Ron Kind

last weekend we had the second bipartisan congressional retreat in Hershey, Pennsylvania. A lot of people helped in pulling that together. I want to commend the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood), the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Sawyer)…

Gene's efforts greatly contributed in the search for the missing swimmer.

On behalf of all the citizens of western Wisconsin I ask that the United States House of Representatives recognize Julie Selchert, Lisa Strange, Jerry Ashwell and Kathy Plank for their courage and thank them for being concerned and giving…

Gene Krigsvold is one of those extraordinary citizens.

Julie Selchert, Lisa Strange, Jerry Ashwell and Kathy Plank are a few of those extraordinary citizens.

Jeffery J. Anger is one of those extraordinary citizens.

Mr. Chairman, I rise tonight in support of the base resolution as well as the Gejdenson amendment and in opposition to the Fowler amendment. Our debate today and this evening centers on one of the most serious and fundamental…

let us be certain we are speaking with sincerity today, because there is no doubt that what we say here will be heard across the oceans and will be acted upon, one way or the other. Our leadership for freedom and democracy in the world is…

Now is the time for all of us to join together, not as Republicans and Democrats, but as Americans, to express our support and offer our prayers to the young men and women in American uniform who are responsible for carrying out the…

I too want to rise before this body tonight and offer my sincere thanks and congratulations to Lee Hamilton. Lee, I was 1 year old when you joined this great body, the United States Congress. As a freshman Member, when I am back home in…

I rise today to take this moment to pay tribute to my friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Vic Fazio), and to congratulate him on a terrific career in public service, and to personally thank him for the leadership he has given our…

today the Committee on Ways and Means is going to consider an $80 billion tax cut, and supporters are admitting that we will use part of the so-called budget surplus to pay for it. There are three things that the people in America get that…

I do not want to leave tonight leaving the impression that we are against tax cuts per se. I mean we are for responsible tax cuts that could be offset within the Federal budget. That seems to be a more fiscally responsible way of doing it…

I want to commend both of my colleagues here tonight for staying this evening and talking about an issue that is incredibly important for the future of the country. We are at a pivotal moment as far as fiscal policy is concerned as a…

Just another point in regards to the Social Security program. What we are going to hear is that we are just borrowing a little bit from the Social Security trust fund, that roughly 10 percent of the $80 billion tax cut would be financed…

as a member of the Freshman Finance Reform Task Force, I rise in strong support of the Shays-Meehan bill. Madam Chairman, today we are finally given an opportunity to vote on meaningful campaign finance reform legislation. This vote is…

I do not think there was a meeting of the minds as far as the compromise that is being discussed right now on the House floor; otherwise, we would not be having this debate for over 2 hours. I appreciate what the chairman of the Committee…

As the gentleman is traveling around his district, meeting with family farmers and dairy farmers in his area, is the gentleman hearing from them that they are looking for any special handout or privilege as producers of dairy products, as…

just from a personal point of view, one of the concerns I have is even if this amendment fails and we get the 6- month extension, we are merely delaying the inevitable. We have been in touch with the Department of Agriculture. They have…

I mean, really, is there any philosophical difference between the dairy family who wakes up in the morning to go milk the cows as compared to the family on Main Street with a small business trying to make that business survive and be very…

as the gentleman from Wisconsin knows very well, this is June Dairy Month back in Wisconsin. We have got 72 dairy breakfasts going on. Twenty-four thousand family farms are celebrating June Dairy Month right now. Since 1980 alone, because…

I too want to extend my congratulations to the distinguished careers of the chairman and ranking member, and especially in one regard, and that is that they have been true champions of a great national treasure that we have in the country…

part of the issue advocacy component of these finance reform bills is merely asking these groups who are behind the ads to identify who they are so the American people know who is financing this and perhaps will have a better understanding…

The point, Mr. Chairman, is that understanding constitutional case law right now in the court's eyes, in the court's holding, is a quid pro quo relationship constitutes corruption, and a quid pro quo relationship is defined as a…

if the gentleman is claiming that soft money is not filtering back into the States and being used in issue advocacy ads, he has not taken a close look at our campaign system in our country today. I can cite countless examples of how that…