Richard K. Armey

There's something wrong when the richest nation on earth, with the best health-care system in the world, the lowest poverty, and the highest employment, has a constantly growing percentage of its population going without medical-expense…

Today, I am introducing the Fair Care for the Uninsured Act, a bill to give the nation's 44 million uninsured a refundable tax credit of $1,000 per adult and $3,000 per family for the purchase of private health insurance.

I will just say that I appreciate these numbers. I studied them. While on the surface our numbers may seem smaller than the President's, I take greater confidence in our budget committee's numbers because they are real.

Bless the hearts of kids. I love listening to the young people today. They are so good. They are paying these taxes for grandma and grandpa's retirement. They know that is an obligation and responsibility. They are happy to fulfill it. It…

Mr. Speaker, just this morning in the Oval Office of the White House, the President of the United States was asked with respect to the engagement of American military in Iraq. I quote: ``Would it undercut your authority if the House opens…

So perhaps some rest and relaxation this evening, some satisfaction, I might say, of knowing that we have done good work on behalf of the American people to preserve the integrity of this surplus so that next year we can look at the manner…

Let me finish with this point. So many times we have said around here that the idea is bigger than the man. Joe White once again has shown us the idea is never bigger than the child.

I think of it as the most unique institution of freedom in the history of the world, soon fall in love with this institution. I think Jerry Solomon has clearly done that, and I tell people often, and I think, Jerry, you, must, too, say I…

The current Tax Code is an abomination to the human spirit, it goes against everything that we think is important, necessary, beneficial, useful and healthy in the life of our family or our business, and we cannot and will not suffer it…

Of course we are all concerned about getting this matter resolved as soon as possible on behalf of the concerns we had among our American farmers. We are working on that, and I can say that it is my hope that we may be able to do it…

Next week is, of course, a week where we have a great deal of work that is pending before the Nation and very important work. There is no doubt we will get to campaign finance reform. And this is, of course, a very big, broad-based debate…

If the gentleman is still talking about the consideration of honest and fair elections, certainly, I have no doubt, we will get beyond the rule and into the bill. I simply cannot give my colleague any assurance about how far we will get…

This is not about me, and, in all due respect, it is not about the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia. It is about the children. Quite frankly, we have 8,000 of those children and their parents that have said this is a good deal. We…

We are perfectly prepared to continue any further consideration of this subject as the year passes by. But certainly we feel we have identified, through the efforts of the committee on a bipartisan working basis, the key crucial issues…

They are all bills that have been worked on in the House by a number of people from both sides of the aisle. They have all been under consideration in the Committee on House Oversight, and we are of course confident that Members from both…

I must say that during the 1970s, I even thought maybe I would move to another country just to find more freedom, and when Ronald Reagan came on the scene, I drew hope, I drew from him encouragement. I dared again to believe in America and…

It is my belief at this point to continue to talk to all the people related to these conferences on spending bills that we can complete that work by sometime next weekend. I see no reason to depart from that belief. But I must advise the…

Listening to the gentleman's comments, the fact of the matter is the Nation is concerned about the degree to which children are being failed by these school systems. It reminds me of an old line from a psychologist that the definition of…

I have come to know him and to know his work well. And let me say, Mr. Speaker, I have no hesitation nor any reservation in saying that in my estimation there is no person in this city who by professional experience and depth of concern is…

A famous philosopher once said that only the educated are free. Our system today is doing a very poor job of promoting that freedom. I believe that our education system fails because it lacks accountability and subverts responsibility…

It is precisely because we believe that the competition that comes with choice and the involvement of parents holding schools accountable is so critical that we believe that the public schools institutionally will be the first, best…

I would, if it was deemed advisable, present to the body a resolution that would protect Mr. Dornan's rights under those circumstances to be present on the floor.

Mr. Speaker, before proceeding to the House schedule, I would like to have everyone's attention for a very important announcement. My son and my lovely daughter-in-law last night graced me with a new little fishing buddy. David and Laurie…

I must say one thing, though, and I say this on behalf of all of the Members of Congress and all of their respective constituencies. The supposition that the supplemental bill, or any appropriations for that matter, any appropriations…

If I could talk about this agreement on the budget for a moment, beginning with my mother and father-in-law. We all love our parents, my folks being on Social Security and, of course, to some degree also dependent upon Medicare for their…