Mark Neumann

I rise today really to call attention to the part of the recently passed plan that balances the budget for the first time since 1969, reduces taxes for the first time in 16 years, and restores Medicare to that part of the plan that…

Did you know that the entire Bible that we were given to tell us all the important things that are in the Bible that are so important to so many of us is only 800,000 words, compared to the 5.5 million words in the IRS code?

I rise to answer some of the things that have been said from the other side of the aisle here this afternoon. To the gentleman from Indiana, my good friend and one of the brightest and most well-respected Members of the freshman class that…

what this amendment is doing is getting us to the point where the businesses that would like to provide the safest workplace possible have the ability to do that, working in conjunction with OSHA. OSHA becomes a workplace-friendly…

I think it is sad when we start using words like ``gutting'' and ``slashing,'' when in fact there is no change to the OSHA funding level in this particular amendment proposal. There is no change to funding at all. Mr. Chairman, the only…

I rise today to bring back information that I heard all over my district this weekend. We had a chance to travel and see my son who is a junior in college. I got a chance to talk to some of his friends at college as well as some of their…

Mr. Chairman, it is a very serious issue we are debating here today. Really, this issue, and I have heard what other people are saying this is about, this is really about priorities in spending. The people have elected us to make decisions…

I find that entire conversation that was just had here on the floor to be offensive. Any time that I have found that a person has to resort to the language that most people would find unacceptable in this country, that generally they are…

I rise today with good news for this country. CBO put out new numbers yesterday, and it is more likely than ever that next year, 4 years ahead of schedule, for the first time since 1969 we will have a balanced budget. For first time since…

I rise tonight to talk about good news for America. I just had a wonderful opportunity during the past month to see lots of folks all across Wisconsin, and it was very educational for me and, I hope, for some of the folks we saw that they…

Mr. Speaker, this truly is a great day for America. What an exciting thing to be a part of out here. The first time since 1969... It is equally important as the fact that it is happening. When we came here in 1995, we had a vision for a…

I would like to begin tonight almost with an apology. This is one of the greatest days in American history, and what we need to be talking about this evening is not partisan bickering back and forth. What we need to be talking about is the…

I ran as a Republican, even though in the past I had voted both Democrat and Republican. I ran as a Republican because the ``we'' the gentleman was talking about was on the other side of the aisle. Not a single solitary Republican voted…

I want to close out my time this evening by paying tribute to so many people that are involved in this, from our families and kids who spend time without us so this can get done, to all the people across this Nation who elected a group of…

we need young people who are going to dream about the future of America, and their dream is not going to be so influenced by Washington control that they can once again open their own minds to think about what they can do, work hard…

I was on the other side of that fixture, I was the entrepreneur out there starting my own business and working hard, and it was infuriating that many of the people we were selling homes to were allowed to have that deduction tax free, but…

It is a program in which the United States Government controls the amount of peanuts that can be produced in the United States under a system called a quota system. By limiting the amount of peanuts that are available for sale in the…

first I would respond to my colleague, the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Kind], and invite him to join us in the National Debt Repayment Act for the good of the future and his young child, because that would force us not only to balance…

first off, I would like to also commend the Republican leadership for keeping their word and bringing this bill to the floor. The most important part, in my opinion, of this motion to recommit that is being made here is that we will start…

I would add that in view of the overall bill, this is a relatively minor adjustment, but it is very important to the veterans of our Nation. That is why this amendment is being proposed. There are other groups of veterans that are…

In the full committee, our biggest problem that we had after we left full committee and entered into further discussions on it, if reconciliation passes and contains these provisions, I do not think there is anyone that has a problem in…

In wrapping up this evening, I would just like to very briefly focus on the future, because we talked about the past and the failed promises and higher taxes and we talk about the present and how the new group that is here since 1995 is on…

When you look back at Gramm-Rudman-Hollings and the failures to keep their promises and when you look back at the tax increases of 1993, yeah, but we cannot control Washington spending, it is easier to take the money away from the people…

Do we not want the parents of the children to be actively involved in the education of their kids, and do we not want the communities where those parents and children are to make decisions on how we can best educate the kids and what it is…

Everybody knows that the Green Bay Packers won the Superbowl. Everybody knows that they are headed back there. Everybody knows that the great Governor Tommy Thompson has been largely leading the way on welfare reform, where we in Wisconsin…