the current system of product liability law in the United States is detrimental to our Nation's economic prosperity. The cost of insurance and litigation causes manufacturers to increase prices, provides a disincentive for business to…

I rise in support of H.R. 728. Last Saturday President Clinton in his weekly radio address came out strongly opposed to this bill, saying that it would do away with the commitment that he and Congress made on the 100,000 cops on the beat…

yes, today has been a debacle, and a debacle because I think of people not the reading the rules that we have been living under for as long as I have been in the Congress of the United States. The rule that has been voted upon today and…

one of the things that has made our American Constitution so unique and so enduring is that our Bill of Rights was designed to protect the people of this country against government action. There are few who would argue that the Second…

I rise in opposition to the conference report on S. 636, the FACE bill. Mr. Speaker, the conference agreement adopts the Senate position on two key issues: First, it extends the bill's provisions to places of religious worship, and second…

Mr. Chairman, in a recent Washington Post article entitled, ``The Triumph of Psycho-fact,'' Mr. Robert Samuelson points out a phenomenon that is blatantly evident in our country today; that is, if people feel something is true, then it is…

Mr. Chairman, I think that a police officer in Michigan stated the problem to me very well a couple of months ago when he said the real issue in crime this year is not repeating rifles, it is repeating offenders. The truth of the matter is…

what I think is really puzzling is that many who have made very strong arguments in behalf of the $10.5 billion more in Federal money to help build prisons that can be used to house State and local prisoners as well as Federal prisoners…

I rise in opposition to the Derrick amendment and I am addressing my remarks to the 98 Democrats who supported the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Hyde] in the last rollcall. If they voted yes on Hyde, they must vote no on Derrick. Mr…

this amendment is critical to the debate on what direction this crime bill will take. Will it be a crime bill that gives the tools to our police and prosecutors and other law enforcement authorities to put people away and to have them…

the procedure that is being utilized in the consideration of these en bloc amendments is one of the things that is really an embarrassment to the House of Representatives. There are many very good ideas that are contained in the en bloc…

I rise in strong opposition to this rule. The crux of this bill is about $8 billion of social spending, and this rule does not allow a debate, it does not allow an amendment, does not allow anything to touch that $8 billion. Programs are…

I rise in opposition to this resolution. The resolution contains a blanket waiver of points of order against the conference report and thus protects language contained in the report relative to bailing out some workers in Mississippi whose…

Whatever happened to equal protection under the law? This seems to be so content-specific that people do not have equal protection under the law and are subjected to varying degrees of criminal punishment.

Mr. Speaker, everybody knows that the majority party in any legislative body controls the schedule. The reason that this issue has not come up until now is because the majority party has elected not to bring it up until now. The chairman…

The whole purpose of a parliamentary assembly is to be a clash of ideas and a clash of ideals so that the arguments on all sides of the issue can be placed before the membership of the parliamentary assembly and the public at large for…

Mr. Speaker, did the gentleman from New Jersey just say that the level of penalty depends upon the content of the sign? Meaning if you are waving a sign that says ``On strike for higher wages,'' and stand in front of the door, that is just…

Congress and the Federal Government have run a deficit for the past 24 years. The economic consequences of Congress' reckless ways are not lost on the American public. Sixty-four percent of Americans see the balanced budget amendment as…

I think that this is probably the most important point in this entire emotionally charged debate. What was particularly revealing during my earlier colloquy with the gentleman from New Jersey was the question that I asked about the…

House Budget Committee Republicans have a budget that encompasses four major issues facing our country: health care reform, crime, welfare reform, and deficit reduction. It also contains tax relief for American families suffering from…

Since the House acted last session on the clinic access bill, the Supreme Court rendered a unanimous decision that subjects people who protest in front of abortion clinics to treble damages under the law. Since both the Senate version and…

I join my fellow colleagues today in paying tribute to a former colleague who was not simply a Member of this institution, but he was an institution himself. Of course, I am speaking of the tragic passing away of former Speaker of the…

The executive summary of the CRS report says that under strict scrutiny the pregnancy classification in the Hyde Amendment would probably be regarded to be a sex classification under the ERA, meaning that if the ERA were to become part of…