I rise in opposition to that Republican budget and in strong support of the coalition substitute. The coalition substitute balances the budget in 6 years in an honest, straightforward manner, no detours, no gimmicks, and without any…

I am going to join reluctantly in voting for this measure. It will send our Federal employees back to work and restore normal operations to our national parks, Meals on Wheels, the passport office, and several other vital programs. We will…

in a few weeks this House will have a profound choice. We can cut $270 billion from the Medicare Program, or we can scrap big tax cuts and move forward with a reasoned program of Medicare reform. Many of my constituents have made that…

Well, Mr. Chairman, here we go again. Fifteen years after George Bush warned the Nation about voodoo economics, my friends on the other side of the aisle are at it again. They are trying to tell the American people that a 5-year, $188…

2 months ago, Republican Members of this House joined me and almost 70 other Democrats in supporting the balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. We came together out of a shared belief that we can't continue to saddle the American…

on Friday of last week there was a press conference held. That press conference was to talk about an important event, important because for the first time in the history of our country we know there are enough people in the House of…

the United States is at a critical juncture in its relationship with Japan. Later this week, Japanese Prime Minister Hosokawa will be in Washington to meet with President Clinton as the first set of negotiations under the United…