only in political Washington would a mom and dad, or both, working and earning about $40,000 in their family, be considered wealthy. I want to congratulate the Republican chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means and all the members of…

when I came to this House in January 1995, my single most important objective was to obtain real Federal tax relief for working families in Long Island, and across this great Nation. Today I will vote to reduce America's tax burden by $94…

Mr. Speaker and my colleagues in the House, once again bombs have exploded in the streets of Israel killing at least 13 and wounding more than 150. Living with this kind of senseless violence is unbearable for all in the region and my…

I rise in support of H.R. 2266 the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1998, and I applaud the hard work of Members on both sides of the aisle who crafted a truly bipartisan agreement that strengthens our Armed Forces…

it is with great sadness and frustration that I rise this evening to commemorate the 23d anniversary of an international crisis. On July 20, 1974, Turkish forces invaded the Island Nation of Cyprus, capturing nearly 40 percent of the…

I am extremely concerned because small businesses across this country will be ill-served because we have been denied the opportunity to extend the very important program that this Congress enacted back in 1994 to help all those small…

I thank the architects of this wonderful initiative, because really it is about our children. There is no more precious resource in this Nation than our children and their futures. Frankly, the viability of our Nation rests on doing…

what a difference 4 years makes. Four years ago the President proposed the largest tax increase in U.S. history, the largest entitlement expansion in American history, and the strongest, clearest signal in U.S. history that big government…

I rise today again to ask my colleagues to join with me in recognizing that Monday, May 12, was International Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Awareness Day, a long name for a disease that is relatively new and still unknown to…

I would like to recognize my other colleagues from Long Island: the gentleman from New York [Mr. Ackerman], the gentleman from New York [Mr. King], and the gentlewoman from New York [Mrs. McCarthy], who equally have been working on this…

much has been made about previous administrations supporting this kind of initiative. Well, I have in my hand a Commerce Department news release which shows clearly what this is really about. It is not about submarines. It is about gaining…

I take the floor today in this, the people's House. Yes, we proudly proclaim that this is the people's House where we stand up for the individual. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow there is going to be a very startling series of events on an issue…

replacing bitterness and a mean-spirited tack with mutual respect is vital to the effectiveness of this most democrat of institutions. Here in Congress, as we approach the challenges of this great Nation, we must renew our focus on the…

I rise in support of H.R. 3907 and compliment my colleagues from New Jersey and New York who have previously spoken on this very important measure. The Sterling Forest Preserve is critical to our region of New York and New Jersey, and I…

I rise today to align myself with the comments of those who believe in unconditional, or permanent, most-favored-nation status for Romania. Mr. Speaker, Romania, which now does enjoy the conditional MFN status, has a trade agreement with…

I take the floor this afternoon to speak of an issue of grave importance to all of us as Americans. If you like the North American Free Trade Act [NAFTA] and you like the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trades [GATT] you are going to love…

I rise in support of the Coastal Zone Management Act. This is an important tool for America. It is important to my own State of New York, in which we have some of the most pristine beaches in the world and some of the most beautiful…

I take the well today to urge the adoption of H.R. 1836, legislation to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to move forward in the purchase of Shadmoor and make it a part of the Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge. This is a very…

I take the well today to talk a little bit about an issue I think that is of great and paramount importance to both sides of the aisle that serve in this august body. For the last 15 months, we have watched as the House of Representatives…

Let us talk about being ashamed, $5 trillion worth of shame. And who pays? The auto mechanic and the nurse who works at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital who are sitting at their kitchen table as we sit here. They are sitting at their kitchen…

less than 3 months ago President Clinton, who brought us Goals 2000, AmeriCorps, a $260 billion tax increase to pay for more Federal spending, a plan for Government-run health care, a $16 billion pork-barrel stimulus package, and to cap it…

there is a great tragedy going on here. Our friends on the other side have pontificated at great length today, but they have had several opportunities to put several hundred thousand Federal workers back to work and they have refused the…

many of us in this Nation for many years have heard about the values of volunteerism. Our own President of the United States came up with a program where he thought we ought to pay volunteers in a program called national service. Tonight I…

fairy tales could come true, it could happen to you. We are going to be listening to a lot of nonsense on the floor, poppycock, bogus, misleading false information. This is the kind of rhetoric that is coming out of the other side. It is…

in his 1984 State of the Union Address President Ronald Reagan said, ``As Governor, I found this line-item veto was a powerful tool against wasteful and extravagant spending. It works in 43 States. Let's put it to work in Washington for…