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Elijah James Crane is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Vermont since January 3, 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Crane has been involved in various legislative initiatives during his time in office. His work focuses on issues pertinent to his constituents and aligns with the broader goals of his party. Crane's background and experiences contribute to his approach to governance and policy-making in Congress.
What TPA does is let us participate in the process during the negotiating process, with consultation before, during and after the agreement is reached with another country. The important thing to keep in mind is we had President Clinton go…
As a member of the WTO the United States does commit to act in accordance with the rules of the multilateral body. It is legally obligated to ensure national laws do not conflict with WTO rules. Not quoted, however, in this quote from…
I am very pleased to return this week to continue my work in the House. I am rejoining my family, friends, colleagues and supporters in good health and I feel better physically and mentally. I am ready to resume my duties, including my…
I was pointing out the gentleman has only 30,000 couples in his district that are adversely negatively affected by this marriage penalty. There are 70,000 in mine.
The current debate about renewing China's `Most Favored Nation' trading status no doubt raises many complex and difficult questions. . . However, I am in favor of doing all we can to strengthen our relationship with the Chinese people…
Vigorous economic development leads to independent thinking. People hope to be able to fully satisfy their free will and see their rights fully protected. And then demand ensues for political reform * * * The model of our quiet revolution…
It's critically important to have a broad range of contacts with China. The West should not try to isolate the communist regime . . . Economic change does influence political change. China's economic development will be good for the West…
A truly moral position would do two things. First, it would honor those who have fallen by pursuing their lost dreams and helping China reform from within. Second, it would open, not shut, the door to the message of freedom and God's love…
I think the points that my colleague has just made are valid and will be under consideration. Under the GSP program and under the bill, the President must consider whether a country is taking steps to afford its workers internationally…
All I can say is any American business can be a participant in the bill. They are all welcomed. We do not discriminate. We are not really concerned about whether they are white, whether they are black, whether they are Hispanic, whether…
I think as a parent I have an absolute right to be notified, and that I make that kind of a decision for a minor child. I think a minor child, as in the case that the gentleman will elaborate on more fully later, a minor child involved in…
I would simply like to remind my distinguished colleague that it is the lack of discipline in this body and the body across the Chamber here, of the Capitol Building, that is responsible for that escalation of spending beyond control. We…
I am pleased to explain to my colleagues in the House the provisions of H.R. 3815, which makes miscellaneous amendments to trade laws, with further amendments adopted during Senate consideration of the bill. The Senate added amendments…
If that is the case, Mr. Chairman, I will not offer my amendment this year. Instead, I will simply commend the gentleman from Arizona and my colleague, the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Regula], for his hard work on this bill, and for standing…
Mr. Chairman, I have to explain again to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, CPB, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the public taxpayer-financed component of public broadcasting, will be gone by 1998. All my amendment does…
I said gross income. But my point is that when you are looking at $2 billion a year in gross income, for goodness' sake, our contribution that we are talking about is inconsequential by comparison.
Mr. Chairman, I assume that free exchange is on Barney and Sesame Street that he is talking about, and that is characteristic of the other side of the aisle. But let me tell you something: Lyon's Group and Children's TV Workshop are…
I have not suggested the content. What I have suggested is that we are going to terminate public financing of public broadcasting by the year 1998, and all that my amendment does is to do that in a staggered way where those people can make…
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