Ralph Hall

I strongly support the Texas-Maine- Vermont low-level radioactive waste disposal compact. Mr. Speaker, the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act is a very good example of state-Federal cooperation, and approval of the compact will fulfill…

this amendment would preclude the U.S. Department of Education from imposing audit deficiencies on Texas College that result from records not maintained or retained by the college administrators for academic years 1990-1991 to the arrival…

I will not have any speakers. I rise in support of the bill. I would like to have a colloquy with the gentleman from Colorado, Mr. Dan Schaefer. I thank the chairman for his leadership and for his hard work to ensure that the Energy Policy…

I would like to propose to my good friend from Colorado also that while this simple extension of existing authority is a good thing, we need to take a closer look early next year at the need to update EPCA's antitrust provisions.

the only change that I see in this is that it amends the Price-Anderson Act. That is an act that we very carefully crafted over two Congresses. There has been no hearing on this amendment. All in the world this is, by a very clever and…

Mr. Chairman, I do not consider them obstructionists, and we are trying not to be. The gentleman mentioned that they play the odds in Las Vegas. I have been to Las Vegas. The last time I was out there I saw a dejected fellow sitting over…

Let me say, this amendment would delete the 1 mill cap and permit the Secretary of Energy to assess a fee on existing nuclear energy plants to reflect the amount of funding needed in a given year to cover the cost of operations. Basically…

Let me just address the matter of States rights a little bit, whether or not States rights have been violated. None of us want to violate States rights. We all claim to support States rights. Of course, some of us want to put national…

I of course believe that tools are good if they are used properly and if they are not used for obstruction, and that is really what this amendment is. This amendment would just simply prohibit the Secretary from taking any action. I think…

I rise in support of the private property owners and in support of H.R. 1534. Mr. Chairman, the fifth amendment to the Constitution guarantees certain private property rights and protections that have been subject to various…

Mr. Speaker, FERC of course has the authority to extend the initial deadline but for no longer than 2 years. If additional time is needed, Congress can enact legislation to extend that deadline. I think I should also point out that it is…

once again we have a bad amendment offered by some good guys. Mr. Chairman, opponents of the space station say the station is going to cost the American taxpayers $94 billion by 2012, as Chairman Brown has pointed out and Chairman…

I, of course, rise to urge the override of the very ill-advised veto of the ban on partial-birth abortions. Back, oh, earlier in the year, one of the most widely respected and politically moderate physicians I suppose ever to hold the…

of course, I rise in support of the bill. It is hard for me to understand how some people can complain about a $3 million expenditure. It is matched immediately by a $25 million expenditure by the State of Texas and Texas A&M University…

I rise in objection to this amendment. To permit a digital spectrum auction, as this amendment does, would absolutely disrupt the economics of the broadcast industry and would make it, I think, impossible for broadcasters to continue to…

last night two churches in Greenville, TX, the fourth district that I represent, were damaged by fires which are suspected to be acts of arson. These are the latest in a long and tragic series of church burnings that have struck…

it is 35 years ago this month, May 5, 1961, that a young man named Alan Shepard became the first American to fly into space. His 15-minute suborbital flight was the first milestone in a journey that has taken Americans to the moon, has led…

this is not a difficult issue at all. It is rather simple actually. It just gets down to this, as to whether or not in order to raise people's taxes, we want a simple majority to do it, or do we want to make it a little bit tougher and…

I think also, Mr. Speaker, that it might be pointed out: I think that same poll that was conducted indicated not just people that are out of work or that are looking for work, Democrats or Republicans, support this. I think that same poll…

today, of course, is tax day for millions of Americans. It is also tax day for Congress. I think what we do in the next few hours will send a message to all the hard-working Americans all across the country. It will either give Americans…

5 years ago the United States fought a war in the Persian Gulf to safeguard our access to a plentiful supply of crude oil in the Middle East. In 1991, the United States had a lot at stake in the Persian Gulf, and since then not much has…

I rise today to pay tribute to a distinguished native son from the Lone Star State--a distinguished American and a dear and respected friend--the Honorable Sam Blakeley Hall, Jr., who died Sunday, April 10, 1994, at his home in Marshall…