Before we go home from this hearing today, the human capital market will have dropped 7,000; 7,000 kids will have dropped out of high school before we go home.

And so, all of this is to say we know and you know what to do.

But I have to point out, the enormous costs of restructuring the financial institutions, the banks, the auto industry, even AIG, total all of those up, it is still less than the combined cost of 5 years of dropouts in this country.

We also believe we have to get accountability right. That means the State-led efforts to develop common standards so now there is an overarching set of standards that the States have agreed to, internationally benchmarked.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the members of the majority and minority on the Committee on Ways and Means for bringing this bill to the floor. In a lot of times in the sweeping debates on major trade policy a bill will pass, and then it is…

Mr. Speaker, it was not that many years ago in West Virginia that I heard the story at Christmastime of a young wife who was using her Christmas savings to buy a bulletproof vest for her law enforcement husband. That just shocked me, to be…

I am concerned about the hundreds of thousands of rural West Virginians earning $12,000, $15,000 a year, sometimes less than that, and that is why I am voting for a bill, the substitute, that would extend the Medicare program as we already…

I prefer that major pieces of legislation be worked out on a bipartisan basis, but it is clear that it is the Republican leadership that controls this House; and it is clear that it is the Republican leadership, regrettably, that is…

I rise today to oppose this irresponsible Republican brought-to-the-floor budget bill. This bill does not extend the life of Social Security by 1 day. It does nothing to deal with the problem of high prescription drug prices, does not add…

I oppose the President's act of granting clemency to terrorists. The acts that these people were convicted of are not necessarily all that they would have been involved in. Often a U.S. Attorney in order to get a conviction will bring…

For over a year, Mr. Speaker, thousands of hard working steelworkers have faced economic devastation due to illegal steel dumping. Ten thousand have lost their jobs. Weirton Steel, an employee-owned company which fought its way back from…

Mr. Chairman, it is not to offer an amendment. I just want to assure the chairman and ranking member there was a statement I wanted to make very briefly concerning the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act which was a significant…

today the International Trade Commission holds a hearing into illegal steel dumping. Well, let me report, I was in the northern panhandle yesterday. The pain, both economic and personal, continues from illegal dumping of steel in this…

Each one of us has one or two people that played major roles in our life that we can point to as a mentor in a formative stage in our life and development. In my life, I was fortunate enough to have Terry Sanford as one of those people. As…

the first chart tells us the story, I guess in black and white, on steel imports and why this Congress must act today to do something about steel imports and illegal dumping. We can see, from 1997 to 1998, the large increase in steel…

the Congress this year will undertake the most sweeping domestic legislation probably in 40 or 50 years and certainly, in the case of Social Security, the most sweeping changes since Social Security was created in 1935. So I think there…

I also want to echo the words of the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Franks), our subcommittee chairman, in recognizing Judge Ward for his many accomplishments and certainly echoing our enthusiasm for naming the courthouse the "Hiram H…

It is most fitting and proper that we support this legislation and honor the civic career of Richard C. White by designating the Federal building in El Paso as the ``Richard C. White Federal Building.'' Mr. Speaker, H.R. 233 is a bill to…

I am happy to report to her and to many others that these programs have been reauthorized through a bipartisan effort. The reauthorization of the ARC and the EDA means that they will continue to be the economic linchpins that are so vital…

I think it ought to be pointed out that as we hopefully wind into the final week of this Congress, we are today at October 6. October 1 is the beginning of the Federal fiscal year, and I think it is time that the American people understand…

I rise to oppose this rule. We hear a lot about there being a surplus but the reality is it is in Social Security. I have the greatest respect and friendship for the distinguished chairman of the Committee on Rules. He is irrepressible…

we are going to hear a lot today about there being a budget surplus, and that is the good news. But the surplus comes from the Social Security system. So what is the bill that is going to be on the floor today? To give an election year tax…

there are 37 members of the Committee on the Judiciary, about 8 percent of this Congress. That leaves 398 Members of the House that could be working on some other matters. Yet today, September 16, 2 weeks before the end of the Federal…

I believe even the GAO studies, and it has been a few years since I have looked at it, but even the GAO study has trouble making the direct statements the gentleman wants it to make. And saying a job is directly caused by anything is…