Bobby Scott

Reclaiming my time, I would finally ask, is this the right to carry, subject to training and regulation prescribed by the Attorney General? I yield to the gentleman.

Reclaiming my time, also, did the Federal officials ask for this new power? I yield to the gentleman. {time} 1715

I think the amendment is clarifying in nature, and I have no objection. I am not aware of any objection.

As this chart shows, we could have done better, and we did do better when President Clinton vetoed the irresponsible budgets and there were enough Democrats in Congress to sustain those vetoes. And if we look at that chart, every year is…

Therefore, when the tax cuts were offered, they did not have to be paid for. So the question was not how would you like some new tax cuts with these spending cuts, or how would you like these tax cuts with increased taxes here to pay for…

With PAYGO, that means if you want to have a new spending program, you have to cut spending somewhere else or raise taxes to pay for it. If you have a new tax cut, either you have to cut spending that same amount or raise some other taxes…

The bottom line is you get it from the students. They will be paying more. Thousands of dollars each on average for student loans, they will have to pay. It is the only way to get it. If you cut the subsidy, somebody's got to pick it up…

And Republicans threatened to close down the government. In fact, they closed down the government, but President Clinton refused to sign those massive tax cuts we could not afford. Year by year he held that veto pen out to make sure that…

The simple bottom line is if you take money out of the student loan program, somebody's going to pay it. It is the students, and it is thousands of dollars more per student.

I would say if you talk about student loans and helping student loans, if you cut back on the student loan program, somebody has to pick up that weight. The students who are affected by this will be paying thousands of dollars, $5,000 and…

The gentleman indicated that last year was the third largest deficit in the history of the United States. When were the other two?

And you get absolutely nothing for interest on the national debt. It is money down the drain. You do not get the first rifle. You do not get the first schoolbook. You do not get any health care. You do not get anything for interest on the…

I believe the gentleman has some charts that he wanted to discuss about some of the choices that we are making.

In closing let me just say that, as the gentleman from Arkansas, who is a physician, indicated, weight gain can be caused by contamination or other problems, even if that contamination was unknowing. Under this bill, the attorney general…

I just want to make clear the Supreme Court cases made it clear that you could discriminate with your personal church money, but not with Federal money. All of the cases are consistent. In fact, if my colleagues read the cases, they point…

Reclaiming my time, in this case, if the volunteer is hit and has an automobile accident, fully insured, you lose the insurance, the innocent victim is now subject to pay his own medical bills. Where, ordinarily, there would be…

This did not go through committee, so I just had a question for the chairman of the committee, if the chairman would respond. My question is what impact this will have on someone minding their own business, sitting at a stoplight, that…

A Democratic amendment was scheduled next, but I believe that amendment is not going to be offered. The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 18 printed in House Report 109-178. Amendment No. 18 Offered by Mr…

Could the Reading Clerk read the amendment? The Acting CHAIRMAN. Is the gentlewoman from Texas going to ask unanimous consent to modify the amendment?

Could the chairman explain which amendment is being considered at this point? The Acting CHAIRMAN. Amendment No. 15.

I would say that it would have been extremely helpful if we could have considered that. We could have got the definition straight, and we could have considered it in a more deliberative process rather than trying to deal with it here on…

But the Presidential leadership would not allow an irresponsible budget to become law?

But did President Clinton, when he looked at those irresponsible budgets, not have to veto those budgets, showing Presidential leadership? {time} 1915

When the Congress passed budgets that included massive tax cuts, what happened to those budgets?

Now, if you did not acknowledge that there is a problem, how likely is it that you will take the very difficult, make the very difficult decisions that we had to make in 1993?