Ralph Hall

I rise today to honor the 90th birthday of former President Ronald Reagan and to pay tribute to his distinguished service during his eight years as our Nation's leader. President Reagan's idealism and vision set the stage for remarkable…

the U.S. Fire Administration and the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program I think deserve everything that the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner) has recommended. I think they deserve the support of this House, because…

this is a story about a World War II LST that is coming home. She is one of the last of her kind. She has seen a lot in her time. And now, at about 65 years of age, she is about to take on one of the biggest challenges of her entire…

I rise in support of H.R. 3514, the Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act. I am one of over 140 of the gentleman's cosponsors. The author has done a great job of gaining and garnering support and ushering it…

I, of course, am pleased to support H.R. 2884, which has been pointed out to be an Energy Policy and Conservation Act and gives the Department of Energy some authority to continue operating the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that we call SPR…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4429 is a very important piece of legislation, and I wish to compliment the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Barcia) and our chairman for their persistence in focusing the Congress on the impacts that electronic commerce is…

in the Extension of remarks accompanying the introduction of H.R. 4899, there seems to be a desire for the proposed Commission to prefer one nation to another. India over China. There is always a danger that we will codify a temporary…

here we go again. Of course I oppose this amendment. I have opposed it ever since the gentleman from Indiana has been in Congress. I hope I am opposing it for the next 10 years with him because he is a wonderful guy; he just has a lousy…

I am honored to support this amendment. It is a good amendment. I thank the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Mollohan) for bringing it forth. I also want to suggest that the subcommittee chairman, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh)…

I think they would tell me, if they could understand, that they need a date certain Tax Code for this House to do something. That is not putting them under the gun too much. I will tell Members what it does, it tells us that we need to go…

I believe, though, that we may be starting at the wrong level, we may be starting up here, when we really ought to be starting in our precincts and in our counties in our States at home. If we only close the gap today, or if we come close…

I suggest that, no matter how the vote turns out, that we start anew the day we have either won or lost it, to working the other end of the situation and asking those 10 people what they think about it, and asking each Member of Congress…

I think as the gentleman well knows, we represent a conservative area. We both represent a part of the old Rayburn congressional district. We talk about balanced budgets and all that. Mr. Rayburn had a balanced budget the last 8 years of…

Mr. Speaker, I like others here rise to support the use of a portion of our surplus to pay down on our national debt. We have got a golden opportunity in front of us. For the first time in 30 years we have a budget surplus. During most of…

I rise today on this legislation by my good friend from New York (Mr. Gilman)--not to point fingers at anyone for finding ourselves in the circumstances we find ourselves in today, but simply to make a plea--that we develop and implement a…

I am honored to get to say a word or so about Jake Pickle. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Doggett) and others have talked about all of his attainments, his acquisitions and his honors. I guess I just want to talk about Jake Pickle, the good…

I rise today to express my dire concern and the concern of many of my constituents in my district and in my State regarding any further deployment of U.S. troops to Kosovo. I have always supported our uniformed service members and will…

I am pleased, of course, today to rise in support of this bill, the underlying vehicle for this package of legislation, H.R. 4017, which was introduced by the chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, my good friend, the gentleman…

I just want to say a word or so of gratitude to those that have been of such great help to a group of veterans to whom this means so very much. This bill, of course, is to recognize a group of veterans who put their lives in harm's way…

I am honored to get to rise and say a few words for Jerry Solomon. I served as a Judge for 12 years in Texas. I was 10 years in the Texas Senate. I have been up here 18 years. As my colleagues know, part of the compensation we get for…

the gentleman has listed the three States that embody this agreement and he has listed five other major States that would like to send their low-level waste to Texas. I would like to add the other 44 States that would probably like to send…

Notwithstanding my great respect for the gentleman from Travis County, Texas (Mr. Doggett), I opposed his amendment on the floor here. But the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton) and others of us got together and I think we thought, not…

I would start by saying that my speech will probably fall on some closed minds, because many already have your minds made up. Many of you have decided or pledged to take a particular vote, or taken an oath to do it, or been whipped by…

I suggest that H.R. 2217 would simply extend the deadline for the commencement of construction for a 4.6 megawatt hydroelectric project in San Miguel County, Colorado, until January 30 of the year 2002. This would extend the deadline to 10…

H.R. 2841 would simply extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a 35-megawatt hydroelectric project in Bracken County, Kentucky, for up to three additional 2-year periods. According to the bill's sponsor, the gentleman from…