They truly are heroes and deserve to be recognized.

Replacing the daily commute with telecommuting would reduce national oil consumption and help reduce dependency on foreign oil.

The concept is a win-win proposal for reducing traffic congestion and improving air quality--at virtually no cost to the federal government.

Mr. Speaker, traffic congestion and lack of mobility threatens not only our nation's prosperity, but quality of life and the family unit.

Telecommuting is also part of the answer to reducing traffic congestion and air pollution and easing the strain on families trying to find time to raise children and make ends meet from one payday to the next.

Telecommuting gives workers more time to spend at home. Parents could care for infants or small children while they work.

I hope our colleagues will look at this bill and consider signing on as a cosponsor of this proposal to promote cleaner air and less traffic congestion.

There's never been a minute in Billy's career when he didn't measure up.

I want to pay tribute today to a gentleman I met in my early days in Washington in the 1970's at the Department of the Interior.

I have concluded that the accumulation of wealth, even if I could achieve it, is an insufficient reason for living.

That's Billy's legacy.