William Orton

Dear Congressman Orton: I've been informed of your interest in Hyperemesis Gravidarum and would like to share my concern regarding the need for further research in this area and some very interesting preliminary findings from a pilot study…

CBO has it wrong, but under the gentleman's proposal CBO would have it even more wrong and we would have even higher deficits.

What this chart shows is that in each year, the CBO has underestimated deficits up until 1993, which they overestimated the deficit. About half, look at 1990, they underestimated the deficit by $119 billion. Half of that was revenue.

I will be very brief just in stating my support for the amendment. Indeed the President has, as indicated, indicated that he would do this administratively. I believe it is good to put it in statutory language. I support the amendment by…

My amendment does three things to modernize and improve FHA. First, it simplifies the downpayment requirement of FHA. It is a very complex two-part downpayment requirement. This simplifies it to a simple one-part calculation. It retains…

I rise in support of H.R. 3448, the Small Business Job Protection Act. This bill contains a number of provisions that I have long supported, and which encourage the creation and growth of small businesses. First, the bill increases the…

Mr. Chairman, last night after general debate on the budget, I was talking with one of my constituents who after watching several hours of debate was totally confused over what the argument was all about. While the budget and alternatives…

No. In fact, Mr. Chairman, the language that the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Stenholm] is referring to was section 210 of last year's conference report on the budget resolution, which in fact was entitled Tax Reduction Contingent on Balanced…

The real issue here that we are asking is that we be honest with the American public. Section 210 in last year's conference report, titled ``Tax Reduction Contingent on Balanced Budget in the House of Representatives,'' at least promised…

In fact that adds up to a total according, to the Joint Economic Committee, of $216.1 billion in cuts. If in fact you only have $122 billion provided for in tax cuts, you are $94 billion short.

Then, in fact, Mr. Chairman, I take back the balance of my time and I would simply make the point that if the gentleman is not willing to expand his amendment to make it absolutely clear that the line-item veto applies to all contract…

there is a question whether the current law does apply to contract authority, which is the issue I am raising, and that is why I wish for the chairman to be on record.

Well, Mr. Chairman, that is my concern, because as the gentleman will recall, during the debate of the line-item veto bill I rose to propose an amendment to the line-item veto bill, to apply the line-item veto to contract authority as…

That is the point I wish to make. And if, in fact, as the gentleman has indicated, Mr. Chairman, that the line-item veto would, not only under current law but under his amendment, apply line-item veto to all contract authority, then I…

I think it will remove criticism from the amendment and in fact eliminate one of the objections that many people have had to this particular bill.

in closing let me just say we do not want to make this a partisan fight. This motion to recommit is not partisan. This motion to recommit does nothing to the bill which we are adopting except one thing: making the line-item veto effective…

just in response to my friend who just mentioned that it was the President who asked for this, yes, the President asked for line-item veto. The President did not ask for line-item veto to be until after the new year of 1997. It was offered…

Mr. Speaker, in conjunction with Women's History Month, I rise today to pay tribute to an extraordinary woman in the political history of our Nation: Martha Hughes Cannon. Born on July 1, 1857, Martha Hughes Cannon led a distinguished life…

the gentleman's position is certainly understandable. The concern, however, is that it certainly was a major platform in the Contract With America. It passed this body with overwhelming support. The President supports it, yet the 1996…

continuing my reservation, I would say to the gentleman that that conference not having reached a resolution, many of us here are concerned that in the middle of the 1996 process, as this body and the other body continue to identify areas…

Today I join my fellow Utahns in celebrating Utah's Statehood Centennial. One hundred years ago, on January 4, 1896, my home State of Utah became the 45th State in the Union. Utah had spent nearly 50 years attempting to become a State, and…

H.R. 1555, the ``Communications Act of 1995'' makes major changes in our telecommunications industry. These changes will have a profound effect on consumers, on businesses, and on our society. While much of the focus of this bill has been…

It is different from the ARC. The ARC is direct money going to communities to pay for highways, for the kinds of----

Mr. Chairman, as a cosponsor of this bipartisan amendment, I am pleased to join my colleagues, the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Klug] and the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss], in offering this amendment to eliminate funding for the…