The suggestion was that we would just pick one tax, the income tax, and only those that paid, there are other taxes that a lot of people do not pay; a lot of people do not pay estate taxes. What portion of the people have estates when they…

He has said on numerous times that if we run up significant deficits and increased debt that it will eventually have an effect on interest rates. It will increase interest rates. For a person with a mortgage, car loans, and credit cards…

The reason we are not creating many jobs is that by the time we have run up all the deficit and we are worse off than we started, it is because the tax cut was not targeted to those who will actually spend it. It was not targeted and the…

Minus 2\1/2\ million so far and dropping. We ought not refer to September 11, because this chart going back to the Truman administration includes the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the beginning and end of both of those wars, the Cold War…

I was just going to ask the ranking member, since we have run out of the surplus and Social Security, Medicare and other surplus, as you pass a tax cut, how is it funded if it is not under the PAYGO rules?

this chart shows, and we can hardly see, compared to what the millionaires get, we can hardly see the benefit we get if we are in the $50,000 to $75,000 or less range. This chart shows what we would get.

Mr. Speaker, even if this bill were constitutional, it would not stop any abortions, just a procedure. The abortion would still take place using an alternative procedure. I am not going to inflame the debate by describing those alternative…

the last speaker just read part of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' statement. He said that they could identify no circumstances under which the procedure identified above could be the only option to save the life…

You cannot get to balance through spending cuts. As I indicated, the entire defense budget is about $400 billion. We are 500 billion and counting, slightly offset because we are spending $150 billion on Medicare and Social Security surplus…

because of our sorry history of bigotry in this Nation, for decades it has been illegal to discriminate in employment and make decisions, job decisions based on race or religion. The only exception is churches and religious organizations…

You cannot create a chart like this by accident. Eight consecutive years, each year better than the last; under the present administration, each year worse than the last and no help in sight. You do not do that by accident.

this chart shows that the top one percent get half the tax cut that we enacted in 2001. The people in the lower brackets who are more likely to spend the money and stimulate the economy, you can hardly see the lines that they get. The top…

I like to use charts because one uses a lot of adjectives and uses a lot of spin. One cannot spin charts because they just show us what the numbers are. This chart, for example, shows the deficit year by year over the years. Johnson…

just about an hour before the Committee on Rules meeting, the Democratic side got one copy of the budget, so it is impossible to coherently discuss the budget. That is why this process is unfair. Let us discuss the best way we can where we…

I am frequently asked what we can do to repeal some of the mandatory minimum sentences which frequently impose bizarre, Draconian, and unreasonable sentences. Sometimes these requests come from relatives or friends of people, women whose…

We are troubled that the sentence for the crime was reduced to 30 months upon the court's consideration of mitigating facts. Such a reduction for mitigating factors may be appropriate in other circumstances. In other words, Mr. Speaker, we…

the bill has a number of technical problems which we have already heard discussed, including one for which I will have an amendment later in the debate. But the point I want to make here is, on page 3 of the bill, under findings, the…

in the bill we have the action of a manufacturer who willingly and knowingly violates a State or Federal statute and can be sued. You do not have to have a conviction. You have to have a conviction in this situation. The gentleman from…

A great political philosopher once said, if you do not change directions, you might end up where you are headed. Let us look at where we were headed; as we look at the budget deficits over the course of the years, we see the Johnson…

I would point out that this chart was done before the supplemental war budget, which has no way to pay for itself, so the red ink would go even $70 billion further down than this chart. Mr. Speaker, because of the tax cuts that caused this…

Mr. Chairman, when you ask for the courts to review it, that is so it can be considered in the courts with all the evidence, not in the political branch. It is better to leave it to the sentencing commission and the courts than to floor…

This is the economic growth over the last few years. We got the lowest economic growth that we have gotten in 50 years. We also have a budget that creates new debt. This is the surplus and deficit over the past few years. You will notice…

For centuries American bankruptcy law has had the principle that if a person ever gets over their head in debt, they can cash in all their assets, pay off all the debts that they can, and get a fresh start. For policy reasons, a few assets…

Mr. Speaker, let me tell my colleagues what the Disabled American Veterans think of this budget. "Has Congress no shame? Is there no honor left in the hallowed halls of our government that you choose to dishonor the sacrifices of our…

this closed rule does a disservice to the legislative process. Medical malpractice is a very complicated issue, there are many different provisions, and we cannot possibly debate each one with a closed rule. The fact is that one-half of…