Bob Wise

Yes, a number of us voted for this bill because we were told certain things would happen. They did not happen. This bill went absolutely nowhere in the Senate because of the very provisions that are in the bill today: Labor protection…

like most Americans, I wrestle with this issue more than any other. It hits in every possible way, moral, physical. It is a gut-wrenching issue. Like most Americans, I oppose late-term abortion. Like most Americans, I would support…

The gentlewoman makes a good point that the Economic Development Administration is a linchpin in the base closing legislation that this Congress is passed and is often the lead agency, the one that communities contact first to assist as…

before I rise in strong opposition to this amendment I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their help in the Marmet Lock situation and helping a lot of people in the Marmet take area get some certainty by including some…

I simply want to say that, for those who would feel that it is hard to make progress sometimes when there is only an option of more prosecution or more regulation, then this board, I think, meets those concerns because the information…

this is like if someone knows they have a problem and they want to clean it up but the only person they can invite in is the policeman and the prosecuting attorney.

I am happy to say that as the legislative day draws to a close, I have good news to report to the House of Representatives, good news and also some thanks to offer; thanks to the company Norm Thompson, a well-known national mail order…

many of the speakers in opposition to this amendment are from the West. The only thing west about West Virginia is its name, but we have got national forests and we have got loggers and we have got timber people and we have got folks…

when Oliver North was called in front of the Iran Contra Committee, he complained that he would not be a potted plant. When we pass these rules, we are going to make the Democratic side an entire garden because that is what these rules are…

I want to just note about Andy Jacobs, he was often a study of contrasts, and he was someone we needed to have in Congress and we need to have. He was a combat veteran who understood how awful war could be and always worried about sending…

Today the House can help a lot of fathers, today; we do not have to wait until Sunday, on Fathers Day, by passing the emergency flood relief bill. Today the House has a chance to do what should have been done many months ago, for fathers…

Sunday, residents of this area, the Washington, D.C. area, found a front page Washington Post article dealing with potential pollution problems coming down the Potomac from West Virginia. This followed a report a couple of weeks ago by a…

this is not a debate about the scope, the size of government, and there are no tax hikes in this substitute. This is about the role of investment, and it does not matter whether we want a bigger budget or a smaller budget. What the…

I understand that government is not perfect. Government often needs correction. But I think it is time that we also speak about what government does and why government exists and why we believe government is important. Yesterday this House…

here we are, another suspension day. This is one body that just seems to be in constant suspension. I do not know exactly what that means except nothing is being done. We have got some significant bills, as the gentlewoman just said. This…

Exactly. There were to be several hundred thousand jobs, good-paying jobs, to be created, was the quote. We have not seen those jobs. We have an economy happily that has been growing, but at a minimalist rate, 2.3, 2.5 percent. That…

I believe that those who negotiate these treaties for the most part are operating in good faith, I believe are operating in good faith. I think they honestly believe that the marketplace, if left alone, totally alone, will produce the…

what the gentleman who preceded me in the well did not say was that his party does not have a budget that explains how we make these cuts, whether they be Medicare cuts or tax cuts. Indeed, this Congress just returned from what I thought…

I understand that everybody is racing to get out of here, but I have to think that this is going to be one of the most fateful votes that we are going to cast today; I have a feeling that in years to come, there are many in this Chamber…

let me tell the Members what I support. Like most people, I believe that late-term abortions should be outlawed unless the mother's life is in danger or she would suffer serious health problems by continuing the pregnancy. Yet I will not…

let me report that as the flood waters are receding, mercifully, in West Virginia, we have many areas that have been hard hit: Sisterville, Clendenin, the counties Calhoun and Wirt, Mason, Braxton, Gilmer, Roane and Putnam all have…

there are times to say thank you, and as the flood waters are receding but not gone from West Virginia, it is time to say thank you to the National Guard, the hundreds of men and women who have been on duty for many, many days. It is time…

I too today rise to urge this Congress to take action to make sure that the 10 million children in this country who are not covered by some form of health insurance get covered. Surely this is something on a bipartisan basis Republicans…

I rise today to wish a happy anniversary to Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, WV, just about an hour and 15 minutes drive from here. Today Shepherd College celebrated its 125th anniversary with the ringing of the town bells that occurred…

there is no issue that I agonize over, and I suspect many Members here agonize over, more than abortion. Except for the most committed on either side, the issues are not clear-cut and they are not easily resolved. I also believe that…