Pete Sessions

I don't think we would be in violation of the decree to have the Government--and we speak for the Government, don't we?--say to them we don't intend to fund the second one.

That is what the Department of Justice, the Clinton Department of Justice, memorandum says, that it has the option. I think that's the most plain reading of it, and I suggest to you the union agreed to this reluctantly, preferring not to…

Are you reading the first full paragraph there? It doesn't say 1996 election. It says they consent to supervision of any election. That means obviously the United States did not intend to supervise all those elections. The United States…

The U.S. Government, because of its concern about the mob influence of a union, protected itself with the right to assert, the right to provide an election officer in supervision, to supervise the election. So we don't have to exercise…

I thank my colleague. In looking at the consent decree. We talked a lot about it. I think we should look at it and see what it actually says with regard to the effort in the 1991 election. What I read it to say--perhaps there is more than…

I think it says that it gives the United States clearly the option to do so, and pay for that election or not. In fact, I have in my hand a memorandum of the U.S. Department of Justice which says just that--interprets it just that way. It…

I would first like to say I appreciate the leadership of the Senator from Oklahoma. Senator Inhofe has done an outstanding job in working to preserve the defense of his Nation, and his comments about our lack of preparedness are very…

Let's imagine a single mother who is teaching school with three children ages 17, 15, and 12 hoping to save money for college and just getting by. The transmission breaks on the car, and there is a $400 bill. Who should decide who ought to…

In summary, I would like to say that House Concurrent Resolution 102 talks directly about the problem that we have about Government spending and overregulation in our Government. Whereas there are $3 trillion 520 billion that are spent…

I also believe that from what I have seen in the Fifth District of Texas, that many of the people who are at home, who are operating these home businesses, are women, women who are trying to not only make a go of it with their marriage and…

This deduction that I believe the gentleman is talking about is one that we would call pretax. This is the exact same pretax tax treatment that is given by corporations. So what we are trying to say is, these people who are self-employed…

This is correct, Mr. Speaker. So what we are talking about tonight, and I thank the gentleman for that insight that he offered, what we are trying to do is to make sure that the IRS gets it. Our independent contractors have already been…

We believe that what it will do is put very clearly and, let me get to the language, if I can, that will talk about this instance. What we are going to do is to make sure that codified within the law that we talk about what is an…

I rise as a member of the conservative action team to point out what we are for, what we have talked about, and that is that we believe that there should be more tax cuts that are available from this bill. What we are standing up tonight…

So the question is, is that we should take these women who have babies, children that are under 6, and to exempt them simply because they might have children that they have to take care of?

It should be noted that they have invested that money for the purpose which is for the good of all people. They get up and go to work every day. I would like to say that even though I have what might be considered a full-time job I still…

That is not the discussion of this bill. That is not the discussion about who is making money and who is not because that is an investment issue.

I would like for the Record to once again be noted that Secretary Cuomo agreed with this section, and it is specifically my point in rising today that I believe we are asking for participation from those people who live in public units to…

The gentleman has hit upon the key to the entire debate and that is, our Tax Code is too complex. We cannot expect the IRS to make something pretty of it when it is simply ugly. We must have the determination, people who got elected to…

Our tax system is too complex, and taxes are too high, and, as we speak tonight, there are those in our country that are struggling tonight to try and finish out that IRS tax form to comply with the law. In 1993 the IRS gave out 8.5…

It troubles me greatly. I have read that language in this proposed amendment. I consider it frightening. That is the reason I felt obligated to come and express my opinions today, not for any other reason. I think we should not amend the…

I think that is a very realistic possibility, and it is so incapable of enforcement or definition. Do you say that a private group that believes deeply in interests like pro-life or pro-choice cannot raise money and say don't vote for John…

I have concluded that we are at a point where we have to admit the primacy of the first amendment and free speech and I have come down on that side.