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last night's GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Alabama could have carried a warning from the Surgeon General: Not recommended for those with heart conditions. In the end, with all due respect to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones), the best…
Unfortunately, I am withholding my signature from the pending conference report in protest of the manner by which this legislation treats the controversy surrounding U.S. military exercises on Vieques. In effect, language contained in the…
I strongly condemn the horror that was inflicted upon innocent Israeli men, women and children by suicide bombers. I condemn that violence at all times and all places. I think it is important to note that we can either oppose or vote…
the Scriptures tell us, ``Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.'' Paul Ambrose surely looks upon His face today. Paul Ambrose possessed a clerical passion for public health. After graduating from the Marshall University…
Over the last 2 months, Members of Congress have stepped outside party boundaries, joining together and unanimously supporting millions of dollars in aid to victims, families, and rescue workers affected by the September 11 attacks…
I do not view this particular legislation as a pet project of a powerful person, regardless of it being the Speaker's bill. I have been contacted, I know, from Democratic Members on my side of the aisle in support of this legislation…
Moccasin Bend is an area near Chattanooga, Tennessee, where archeologists have unearthed evidence of Native American inhabitants dating back thousands of years, mingled with important artifacts from the Civil War. In fact, this area is…
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1814, introduced by our colleague, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Olver), would provide for a study of a series of trails extending through western Massachusetts and central Connecticut. The purpose of this study…
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2925, as amended, would assist in law enforcement efforts at the Bureau of Reclamation facilities in 17 western States. Despite the agency's responsibility to manage more than 300 dams and reservoirs and 58 hydroelectric…
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2924 would authorize the administrators of the Western Area and Southeastern and Southwestern Power Administrations to carry out reward programs to reduce vandalism and theft at their facilities. The bill would authorize…
Let us not forget that Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, South Asian Americans, are Americans first. They chose to come to this country in order to seek a better way of life for themselves and their families. They pay taxes. They vote…
Mr. Chairman, I am among these who believe this country does need a new national energy policy, and we need to stick to it through times of energy scarcity as well as abundance. But not this energy policy, not what is in the pending…
I guess the reason the majority decided to wait until August 1 to bring this bill up was so they could not be tagged with providing Christmas in July for the major oil companies. They brought the bill up on August 1 because it is a grab…
I rise to call to the attention of the body a very intriguing position in the ANWR title. Tucked away on page 487 is a section that mandates project labor agreements in ANWR oil and gas leases. What that means is that union labor would be…
in the Third District of West Virginia, we have 8,300 citizens who will benefit from the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001. This ranks southern West Virginia seventh in the nation. My constituents have been calling…
in the rush to greatness upon which many of us embark in this city, in the heat of the TV camera lights, in the chaos of clashing interests, it is important that we pause and take stock of those who brought us here, keep us here, and help…
with the 225th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence being celebrated next week, it is with particular patriotic pride that the House should consider today H.R. 1668, a bill to authorize the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish…
reclaiming my time, these places I just mentioned, they are incredible treasures. They are incredible treasures; from the Atlantic to the Pacific, historic sites, glacial fjords, towering mountains and fragile deserts. Indeed, they are a…
I have invested a great deal of time, indeed years, in an effort to reform the Mining Law of 1872. To be clear, I fully support this amendment. It represents a type of policy that should be in place. At the same time, it is far past time…
Secretary Norton has written a series of letters to various State and local officials encouraging reassessments of existing national monuments. I would like to quote directly from the Secretary's March 28 letter to the Governor of Arizona…
Mr. Chairman, as far as the debate earlier on the recreation fee demo amendments, they are something that should be subject to the Committee on Resources, on which I serve, which is a tax on the average American people. It is hidden in…
Mr. Chairman, America's national monuments are under siege. Under the guise of an energy crisis, both the President and his Interior Secretary have publicly suggested that some of our national monuments might be pretty nice places for oil…
I rise today to acknowledge West Virginia Day, at least for the 1 hour left in today, and the West Virginian of the Century, U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, whose accomplishments will last forever. 138 years ago, on June 20, 1863, West…
I rise in both sorrow and celebration to pay tribute to a life well lived by John Joseph Moakley, a man who died with the voices of his friends and colleagues raised in his praise. We prayed even as we knew better, that God would let him…
Resource Committee Democrats did not object to, and in fact, support consideration of H.R. 601 because it represents a technical amendment to the recently expanded Craters of the Moon National Monument. The legislation in no way seeks to…
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