Thomas E. Petri

I believe beyond a reasonable doubt that he repeatedly committed perjury. I do not believe our President should be held to a lower standard of accountability than other citizens who perjure themselves. If anything, he should be held to a…

I just wondered why, when extending for 6 months the Secretary's marketing order determination, they include in the extension for 6 months the New England Dairy Compact, since the two are not related.

this amendment removes a provision in the bill that extends the Northeast Dairy Compact for 6 months. The amendment thus takes us back to current law and allows the compact to sunset as originally intended on April 4 of next year. This…

I certainly do. Mr. Chairman, the bill before us is legislating on an appropriation bill and changes existing law. My amendment would not change existing law. It would change the bill before us to protect and maintain existing law, and…

the bill before us simply makes corrections to inadvertent errors that were contained in the conference report to accompany H.R. 2400, known as the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, which was approved by the Congress on May…

I salute the Chairman's leadership in this matter. Mr. Speaker, the true social safety net of this country is not made up of speeches delivered in this hall or even legislation passed in this hall. The true social safety net of this…

Mr. Chairman, the Higher Education Act is one of the supremely important laws which comes before this House. It has wide ramifications for our society and for our economy. I want to commend my full and my subcommittee chairmen and my…

I commend him for his effort on his amendment. In fact, I agree with its general thrust. The gentleman is correct that up to now we have tried to figure out how much to pay the lenders for providing student loans in a political negotiation…

I would just like to make several points. First of all, I have watched one-minutes sometimes and hear the spin people are trying to give to this Congress. Some Members are saying we are a do-nothing Congress. And then Members are stepping…

The Kasich amendment, hearing some of the people describe it, sounds like a pretty good idea: Keep the money in the States where it is generated and where it can be spent most efficiently, instead of sending it out to Washington and having…

I understand it is an authorization, but we had the senior member of the committee from my State and others in the authorization committee, appropriation committee, which would have to actually appropriate money, saying that this was…

this is also worth pointing out, that this was an open process, with 4 full days of hearing, 170 Members of Congress testifying in public, supported by hundreds of local mayors and officials from across the United States, pointing out the…

Reclaiming my time, there is mutual suspicion, obviously, in this. But the report language accompanying the bill that we are considering today does contain language providing for continued spending on the project. My amendment was an…

I rise to speak against the substitute. Mr. Chairman, first of all, I apologize to you and Members since I had not had an opportunity to read the amendment and it was not submitted to anyone or printed in the RECORD to stand to my feet to…

the concern that we have about the amendment that my colleague has placed out as his amendment, while there are negotiations going on in Colorado, the Romer negotiations, your amendment gives tremendous leverage to the opponents of the…

today's budget vote has unique significance to the reauthorization of ISTEA, since it locks in for the next several years the amount of transportation spending that we can include in a reauthorization bill. All Members representing donor…

Madam Speaker, the amendment in the nature of a substitute directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue, under an ongoing rulemaking proceeding, a rule relating to materials of trade exceptions to hazardous materials regulations. This…

I rise in support of H.R. 3153 which, through the hard work of Congressmen Tom Ewing and Steve Buyer, has been amended to provide relief for farmers and agricultural drivers from the Department of Transportation's rulemaking of the…

I rise in support of H.R. 4040, the Intermodal Safe Container Act Amendments of 1996. I want to thank my colleagues Bud Shuster, Susan Molinari, and Howard Coble, and my Democratic colleagues James Oberstar, Nick Rahall, Bob Wise, and Bob…

the bill would designate the bridge to be constructed to replace the Cape Girardeau Bridge in Missouri in honor of our late colleague, Bill Emerson, who passed away last weekend. Bill truly was a man of the House. He first came to…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3572, which would name a bridge on U.S. 231 over the Ohio River near Owensboro, KY, in honor of our late and former colleague, William Natcher, is identical to legislation which was passed unanimously by this House on…

the biggest single problem facing lower income Americans, especially those with children, is that they face a crippling array of marginal tax rates that almost completely destroys their incentives to try to earn more income. They are…

while the minimum wage debate is important, what we are not debating is more important. For the 20th time since the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act, we will debate the part of that act that affects less than 10 percent of the…

I just want to underline the importance of the gentleman's remarks and agree with them fully, and tell the body that in my own case in the 6th District of Wisconsin years ago, Fish and Wildlife Service was acquiring land without…

Mr. Chairman, this bill contains legislative provisions concerning the new direct student loan program that would severely damage the Department of Education's ability to manage that program effectively; and that constitutes blatant…