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Mr. Chairman, the Saudis drive me nuts. They drive me to absolute distraction. I think they have a spectacular record of being disingenuous. I think they have played both sides of so many issues that I run out fingers counting them through…
Mr. Chairman, I have been following events in Colombia since 1957, and I would like to think that the money that we are spending there is well spent and will reach a useful conclusion. I wish I could say that, but after watching that…
I would simply say, with all due respect to the gentleman, the content of his amendment is not in question. I support the amendment. I would like to see the House vote on it, but the gentleman from Virginia is in a position where if he…
I am sorry, but everyone else knew it. I assume he knew it, too. So, Mr. Chairman, we are obviously going to grind to a halt; and I am afraid that as a result of that, we will wind up going up to the Committee on Rules and adopting a far…
I suggest the gentleman from Indiana start following the Ten Commandments in terms of the way he treats people on this floor. This is my time. It is not funny. Mr. Chairman, I would simply close by saying, vote however you want. This is a…
I think I heard the gentleman say this, but I want it repeated again so it is clear. Is the gentleman saying that this amendment would not interfere in any way with any existing patents with respect to stem cells?
I thank the gentleman. Even when we do get notice, sometimes we screw up, and we may have screwed up in a couple of instances today. But all I can say to each and every Member is, we try to cooperate on both sides of the aisle in…
let me simply say that I will be supporting this bill, and I appreciate the approach taken by the subcommittee chairman in putting the bill together. He has, I think, been most fair and balanced in dealing with all of the pressures that…
I would simply say that all of us, regardless of how we voted on the original bill, have an obligation to determine whether or not this amendment will contribute to reduced effectiveness of law enforcement or enhanced effectiveness of law…
I have vigorously opposed a number of appropriations bills that have come to the floor this year. One is the labor-health-education bill, for instance; another will be the transportation bill, which has not yet come to the floor, but which…
I would simply say I would join both gentlemen in saying that some of these amendments I guess I would refer to as the ``anything you can do, I can do better'' amendments. It sometimes seems that no matter what the committee will do…
I marvel at the quality of individuals who are in many of those jobs throughout the country. The parks are a spectacular national asset, and I think we have to take great care before we mess something up. If ever we ought to follow the…
I would very much like to vote for this bill. It has, through the years, been one of my favorite bills in this place; but I am not able to and still keep my word to this institution. As I said earlier to the House, in 1964 when the country…
I just want to observe one thing. The history of this country has demonstrated that every time there is an effort to provide additional regulation or additional oversight in order to help workers or help farmers, or to help little guys…
frankly, this bill is a mixed bag. We have a number of items in this bill that I support; but as is the case with so many other appropriations this year, our ability to do many things to help strengthen the economy of rural America is…
I am urging Members to vote no, because we do not believe that we ought to say to the country that we have room for $2 trillion in tax cuts, including an $88,000 tax cut for persons making over $1 million a year, but we do not have any…
At a time when high unemployment is causing many Americans to lose their jobs and their job-related health coverage, State fiscal crises are leading States to cut back health coverage, Medicaid and SCHIP programs. According to the Kaiser…
years ago Senator Proxmire from my State used to have the Golden Fleece Awards. He was a good friend of mine. One year he made a whole lot of fun of a study on Polish pigs. They had a field day with it. Funny name, strange-sounding grant…
But right now this House is locked in the clutches of an ideological majority which has decided that at all costs they will put tax cuts primarily targeted at the most wealthy people in this country ahead of every other legitimate need. So…
Mr. Chairman, if my colleagues wanted to make life more difficult for single mothers, for women trying to work their way through school, for women trying their hardest to scrape by for themselves and for their children, they could hardly…
Mr. Chairman, the last 2 years the Republican majority has pushed $2 trillion in tax cuts through this House. A huge percentage of those cuts have been focused on the top 1 percent of earners in this country who make over 100,000 bucks a…
The Republican majority, as I said earlier, made a conscious decision over the last 2 years to provide $2 trillion in tax cuts, all of which were paid for with borrowed money; and by doing that, they decided they were going to put the…
I plead absolutely fully guilty to wanting to spend more money to invest in education and to spend more money so we can guarantee that poor kids are not knocked off Medicaid and SCHIP programs so that they have some health care when they…
My problem is that the policy of the majority party has prevented Chairman Regula from being Chairman Regula. The problem is that we are told as a result of the tax cuts that we can somehow afford $2 trillion in tax cuts over the next…
Madam Chairman, the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education bill has always reflected our priorities as a Nation. I believe we have an obligation to the people of this country to provide services that help us meet the most basic…
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