance; coming up with some phony proposal probably written by some tobacco companies, and paid through their high-paid lobbyists here. Some kind of complete subterfuge, as they tried…

I know from your service on the Committee on Appropriations that we expend millions of taxpayer dollars to investigate the causes of various kinds of illnesses and diseases in America to try to improve health. Here is one that we know what…

I know the gentleman is aware, after years of denying, I think really flat out lying about their attempts to hook children, we now know through the documents that the judges are forcing these tobacco companies to reveal to the public…

the most congested and the most dangerous section of Interstate 35 anywhere between Canada and Mexico is in my hometown of Austin, Texas. Correcting the gridlock on Interstate 35 is vital not only for the Central Texas economy but for…

as this Congress concludes the first 100 days of 1998, it is quite appropriately in recess. Indeed, the Republican leadership of this House has been in recess for most of this year on most issues that could really make a difference in the…

there are people of good faith, both Democrats and Republicans, who have some good idea about how to clean up the corrupting influence of big money in our campaign system. But every one of our Republican friends will have to admit that the…

Do I understand from the majority leader, then, that the only discussion of campaign finance scheduled after these many months, and committee comments from both sides of the aisle in favor of it, will be under a procedure that permits no…

in a Congress that has been full of outrageousness, what we have seen here this afternoon represents by far the greatest outrage of all. To imagine that the Republican leadership, as announced by the majority leader, could get together in…

Haste was very important to us last September when the gentleman told us this issue was going to be coming up, but I missed the answer to my question. Is it correct that the only debate that will be permitted next week on campaign finance…

I thank the gentleman. It would appear, then, that the last bill that leadership offered is not the only one that has been killed by this House. Campaign finance is as dead as a door nail.

as I listened to this afternoon's disgraceful announcement given to us, I gather, with some glee by the Majority leader, that the American people would be denied any free and fair debate on the issue of campaign finance reform, I could not…

the Copyright Term Extension Act makes an important correction in our existing law to ensure that the intellectual property of artists across this land is protected, that it is not raided and misappropriated by people around the world to…

I want to be wholly bipartisan, as the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Scarborough) and I have been on the party line, but I would just close in being truly bipartisan on the issue of music by making reference to a songwriter from outside of…

is that not the same thing as stealing the works of people that have devoted significant time to creating something we all enjoy?

Last week at the Austin Music Awards down at the South by Southwest Music Gathering, we had people from all over the world, and of course we had to spotlight a little local talent, so the band that was playing is Ray Benson's Asleep At the…

without a doubt, this Congress today can go down in history as the biggest do-nothing Congress in memory. It has done less work on this floor in 3 months than the ordinary American would do in 3 weeks. Indeed, if we really think about all…

I want to extend an invitation to the gentleman to come down to Austin, Texas, at some time other than the campaign season, of course, and enjoy her where she sounds the best. But whether we have Shawn Colvin on the radio or Jerry Jeff…

I am so pleased to see that not all of the concern for music on the Republican side is expressed by the singing Senators and that there are other musicians and lovers of music on the Republican side that recognize this is basically a…

we were so fortunate in our family that my wife Libby could stay home with our two young daughters during their youth, pursuing her graduate degree and devoting most of her time to them. There is no doubt that that is the most important…

today our Republican friends are talking about naming airports. What America should really be concerned about is the ``NAMing'' of our airports. That is right, NAM, the National Association of Manufacturers, is having a corporate fly-in…