Mr. Chairman, what is being overlooked here is we are talking about a mechanism that encourages reasonable settlements of lawsuits by imposing risks on all the parties in the case. And we limit that risk for those who talk about the deep…

I do not think it has that effect at all because, as I said earlier, if the plaintiff's case has merit, that is going to put greater pressure on the defendant to settle case because they know that if they lose the case, they are going to…

I was a member of the majority that voted to put the gentleman's language into the bill to make it perfectly clear that drug courts are an important part of this legislation, and the funding is available. In fact, any community that wants…

I keep hearing the opponents of this amendment claim that they oppose the amendment because of the spending cuts that will affect their favorite programs that they feel are going to hurt people when they are cut. But what about their…

This amendment is not about protecting children. This amendment is about protecting the rights of so many here who want to take away the rights of parents and local governments and State governments to have their own input into how…

the President is giving many Americans an awful and unnecessary choice: They can either keep their job or turn over their health care to Government bureaucrats. You see, the Clintons want to pay for their huge new Government power grab by…

in the 1 minute it will take me to address the House today, $780,000 will be added to the national debt. And when the next 1-minute speech is delivered--another $780,000. And so it goes minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day…

everyone knows that the first thing a doctor is taught, is to do no harm. Well, the same should be demanded of legislators and administration officials when they enter government--especially--when it comes to messing around with the…

We have just done the right thing by passing the Hyde amendment. Let us not throw it out. Mr. Chairman, although I believe habeas reform is long overdue to streamline the appeals process, no reform is better than the so-called reforms…

it is springtime in Washington, and that means sunshine, unless, of course, we are talking about shining a little light on Whitewater. The Whitewater fiasco continues. Yesterday, the chairman of the House Committee on Banking, Finance and…

In the past Congress passed provisions to set up firewalls between discretionary and entitlement spending in attempts to balance the budget. It did not work. Then we tried pay-as-you-go provisions. They did not work. Just last week we had…

I want to strongly urge support for the Kasich budget, particularly to the previous speaker, my good friend, the gentleman from North Carolina, in the Fourth District, where his constituents would receive, under the Kasich Republican…

more accountability is necessary in the Office of Independent Counsel than this bill provides. The Hyde amendment corrects that. Since 1978 a permanent, indefinite appropriation within justice has existed to fund expenditures by…

this week numerous members of the President's party have come to this floor to speak in support of the Clinton health plan. They have told chilling stories of gaps in our current health care system and make the argument that since these…

My colleagues, nothing angers my constituents more than the idea that Members of Congress are treated differently than others by so many different statutes, and the gentlemen from Texas are correct that Members of Congress are included in…

this bill is intended to make sure that Members of Congress can have special prosecutors, independent counsels, appointed to investigate high crimes on their part, and we should make sure that there is no difference.

now that the national media has crowned the Cooper health care plan as an alternative to the President's health reform plan, some have started calling it ``Clinton lite''. By calling it Clinton lite, they are pointing out the similarities…

as we speak--the Congressional Budget Office is testifying before the Ways and Means Committee that the President's health care proposal should be included in his budget. That is a conclusion many of us reached months ago. The CBO states…