I join my Virginia colleague in honoring the members of the Virginia and Florida National Guard who perished in this terrible tragedy. All House Members pay tribute to each of the men lost in the crash last Saturday. I know they join me in…

we have already heard about the tragic accident that happened to the USS Cole. I am sorry the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Fowler) is leaving, but I would also like to pay tribute to her, and I do it in the vein that both she and I and…

What can I say about Tom Bliley that has not already been said? He has been an effective Member of Congress, looking out for our national interests as chairman of the House Commerce Committee. He has effectively represented his…

This conference report includes over $63 billion for procurement. That is a lot of money, but I believe it gets America more than the number might indicate. In fact, I would call this America's first true post-Cold War defense budget. The…

I have known Herb Bateman for many, many years. I served 9 years in the Virginia General Assembly with him, and, of course, 18 years in Congress. He was a great friend and a great leader for Virginia. We will miss his leadership on the…

I appreciate the work of Members of both sides of the aisle on this issue and look forward to working with the gentleman from California (Mr. Hunter) in doing what is right for these workers, and I support this amendment and urge the House…

Make no mistake about it: I support the Blue Dog Budget. The Blue Dog Budget is the most balanced plan of any before us. It eliminates the public debt more quickly than any other plan. It makes room for responsible tax cuts. It provides…

Mr. Chairman, this is a very popular issue. We have had this issue before, of course, in the name of burdensharing. But I want to remind my colleagues, this is not a goal, this is the real thing. In burdensharing we had a goal. I listed a…

Mr. Chairman, I ask all of my colleagues to support the FY 2000 defense authorization bill. As the ranking member on the Subcommittee on Military Procurement, I think we have produced a balanced bill that begins to reverse the downward…

I support Senate Concurrent Resolution 21. The reason I could not support the other alternatives is because I think it would be wrong to withdraw. I also believe it would be wrong to hamstring our Commander in Chief's authority to conduct…

I am opposed to impeachment, and I am for censure. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my strong opposition to this resolution. I can tell you that this was not an easy decision, in fact, it was one of the most difficult decisions I have…

Mr. Speaker, in the House's perspective, this conference agreement on H.R. 3616 does not contain everything we wanted. Nevertheless, the final product deserves our support. This conference agreement authorizes $49.5 billion for procurement…

I can tell him this, those who know me know that I think this is a very serious problem, if it is true, an extremely serious problem. The thing that bothers me is painting everybody, to keep referring to this side. Why? We may have some…

I do not really understand. This is a political debate, this is not a debate about China. Everybody understands the investigation that is going on. It is funny, I have not seen anything. I have read it in the papers. Now, maybe our…

Before I do that, let me ask all of my colleagues to support this defense authorization bill. It is not a perfect bill, but it is about as perfect as we can make it within current budget limitations. As ranking member of the Subcommittee…

it is difficult to say everything in my heart about Ron Dellums. However, I must follow up on my colleague from Missouri concerning a speech that Mr. Dellums gave concerning apartheid in South Africa. It has been my custom when I do not…

I rise in support of S. 1139. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be able to support this reauthorization bill. Along with other Members, I did have serious concerns about some of its provisions. But those concerns have now been addressed, at…

Mr. Speaker, I was startled to hear, believe it or not, that we dropped the cap on NATO participation. I think we can correct that next year. I know I will try as best I can to do that. But all in all, the bill is the right bill. It is not…

I rise today to express my qualified support for the prevention initiatives in the Budget Reconciliation Spending Act. H.R. 2015 extends Medicare coverage for several preventive tests, including colorectal cancer screening. This is a…

I do not have much time. I do not think I have to apologize to anybody for supporting weapons systems that protect our young men and women. It is amazing what we are arguing about. Like we do not have any sophisticated weapons in our…

Tonight, Mr. Speaker, I am extremely concerned about section 1616 of the conference report. I am putting down my marker now, and the committee's marker, I think. This section would initiate a pilot program at unspecified DOD facilities…

reclaiming my time, therein lies the problem, really. It is not an easy problem to solve, but we just cannot afford to save everybody and save every company.

I went to peanut hearings, and we had a Senate hearing in my district, and one of the manufacturers who has peanuts in the can said about the program that he could reduce the price, I think, about a dollar a can. And I asked him, "Do you…

A strange dilemma happened this weekend. It seems everywhere I went, I thought they would be, people would be, talking about the appropriation bills that we had last week, but they were not. They were talking about Bosnia. They have…