Alan Simpson

When you're talking presidential power, if you really want to see a president with teeth, it's a president who's going to veto legislation that is passed by the Congress.

in regard to the opening statement, I notice that this bill really is not being rushed to the floor. It has been in development for 6 years. I wouldn't call that rushing anything to the floor. In fact, it has been in the form of a bill for…

I have to respond to a couple of the statements that were been made because I know that they have been made over the past by the Sierra Club and others. First of all, the Wilderness Society and the Campaign for American Wilderness would…

One last comment, Madam Speaker. The argument I found so strange by the Sierra Club is that they say that this does not have Federal water right protection in it. And you are right. It does not have Federal water right protection in it. It…

in accordance with earmark reform proposals currently under consideration in the House and Senate, I would like to place into the record a listing of the Congressionally- directed project in my home state of Idaho that is contained within…

while I do not want to respond to this specific project, I do want to respond to what the gentleman from Arizona talked about just a little bit ago. He mentioned 10,000 earmarks and $29 billion last year. And he seeks to reduce the…

I stand to oppose this amendment offered by the gentleman from New York. In committee, the gentleman from New York offered an amendment that conditioned eligibility for future leases on renegotiation of price thresholds in old leases…

I want to thank Chairman Boozman and Ranking Member Herseth for their work on this piece of legislation. Earlier this year, I introduced H.R. 419, which would authorize the President's National Hire Veterans Committee through 2008. The…

there was an oversight in the No Child Left Behind Act, NCLB required teachers to meet their states highly qualified teacher requirement by the end of the 2005-2006 school year, about a year from now. Paraprofessionals were required to…

I rise today to recoginize the continuing role that the Government of Japan is playing to promote peace and democracy in Iraq and around the world. The determination and commitment of Japan, one of our Nation's most important allies, is…

this debate should be about one of public lands and wildlife management and nothing more. And I will be the first to say that I do not like to see these wild horses taken off the range, but at the same time they have to be properly…

While I appreciate the facts from the gentleman from California's comments, the reality is that some people, as I stated in my opening statement, support this because they do not like the decisions of the Ninth Circuit. That is a reality…

Let me state at the outset of this, it is inevitable that the Ninth Circuit will be split. At some point in time, whether it is with this bill or some other bill in the future, the need to split the Ninth Circuit is undeniable. At some…

I've been called everything. What the hell. If you don't like the combat, get out.

we all agree that our fellow Americans who have served in our military represent a unique national resource. We need to ensure we fulfill our obligation to them. H.R. 4015, as amended, the ``Jobs for Veterans Act,'' provides us the…

I rise today to thank you for considering H.R. 4708, the Freemont Madison Conveyance Act. Under H.R. 4708, the Cross-cut Diversion Dam, Cross-cut Canal and five wells with associated water rights would be owned and operated by the FMID…

I rise today to condemn the absurd logic of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in its decision regarding the Pledge of Allegiance and renew my call for much needed reform to stop the unchecked abuses of this court. We in the West have long…

I rise to support H.R. 4858, introduced by my good friend Representative Jerry Moran of Kansas. This legislation will extend for two years the J-1 visa waiver program for states and increase each state's allotment from 20 to 30. The J-1…

I want to introduce to the House of Representatives the Pastor Kenneth Wilde. Pastor Wilde is the founder and executive director of the National Prayer Center headquartered in Washington, D.C. This important facility's primary function is…

Mr. Speaker, many veterans and their survivors will be served as a result of the enhancements included in H.R. 4085, the Veterans' and Survivors' Benefits Expansion Act of 2002. Section 2 provides an annual cost-of-living adjustment…

we all agree our veterans are a unique national resource. H.R. 4015 provides us the opportunity to approve legislation that helps them get jobs. That is the bottom line of this legislation. The Jobs for Veterans Act essentially creates a…

This bill, H.R. 3908, would reauthorize the tremendously successful North American Wetlands Conservation Act, NAWCA. This landmark law has been instrumental in the conservation, restoration and enhancement of wetland and upland habitat…

H.R. 2818 is a simple, straightforward bill that would convey approximately 10.23 acres of public land located within the Bureau of Land Management Sand Mountain Wilderness Study Area, located near St. Anthony in southeast Idaho, to the…

it has been said the first casualty of any war is the truth. After listening to some of the rhetoric today on this floor, much of it embarrassingly irresponsible rhetoric, truth truly has been wounded today. Anyone listening to this debate…

I agree with what my friend said earlier, the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Osborne), when he said ``I do not understand why the sugar beet growers in Idaho and Nebraska and other States ought to be paying for the restoration of the Florida…