Pete Sessions

Has Senator Murkowski, who chairs the Energy Committee, and others in this Congress, been warning for years about this, saying that we were denied American production, that it was going to come back to haunt us and prices would go up and…

This amendment will provide $500,000, for Satsuma Orange research at Auburn University in Alabama. These funds will be used to conduct research on developing technologies that reduce freeze damage, necessary for consistent production and…

I have a heavy heart, and I miss him. He was a great Senator. He contributed to this Nation in extraordinary ways. He was a good friend to me, and a good friend to many others. Yes, he was modest, self-effacing, encouraging, positive, and…

I am excited so many others are involved with the possibility that we can have a detailed map of the human genome through the identification of the 3 billion nucleotide basis that make up the human genome, helping to cure diseases. It is…

I love to hear the story Senator Domenici tells about helping to make this human genome project a reality. He shared it with me some time ago. It is one of those success stories we can feel good about. It does provide opportunities for…

I appreciate Senator McCain for raising this important issue. I agree with him that is difficult to conceive that anyone would think that material that comes through the Internet which would not be allowed in the library in a book should…

I will quote: ``To attack the problems like the growing market capitalization.''

I believe the Senator raised a very important matter that is too little discussed in our Government, in our news media, and in this country. It seems to me every time I have heard the Senator speak on it, he makes perfectly good sense. I…

I have worked with Chairman Warner for nearly a year on this bill. It is time to pass this bill. If we put this nongermane Internal Revenue Code amendment on it, it will be blue-slipped by the House as a revenue bill. It will come back…

Today has been a glorious day for the United States House of Representatives. This body, actually yesterday, debated one of the most outstanding trade packages that will take place perhaps in my tenure in the House of Representatives, and…

Mr. Speaker, today's rule allows for a full and fair consideration of all the controversial defense authorization issues. We are getting our military families off food stamps and we are going to provide a 3.7 percent pay increase. We are…

In terms of the overall education budget, it is small in cost. But for those schools impacted, it is a very big deal for them. I thank the Senator for his leadership. I think this is an important issue.

We have a problem when two people are working and they are making $30,000 a year--just two, a man and woman. They fall in love. They get married. At $30,000 a year each, they end up paying about $800 more a year, which is $60 or $80 a…

I think it would be a matter of some discussion if the Senator would like to have some hearings in the Finance Committee on whether or not these bonuses occur. I don't think they are as substantial as the penalties may be. They are not…

We are solving the marriage tax penalty problem. You may be complaining about the bonus some might get.

I will just say this. The Senator is correct in saying this legislation deals with the penalty provision and does not attempt to increase taxes on married couples, to try to reach some sort of ideal level. It is designed to provide relief…

I believe his deficiencies for the position revolve around an honestly held political philosophy that I do not agree with--judicial activism. That is the main basis for opposing his nomination. But I am very troubled by the case I cited…

I hate to ask this to be delayed. But he is a sitting Federal judge. It is not messing up his Federal practice in a couple or three weeks to get to the bottom of this and how the case was assigned, because it didn't come out of an…

In a case of national importance, which in itself just on the face of it does not pass the smell test, in my view, he should not have accepted it. Another thing Senator Specter has never done is handle the sentencing guidelines. They were…

The Seventh had three cases, and those were reversed. Over the 3 years--I have done the numbers--the Ninth Circuit remains No. 1 in the number of cases reversed.

I do admit, in 1996, it looks as if the D.C. Circuit and the First Circuit had one case considered by the Supreme Court and it was reversed. D.C. Circuit had one, and it was reversed. And the Federal appeals court had one, and it was…

There is no doubt that over a period of years, the Ninth Circuit has been reversed more than any other circuit. Their record of having 27 out of 28 reversed in 1 year is absolutely unprecedented. It has never been approached by any other…

The D.C. Circuit had one case and Federal Circuit had one case reviewed by the Supreme Court, whereas the Ninth Circuit had 27 out of 28 reversed.

The Senator does not define it in the statute. They won't know what the Senator said on the floor.

I conclude by explaining why this amendment is so impractical. It says children have to have multiple opportunities for parental involvement. I don't know what that means.