Thomas Foley

How much is the annual cost to the taxpayers aggregate for the interest on the debt alone?

Dismantling the U.S. sugar program will not save the Everglades. Sugarcane, the plant, is still the most benign crop grown in the Everglades agricultural area, requiring less water than rice, releasing fewer polluting nutrients than…

We are lacking an agreement at this moment. The other side has felt, and I probably would tend to concur, that we cannot arrive at sufficient language at this time. So I would be prepared to recall my amendment at the desk, the original…

I want to make certain this language is attached to the bill as I read and outlined, that the $125 million appropriation will be conditional upon a full investigation by an appropriate body, objective evaluation of program now and in the…

I think clearly the discussion has centered on some concerns that we have regarding the program. I think statements made by Members of the minority have indicated they too are concerned with some of the aspects of the program. I would be…

Fifty percent of the money still remains in the account to be given out. This amendment would allow an additional $50 million to continue to loan out to communities.

The bigger question is, we are talking about four loans in question totaling $11 million that went to Shorebank Corp. of Chicago and three related companies. A college roommate of President Clinton worked there in the 1980's. They came…

Again I want to state I think these programs can do some good in the community. I have stood up for minority business development grants and other things in my community and fought for them. What we are saying in this amendment: Currently…

The lockbox, much like a savings account, would allow us to earmark that money for deficit reduction. ... Lockbox will provide fiscal sanity and integrity for the U.S. Congress.

What I noticed was that the leadership of all the countries took extremely seriously this visit because of the fact that the leadership of Congress had taken time out to visit them and discuss the issues that face us. One issue we raised…

I implore Members on all sides of the aisle, both sides of the aisle, that it is now time to come together, in the spirit of this country, in the pride of this Nation, to start solving our Nation's problems, to start solving our Nation's…

I have three letters here, one from the AFL-CIO, one from International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and one from a group called Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial…

Guns do not kill the people, it is who is behind the trigger that kills the person. We keep trying to blame inanimate objects for crime. A serious problem in America, child abuse, physical and sexual abuse is going on; not created by a…

One other item, line-item veto. That seems to be a significant legislative initiative passed by this body. I hope we are going to be able to flush that out and get it passed by the Senate and onto the President for his signature.

It is essential they be forthcoming, because after I have asked for that commitment of resources, that is the largest single appropriation ever in our Federal history toward the Everglades, the dollar amount. Two hundred was allocated by…

Think with about your own family. When you are planning something for your future, I am certain you and Judy sit down and go over the pros and cons of a situation, you review where you are currently, where you hope to be, but you do it…

That is the sad part of the political debate, people need credit for everything. We were sent here from around the country, 435 individuals, 100 Members in the Senate, and the President, Vice President, elected by the people of America to…

Mr. Chairman, the lockbox account is a historic effort to make Government accountable for its spending and to put money aside and bring down the deficit. Some suggested today that we are unnecessarily focusing on the deficit of this…

A greater tragedy was the other day in the Science Committee I saved $25 million on one project. I did not commit it to anything else. I said that money should be saved. The next day, a colleague on the other side of the aisle found that…

Yesterday, we passed the line-item veto, and it joins the ranks with congressional reform, unfunded mandate reform, and a balanced budget amendment as those items in the Contract With America that we have passed. We are keeping our…

I want to take a moment, though, to thank the men and women who make this process work: The Members' personal staffs, the staff of the committees, the members of the Clerk's office and the cloakroom, the pages and their families who have…