Thomas M. Barrett

Yes, Mr. Speaker. Again, my whole point here is I think that this is a good bill. I support this bill. In fact, I am a cosponsor of a similar version of this bill. I think that we should pass this legislation. My point, in a generic sense…

I think that this is very relevant because I think that the issue here is whether Members who have been accused of committing crimes or have been convicted of committing crimes can----

Welfare reform is a serious issue. The welfare reform of Wisconsin attempts to put people back to work, but that does not mean that people in Congress should stop doing our work. I think it would be a gross abdication of our…

I think I have a better understanding now why the Republicans did not want to have the line-item veto apply this year. It was this type of provision, this type of provision that allows the State of Louisiana and the State of New Hampshire…

I rise tonight because I, as you do, oppose the Republican's Party's attack on our Nation's environmental laws. I find it somewhat ironic and sad when you think President Teddy Roosevelt as being the leader of the environmental movement…

I think we should have some consistency. Yes, I felt hydrogen production, I correct myself, should have taken a cut just like other things. That should take a cut just as you go after these projects. That is what I am asking for, simply…

I did not say you sneaked it in in the middle of the night. I said it had a 50-percent increase.

I agree with the gentleman's sentiment about getting rid of pork-barrel projects. It rings hollow with me when I think back to the debate we had on this floor about hydrogen research, which, as I recall, had a 50-percent increase, the bulk…

We all read in the last month or two where the Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt, had to sell valuable mineral rights to a foreign-owned company at basement prices. And I will not even call them basement prices. The prices were so…

By the language of this amendment, Mr. Chairman, the 60 days begins to run on the first contact between the plaintiff's attorney and the insurance company, but the bill itself, the amendment itself, does not kick in until there is a…

And this provision does go beyond 100. It goes to 338 companies, but again the lion's share goes to that 26 companies.

That is correct. There are 26 companies that get $2.6 billion. There are 338 companies that benefit overall, but 26 of those companies get the lion's share, $2.6 billion.