Pete Sessions

I believe your concern is reasonable, and I will work with you to see that this issue is addressed in conference. I am confident that we can reach a consensus on the timing issue, and that all sides will be able to accept the change.

I don't think I mentioned about Senator Hatch, when he came to Alabama, and there were 2,000 delegates there at a State convention voting for President, he came within a few votes of being the winner. He had a great showing in our home…

Let us not forget the goals of the VFW as noted in the 1936 congressional charter: 'To assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate their memory . . .; and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the…

I am consistently awed by the great sacrifice committed by so many of behalf of this great nation.

In addition, the VFW provides $3 million annually for cancer research and $15 million for veteran-service programs.

Today, the VFW's 2 million veterans, and its auxiliaries' 750,000 members, provide $2.7 million annually in scholarships and awards to U.S. high school students.

In celebration of VFW's 100th anniversary, I want to recognize the efforts of this worthwhile organization that continues to assist tens of thousands of veterans, as well as their dependents and survivors.

To assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate their memory . . .; and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States; to maintain and extend the institutions of freedom; and to preserve…

The power of a United States bankruptcy court already provide that a court may issue any order that is necessary or appropriate to carry out its responsibilities of the bankruptcy law to protect the custody of the estate and its…

As you know, the Senate Judiciary Committee, of which I am a member, spent a great deal of time last year examining the bankruptcy law and how to improve it for both doctors and creditors, I am particularly concerned that companies that…

The people we elected in our communities care about our children. We ought to allow them to do their job with the least possible headache from Washington. It is arrogant of us to think we know better how to spend the money to educate the…

H.R. 4001 designates the building of the United States Postal Service located at 2601 North 16th Street in Philadelphia as the Roxanne H. Jones Post Office Building. In 1984, Roxanne H. Jones became the first African American elected to…

I would like to state to the honorable gentleman from Virginia, the subcommittee chairman, that he is correct, this is exactly as the language is and as stated. The Committee on Government Reform and Oversight is well aware of the…

I too am concerned about the tritium production decision and its future funding. My position over the last several months focused on the debate to retain the decisionmaking authority of DOE so that the Department might be free to make the…

I was taken aback this morning after reading statements made by Vice President Gore that appeared in an article detailing the decision made by the Energy and Water Appropriations conference committee to eliminate Federal funding for the…

I believe in this bill. It is not a political bill. It is a bill that provides resources and support and strength right to the local juvenile courts throughout America. It is in those courts where the real progress is being made in…

Mr. Speaker, today I call on the Attorney General to release the non-6(e) material from the Freeh and LaBella memoranda so that the American people can see for themselves what has been going on and so that they can judge for themselves…

I am inclined to think this obsession with eliminating the ability of people to speak out freely in an election cycle is unwise. It does threaten the robust nature of this democracy. I recall last year we had 30 Members here who voted to…

Yes, the Senator is quite correct. It does apply to a number of different circumstances. Some of those circumstances, I suggest, probably are constitutional. Many of those things may be required. Certain parts of it may not be. I suggest…

I have concluded that we have a juvenile justice system that is overwhelmed by the flood of more and more cases, more and more serious cases. According to a New York Times article, in Chicago they spend 5 minutes per case. That shows you…

I submit it was a political act by people in this body to derail where we were going, to introduce onto the VA-HUD bill this kind of massive change in agenda to try to create a debate on health care when this body was on another item.

It is my belief that any conference outcome on this issue should not limit the ability of the DOE to make a final selection on the two alternatives. I am hopeful, of course, that the Bellefonte plant would be favorably considered.

We must have new tritium production to maintain a credible nuclear deterrent. The Department of Energy is currently assessing two potential technologies to produce tritium for defense purposes. One option is to construct a linear…

I believe it ought to be a disinterested applicator of the law, regardless of politics, ideology, and those sorts of things. I believe we ought to look for nominees that do that. Both for my respect for the distinguished Senators from…

I am glad to answer that. First of all, if we don't cap it at $4,000 an hour, we are likely to end up as in Texas at $92,000 an hour. A judge has approved that fee in Texas. It is going to go through. So certainly this is better than…