William F. Smith

All citizens should be aware that President Bush really has two opponents in his reelection effort: the Democratic nominee and the national media. Most of the national media minimize or ignore the good news for President Bush, like last…

The Supreme Court's recent use of foreign law as a precedent in several cases is disturbing. This judicial activism threatens our Nation's sovereignty. For example, in a capital punishment case, a justice cited the Supreme Court of…

Several days ago President Bush observed that ``a lot of times there's opinion mixed in with news.'' The media generally present a liberal bias. For example, the three major television networks all carry more negative stories about…

I understand that, I acknowledge that. They are legal permanent residents. They are not citizens, but they also are not in the country illegally.

I think we ought to clarify for the record that only a legal permanent resident can serve in the Armed Services. Someone who is in the country illegally cannot serve in the armed forces. They have to be a legal permanent resident. We may…

The cost of malpractice insurance has steadily risen, which has caused many insurers to drop coverage or raise premiums. Doctors and others have been forced to abandon patients, particularly in high-risk specialties such as emergency…

Mr. Speaker, pension security is close to the heart of every working American. Workers save for years with the hopes that after they retire they will be able to live without financial worries, spending more time with their family and…

Today the House passed a resolution urging Congress to eliminate the death tax. The death tax is the wrong tax on the wrong people at the wrong time. It punishes those who save and invest. It prevents parents from helping their children…

I decided to leave it up to the Texas quarterback (Mr. Archer) and so put my committee assignments, and there is nothing more important to a new Member, in his hands. A couple of hours later he called back and said that I had been…

H.R. 3646 would allow certain individuals we evacuated from Kuwait in 1990 during the Persian Gulf War to become permanent residents of the United States.

I am happy to play a part in the creation of the Religious Worker Program in 1990. I support these visas since they allow American religious denominations, large and small, to benefit by the addition of committed religious workers from…

Mr. Speaker, this bill is, as we have heard, the product of literally months and months of study and negotiations and also, as we have heard, at times more than just a little patience. But the positive outcome has been and is today that…

I rise in support of H.R. 2372, the Private Property Rights Implementation Act. This legislation secures a basic right of all Americans: protection against government confiscation of homes, farms, and businesses. One of our most basic…

The self-executing amendment to H.R. 3736 includes a provision to provide math, engineering and computer science scholarships to needy students and a provision to provide additional worker training programs. There are a number of pilot…

This section should not be implemented if it would significantly disrupt legitimate border traffic. I will support going forward with this section only if it will not impede that cross-border travel and trade that I understand the…

I will work with the gentleman, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Paul), and others who might be interested, to draft and enact legislation this Congress that will prevent the Department of Transportation, or any other agency or department of…

The legislation we passed was designed only to address necessary steps to deal with a specific problem, such as illegal immigration in the United States. It was not the intention of the bill or the Congress to establish a national ID, or…

I support the religious freedom amendment... I urge my colleagues to support the religious freedom amendment.

I was not talking process. I was talking real people, real children who might be smuggled, real illegal aliens.

I would simply ask the gentleman, I think he is referring to legal immigrants because I assume he is not endorsing illegal immigration in America.

Let me reiterate and say that the Visa Waiver Program does not discriminate against anyone, it applies the same standards to every country in the world. And again I say, as I mentioned a while ago, to reward a couple of countries that have…

The reason that I will not budge from that argument is that the gentleman keeps using that phrase, that they deserve to get the visa waiver status because they are members of the European Union. If the gentleman will refrain from using…

I think the gentleman did understand the point of my metaphor there, but if the countries have not met the standard that currently exists, we are not asking for special treatment.

The language in this bill is mandatory and says that the entry-exit system shall not significantly disrupt trade, tourism or other legitimate cross border traffic. I believe the bill will do exactly what the gentleman would like to see…

The tax bill before the House, the first in 16 years to cut taxes, is one small step for America's families, one historic leap for freedom. It reverses the Nation's direction and points us down a path toward restoring individual…