Richard K. Armey

This resolution simply authorizes the Speaker to appoint a Select Committee on Homeland Security consisting of five House Republican Members and four House Democrat Members. The purpose of the select committee, which will have hearing…

I walked in this morning and saw all you gathered, and I was reflecting on the fact some of you may have noticed I too am soon to be a retired Member of Congress, and many of these days now as I walk these halls and sit in this Chamber, I…

Imagine a father who loves his daughter, pretty little 15-year-old girl, all the boys are crazy about her and so is daddy, but she has got a special boyfriend and daddy knows those two little ones are going to get into trouble. So in order…

I have studied on this legislation from the point of view of seeking that super-mighty application that will get the whole world to sign up for a big old fat pipe called broadband, whether it be cable, DSL, or whatever. I have studied to…

Mr. Speaker, it seems every now and then we have to stop and just remind ourselves what the debate is about here. It seems to me there is too much confusion with respect to whether or not this debate is about cutting taxes, leaving money…

I thank the gentlewoman. My final response would be that if indeed it was the volition of this body to do only the very least we could do, we would, in fact, take up the very least that was done by the other body. But it is our hope we can…

at the end of this Congress, I will have served 18 years in the United States House of Representatives. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the good people of the 26th Congressional District of Texas who nine times elected me to represent them in…

Mr. Speaker, I am here today with some of my colleagues to talk about a serious subject, but let me begin by paying my respects to this great country. America is such a great country. We Americans are such hardworking people. We go to…

I should point out that the tax provisions for individuals described by the gentleman from Texas, when found in the House bill, represent some portion of or virtually 100 percent of the bill that goes to tax reduction incentives for growth…

These are exactly the proposals that were applauded across this land in 1962 when first proposed by then President John F. Kennedy. They worked in 1962. The only thing that was different is by 1962, we had never enacted anything in our Tax…

Mr. Chairman, again we are reminded about the horrible events of September 11. We watched as a Nation with horror and as air travelers, we watched with some fear and trepidation. We watched as the President of the United States acted…

again, during our discussions earlier this morning between the minority leader, the Speaker and myself with the House Physician, Dr. Eisold, it was clear that we did not feel, according to the doctor's advice, that anyone was in imminent…

Each and every one of those efforts was tabled in the other body. And this committee worked with the White House to restore those protections to the base bill so that we can achieve a proper balance, a balance that gives the resources to…

Mr. Speaker, I believe we could probably find a pretty unanimous consensus in America that there is probably no grief that comes to a parent that is greater than the grief of losing a child. In fact, this Nation has on many, many occasions…

Mr. Speaker, this is a serious moment for each and every one of us, and you can see it weighing in our hearts. Every now and then, Mr. Speaker, we are called upon to understand and reach deep into our hearts and minds to understand who we…

Mr. Chairman, patients need more than a bill of rights, they need a declaration of independence. Millions of American families today find themselves trapped in HMOs that they did not choose and they do not like. This amendment offers them…

I am in support of responsible campaign finance reform that does respect the first amendment rights of the American people and does not trespass against freedom of speech; and I am not confident that Shays-Meehan is done as well as the…

Mr. Chairman, we are a great Nation. We are a Nation of people that have led the world in compassion and concern. We are a Nation of people that have always raised our voice for freedom, fair and decent treatment, safety and security for…

as a young professor, I remember the despair that my profession of economics had in the 1970s dealing with the malaise of that decade, the stagflation, the hopelessness, and the helplessness of the economy that caused the American people…

I feel that way sometimes on this question of scholarships for children. I fight this fight, it seems, every year. Sometimes we win. Sometimes we lose. A couple of years ago, we got it through the House, we got it through the Senate, got…

I fully expect and hope with all my heart that this Chamber will have the heart to pass amendment No. 15. But should this Chamber simply not rise to that occasion, if we should find a lack of love in this body with respect to that…

I look around this Chamber and I see the Members of this body that have traveled the globe out of concern to speak up for human rights, to reach out a hand of comfort and support and encouragement for the beleaguered people across this…

At the White House, of course, we are very excited and enthusiastic about the possibility of completing the budget, which we may expect to see on the floor tomorrow, and then subsequently to move forward and talk about the reduction in…

if I may close this and if I may dare speak for the body, Joelle, we wish you Godspeed; and in the best spirit of a Texas country western song, let me say, we miss you already, and you are not even gone.

We have brought here before the American people an effort to end the death tax. We choose to do that because we think it fundamentally wrong to tax a family's legacy. We have had testimony here about the fact that a handful of very, very…