I will comment that this debate is about priorities. The priority here is the overriding priority of providing for our national defense which is not only an obligation, it is a constitutional obligation, and this amendment would strike at…

the mission of the Information Technology Center has recently been brought to my attention. This Center plays an important role in the development of information technology systems for the Navy and for the Department of Defense. For the…

I am proud to have lived near the shores of the Chesapeake Bay all but 5 years of my life. It is a very dear part of the world. I am proud to have been associated with the creation of the original Chesapeake Bay program and its original…

I do have to tell my colleagues in the House that within the last hour, I have spoken to General Wilhelm; and General Wilhelm says that he does not believe this figure of a 300-person cap on military personnel in Colombia is realistic. And…

I also rise to express my strong support for the recommendations of the conference committee with respect to our military forces. It is the responsibility of every Member of Congress to provide our military forces with the necessary…

I use that minute to make the point that this bill by its reduction and acceptance of reductions from the administration for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is doing a great disservice to this Nation. NASA is an agency…

I rise to point out that, under the terms of the Rogan- Bateman amendment, the Environmental Protection Agency accounts are not being ravaged or savaged. They are 99.9 percent of what the President requested for the Environmental…

Mr. Chairman, I am in no way unsympathetic with its purposes. I certainly hope that the opposition I will speak is a bipartisan opposition. I certainly do not oppose it, certainly for any partisan reasons; I oppose it because I think it is…

Mr. Chairman, I remind my colleagues that there is a world of difference between not exceeding which is a floor, not a ceiling. I would further remind my colleagues that everything they have heard on behalf of this bill or this amendment…

This issue of America's involvement in the Balkans has given me more difficulty than any public policy issue I have ever been called upon to address. I must tell my colleagues that I have no satisfaction whatsoever in the manner in which…

I too rise today in strong support of this bill. I believe the committee has done a superb job in fulfilling its role and has done its best to provide the necessary funding and direction to support the readiness of our military forces. Is…

we have stumbled through, I think, inept decision-making into a conflict in the Balkans. Last Wednesday we debated that issue. At the end of the day we had declared no policy, approved no policy, condemned no policy. I think that is an…

I wish to commend both Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church and the Hellenic community on the Virginia Peninsula.

I take great pride in being a member of the Order of AHEPA.

It is truly an honor to represent this outstanding segment of the community in Congress.

We are in a very, very difficult situation today, confronting one of the most dismal range of policy choices the House has ever had to make. We are forced to do that, in part because notwithstanding my imploring him to do that, and others…

Mr. Chairman, I hopefully will not take the 5 minutes, but let me express to my colleagues the deep, deep anguish I feel in what we are doing and how we are doing it. I cannot rise in support of the base amendment, the Gilman resolution…

I rise this morning to tell Members how strongly I endorse and applaud the decision of our Commander in Chief and his military advisers to take the action which was taken yesterday and which continues today. Yes, we all ought to recognize…

Mr. Speaker, although the Committee on National Security did not have the opportunity to formally review S. 314, it is my understanding that the bill in its final form attempts to address the committee's concerns in two areas. First…

it is with exceeding regret that I advise my colleagues of the death of a great American and one of the most beloved Virginians of this era in the illustrious history of our Commonwealth. My reference is to Mary Mathews, a Greek American…

I agree with those who believe that the House of Representatives has no constitutional authority to censure or reprimand a President in the course of deliberations with respect to the issue of impeachment of that President

I cannot tell my colleagues that this is the provision that I would have written had I been given the grace to have articulated the best, wisest policy with reference to depot maintenance. This provision in the bill is not, in my view, the…

I offer my strongest endorsement to the build and charter provision in this package of reforms. This provision is relatively simple and straightforward. It provides the Secretary of the Navy with authority to enter into long-term charters…

earlier today we said a sad farewell to one of the best our Nation has to offer. I know Mike Boorda was a friend, a very special friend. Last Thursday our colleague from Mississippi, General Montgomery, spoke of him as a brother. I too…