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we were simply requesting that the people in Wisconsin who had already passed a welfare reform bill, passed the State assembly and the Senate by a wide majority including both Democrats and Republicans, but after we debated this bill for…
I would like to point out it is not only education where we are looking at this problem. Our President has looked at this growing debt, and he has looked at us near the top of this debt chart. Here is what he has concluded in his budget…
I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. If we run into such debts, we must…
If Washington finds a genuine need and it is legitimate and they actually need to spend money on something that is legitimate, they need to find other programs that are not legitimate or not working and cancel those programs that are not…
You know, if the gentleman would yield back, we have been talking about these things and why we need to do these things. We have talked about the fact that Social Security is bringing in more money than what that is paying out to our…
They could not believe it. Spending is not going down under these budget plans, spending is going up each and every year. From the year 1996 to the year 2002 spending is not going down, spending has gone up from $1,568 billion to $1,810…
So I am correct, then, that at any time worked, even 1 hour worked over the standard 40 hours, would entitle the employee to time and one-half pay? Am I correct that this is the case under current law and would be the case in the future…
Further, Mr. Chairman, would the gentleman confirm my understanding that under H.R. 1, employers could not force the individual employee or union which represents the employee to accept comp time as opposed to cash overtime as a condition…
some union members from my hometown in Janesville, WI, particularly those that work in an automobile manufacturing plant, have expressed concern to me that their employer might require them to bank overtime hours and then use the hours at…
I have asked for this time today to address my colleagues on the issue of balancing the Federal budget, the balanced budget amendment, why it is so important and how the issue relates to Social Security and other trust funds, and most…
It is an improper practice. Both of us came out of the business world. If either of us had set up a pension fund and we said to our employees, ``You're going to get this pension when you retire,'' and then we put IOU's in the pension fund…
We are dealing with the balanced budget amendment and how Social Security relates to the balanced budget amendment and a couple of ways to correct the problem that exists. I just start through that the Social Security system today is…
Does the gentleman see the irony in that debate? I know they ran ads against both of us saying we had reduced the pension funds when in reality what was done is those pension funds were required to keep not enough money to pay the pensions…
I think the gentleman is bringing up a good point here. This issue is not just an issue for seniors or even just an issue for people that are 40 and over hoping to get Social Security. Let us talk for a minute about the impact of the…
Right. Today, there are three people for every one person drawing out of the Social Security system. By the year 2010 it will be two people for every one person drawing out. You can see how that very rapidly reaches a point where you…
we are here today really to talk about a very important issue. That is the issue of the balanced budget amendment and how Social Security relates to that issue. Tribute to the Green Bay Packers Mr. Speaker, before I begin on that issue, I…
If I could just interrupt briefly here, the good news is that we can do this without any dramatic changes in the overall budget process. I had some people in our conference even say to me, where are you going to get that extra money from…
We are not alone on this. There are a lot of especially Members of last year's freshman class that are working very, very hard on this issue. I sure appreciate the support. And more importantly, this is an issue for the American people…
As I said in my original remarks here today, it is more than just about football. It is about people achieving excellence and receiving the recognition that goes with achieving that excellence. And more importantly than that, it is about…
I, too, have the greatest respect for President Bush and his commitment to our great country and the many efforts that he and his family have put in for the good of the future of America. President Bush paid a huge price to do what he…
However, when we get done looking at all of these priorities individually, we have to come back to the fact that we have a higher priority, and that is to do what it right for the future of our country. We are $5.2 trillion in debt. The…
Today this great Nation of ours stands $5.2 trillion in debt. That is literally $20,000 for every man, woman, and child in the United States of America. Every year as we keep spending more money than we are taking in, we just keep adding…
last week we passed a budget that allows the deficit to go back up again. I heard lots of people talk about why that is wrong and why we should not be doing that. Here is an opportunity to fix the problem. We are going to bring an…
this is an amendment to freeze defense spending at last year's levels. It is no big secret in this Nation that elections are coming up in November of this year and I have become accustomed to hearing an awful lot of demagoguing. I hope…
I feel compelled, even with this respect, to rise and speak against the budget, because tonight we have an historical occasion staring us in the face. In 1990, I sold my business to run for Congress because I had watched what past…
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