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Date: 2005-03-16
Speaker: JO ANN DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. Over the past decade. funding for NASAs Aeronautics Research has declined by more than half. to about $900 million. The Presidents budget proposes to cut aeronautics research by 20 percent over the next 5 years. I am concerned that the United States is losing critical expertise in aeronautics research and development. This degradation will have a tragic impact on military and civilian aviation. which contributes significantly to our national defense and our economy. I believe that the Presidents funding levels for aeronautics programs should be reassessed and that the House should give priority to restoring these vital programs. Will the gentleman commit to bring to the conference report language that will clarify that the resolution makes no assumption regarding the .Presidents proposed funding level for NASAs Aeronautics Research programs?
Date: 2005-03-17
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman. I commend the gentleman from North Carolina and his colleagues for bringing forth an alternative budget. We know how difficult it is to put together a budget of this magnitude. As the gentleman said. this is a substitute budget. a true alternative budget to what was passed out of the committee. It highlights the differences between the Democrats strategy and the Republican budgeting strategy. The Democrats seem to love spending increases and tax increases. and that is exactly what this alternative budget does. It increases spending compared to the committee budget that is on the floor. It increases spending by $32.5 billion in budget authority and also $18.9 billion. increased spending in the year 2006. That is just in 1 year. It also increases spending by $173 billion in budget authority over 5 years and $149 billion in outlays in the next 5 years. It also massively increases taxes by $35.1 billion in fiscal year 2006 alone and $169 billion over the next 5 years as opposed to the budget that was passed by the Committee on the Budget. Again. these tax increases are above and beyond. on top of enormous spending increases. But that is not the only Iproblem that we have with this budget alternative. It also decreases defense spending. Again. while the Nation is at war. this alternative budget cuts defense spending by $10.7 billion in budget authority and $7 billion in outlays just in fiscal year 2006. Again. during fiscal years 2006 through 2010. this alternative budget would reduce defense spending by $149.5 billion in budget authority and $129 billion in outlays. So we have very clear differences that have been illustrated by these two budgets. Once again. I commend the gentleman for doing the hard work and putting an alternative budget together that is being discussed right now. Again these two budgets obviously. highlight the difference. This budget that they are proposing increases taxes and cuts spending on defense in a time of war. . Mr. Chairman. I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from North Carolina . a member of the Committe6 on the Budget who has done an incredible job and shown incredible leadership on. this issue.
Date: 2005-03-17
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Chairman. I yield myself 15 seconds. There are -differences in the two budgets. The budget that we passed out of committee funds our essential services without raising taxes. without cutting defense. without hurting our economy. Unfortunately. this proposed alternative raises taxes and thoroughly cuts defense suspending in a time of war. Mr. Chairman. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 2005-03-17
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Chairman. I yield myself 30 seconds. Again. what we have not heard from the sponsors of this amendment is part of what is in their amendment. Again. their amendment has massive increases in spending. It also has massive tax increases on the American people. And it also has massive reductions in defense spending in a time of war. Those are huge differences. I just want to make sure that everybody understands what the differences are. Mr. Chairman. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 2005-03-17
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Chairman. I yield myself 30 seconds. The House budget resolution addresses CDBGs. As a matter of fact. it adds $1.1 billion aimed specifically at that. The difference between our budget. though. and this proposed amendment is our budget does not raise taxes. does not reduce defense spending in a time of war. Mr. Chairman. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 2005-03-17
Speaker: MARIO DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Chairman. I will. in a spirit of incredible generosity to the opposition. yield another half minute to the gentleman.
Date: 2005-03-20
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

Mr. Speaker. I rise this evening in support of S. 686. This legislation would allow either of Terris parents to bring suit in federal court for the violation of any right under the constitution or laws of the United States relating to "the withholding or withdrawal of food. fluids. or medical treatment necessary to sustain Ms. Schiavos life. What we are doing is providing Terri Schiavo the same legal protections that we afford a convicted criminal who has been sentenced to death. A Florida judge has issued an order that will have the effect of ending Ms. Schiavos life. so the least we can do is allow a federal court to review the matter. If we ensure murderers and rapists the benefit of a federal review. we should do it for this helpless woman. This is a terribly difficult issue for all those involvednot just Ms. Schiavos parents and siblings. but also her husband. I realize he would prefer Congress stay out of the matter entirely. However. the 14th Amendment states that "no state shall deprive any person of life � . . without due process of law." In this case I believe it is entirely appropriate that we err on the side of cautionall were doing is seeking a federal review of what has happened in the state courts to ensure that all constitutional rights. all of the basic protections that we afford a criminal. have been afforded to Terri Schiavo as well. As medical technology continues to improve. we are left with many difficult questions-"right to die issues." therapeutic cloning and stem cell research issues. These are questions I sometimes doubt we as men and women are truly capable of answering. In these cases the only thing we can do is follow the law. and the law provides for the opportunity for federal review in cases where a person will be put to death. Thus. I believe Terri Schiavo too deserves this opportunity. This entire case hinges on what Terri Schiavo herself would have wanted. I am aware of the cases in Florida state courts and the findings they have reached. both in terms of what they believe Ms. Schiavo would have chosen and the likelihood that new treatments could improve her condition. But in this instance I believe we should be as thorough as possible. which is why I support this legislation.
Date: 2005-04-05
Speaker: LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Florida

Mr. Speaker. I rise today to commemorate Greeks Independence Day. March 25. 2005 marked the 184th anniversary of the revolution that freed the people of Greece from the Ottoman Empire. Today. I extend my solidarity in commemoration of this celebration of independence and democracy. As the cradle of western civilization. we are deeply indebted to the nation of Greece and the Greek people for their wisdom and commitment to the ideals of freedom and democracy. Our own democracy was created from the blue prints of ancient Greece. The contribution of Greeks to the arts. sciences. and political fields are felt profoundly to this day. It is through Greek experiences and insight that the ideals of selfgovernance were shaped. In modern times. the Greek people have reaffirmed their commitment to the goals of their proud past. As a member of the European Union. Greece has constantly championed democratic principles and been an important advocate for freedom fighters throughout the world. I congratulate the people of Greece for their vital contributions to our world. in both ancient and modern times. as we 6elebrate- Greek Independence Day.
Date: 2005-04-05
Speaker: GINNY BROWN-WAITE (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. I do not want to misquote. It is $33 billion. The most conservative estimates suggest that waste. fraud and abuse in Medicare is somewhere around $33 billion per year.
Date: 2005-04-06
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

Madam Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding me time. and just note that I rise in support of H. Res. 188. honoring the service of Americas firefighters. Every day these Americans risk their lives to save others. Three hundred fortyfiye firefighters died at. the World Trade Center. but what is not mentioned is that onequarter of them were off duty. They were off duty. but those firgfighters heard the call they were needed. They risked. and in some cases sacrificed. their lives in order to save others. In America such sacrifices are a daily occurrence. Three times a minute there is a fire call somewhere in the country. Firefighters never know when that call could be their last. This resolution is a very simple way for us to say thank you for the job you do. We honor you. You make a difference every day. I urge its adoption.
Date: 2005-04-06
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

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Date: 2005-04-06
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

Madam Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume to simply urge all Members to support the passage of H.R. Madam Speaker. I yield back the balance of my time.
Date: 2005-04-06
Speaker: LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Florida

Mr. Speaker. those of us who have lived in the era of Pope John Paul II have had the great privilege during the past twentysix years of witnessing the important work of this great leader. John Paul II was an extraordinary theologian. a brilliant statesman who worked ceaselessly for peace and freedom. and a brave Polish patriot. He embodied the Christian. Marian doctrine of love and mercy. millions throughout the world have been forever changed for the better by the life of Pope John Paul II. Perhaps his most important accomplishment was lifting the ban on the devotion to the message of divine mercy as explained by our Savior directly to Sister Faustina. and the Popes institution of Divine Mercy Sunday by the Church. as well as the canonization of Saint Faustina. Our prayers of gratitude for those great works of Pope John Paul II accompany our prayers for his eternal rest.
Date: 2005-04-12
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Madam Speaker. the gibberish my colleagues just heardabout is the President says everythings on the table. We can reform Social Security. Madam Speaker. this week the United States House will vote to eliminate the unfair death tax. Believe it or not. the government gives you a certificate at birth. a license when you marry and a tax bill when you die. Is that not a shame? Taxing people when they die smacks of all the things that are wrong with the government and Washington. The death tax was created to target people like the Vanderbilts ahd the Rockefellers. with the original intent of paying and winning World War I. This bill hits hardworking Americans. The death tax hurts the momandpop shops on Main Street. and that is just not fair. Sadly. now if 3 person saved for the future. put some money away. built a business. ran a farm or achieved the American Dream in other ways. the death tax punishes them. That is just wrong. and it is time to end the death tax now.
Date: 2005-04-12
Speaker: GINNY BROWN-WAITE (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Speaker. I rise today to share my concern regarding continued abuses by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. or FEMA as we know it. As my colleagues know. Florida suffered devastating blows when an unprecedented four hurricanes struck down in our State last year. My colleagues and I in .the Florida delegation have been fighting with FEMA on its hurricane policies for the past few months. We have battled them about paying for debris removal in front of properties on a private road. These people pay taxes. too. Now a new abuse has come to light. FEMA apparently paid funeral expenses for an estimated 315 deaths in Florida. although only 123 fatalities were actually recorded. Once again. it has a disregard for accuracy. efficiency. and its responsibility. I believe. to the citizens of Florida and the United States taxpayers. Mr. Speaker. I encourage my colleagues to join me in holding FEMA to the high standards that our citizens require.
Date: 2005-04-13
Speaker: SAM JOHNSON (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent to have the name of the gentleman from New York removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 525.
Date: 2005-04-13
Speaker: GINNY BROWN-WAITE (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Ms. HARRIS. Mrs. DRAKE. and Messrs. COX. FORTENBERRY. TERRY and GARY G. MILLER of California changed their vote from "aye" to "no." not voting 1. as follows: Aderholt Akin Alexander Bachus Baker Barrett (SC) Barrow Bartlett (MD) Barton (TX) Bass Bean Beauprez Berkley Berry Biggert Bilirakis Bishop (GA) Bishop (UT) Blackburn Blunt Boehlert Bochner Bonilla Bonner Bono Boozman Boren Boswell Boucher Boustany Bradley (NH) Brady (TX) Brown (SC) BrownWaite. Ginny Burgess Burton (IN) Butterfield Buyer Calvert Camp Cannon Cantor Capito Cardoza Carter Castle Chabot Chandler Chocola Clay Coble Cole (OK) Conaway Costa Costello Cox Cramer Crenshaw Cubin [Roll No. 102] AYES272 Cuellar Culberson Cunningham Davis (KY) Davis (TN) Davis. Jo Ann Davis. Tom Deal (GA) DeLay Dent DiazBalart. L. DiazBalart. M. Doolittle Drake Dreier Duncan Edwards Ehlers Emerson English (PA) Everett Farr Feeney Ferguson Filner Fitzpatrick (PA) Flake Foley Forbes Fortenberry Fossella Foxx Franks (AZ) Frelinghuysen Gallegly Garrett (NJ) Gerlach Gibbons Gilchrest Gingrey Gohmert Goode Goodlatte Gordon Granger Graves Green (WI) Gutknecht Hall Harris Hart Hastert Hastings (WA) Hayes Hayworth Hefley Hensarling Herger Hinojosa Hobson Hoekstra Hooley Hostettler Hulshof Hunter Hyde Inglis (SC) Israel Issa Istook JacksonLee (TX) Jefferson Jenkins Jindal Johnson (CT) Johnson (IL) Johnson. Sam Jones (NC) Keller Kelly Kennedy (MN) King (IA) King (NY) Kingston Kirk Kline. Knollenberg Kolbe Kuhl (NY) LaHood Larsen (WA) Latham LaTourette Lewis (CA) Lewis (KY) Linder LoBiondo Lucas Lungren. Daiiel E. Mack Manzullo Marchant Matheson McCarthy McCaul (TX) McCotter McCrery McHenry McHugh McIntyre McKeon McMorris Melancon Mica Miller (FL) Miller (MI) Miller. Gary Moran (KS) Messrs. OBEY. MEEHAN and TOWNS changed their vote fromi "no" to "aye." So the amendment in the nature of a substitute was rejected. The result of the vote was annbunced as above recdrded." Stated against:
Date: 2005-04-19
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

Mr. Speaker. I rise today to support the appointment of Robert P. Kogod as a citizen regent of the Smithsonian Institution. Bob received a B.S. in 1962 from American University located in Washington. DC. He joined the Smith Companies in 1959 where he served as president. chief executive officer and director until 2001. Rob is a member of the boards of directors of Vornado Realty Trust and ArchstoneSmith Trust. Bob also serves as President of the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem which is home to the Kogod Institute for Advanced Jewish Research. In 1979. the Kogod School of Business at American University was named in honor of a major gift from the Kogods. Bob and his wife Arlene have demonstrated their deep commitment to James Smithsons vision of the Smithsonian Institution as an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. The Kogods are renowned philanthropists as well as worldrecognized collectors of American crafts. Art Deco and American Art. They are longstanding members of the Smithsonian American Art Museums American Art Forum and the Archives for American Art. Bob previously has served as a member of the Smithsonian Washington Council and is currently serving as special advisor to Secretary Small on the Patent Office Building renovation project. Mr. Speaker. in closing. I would like to express my support for the appointment of Bob Kogod as a citizen regent of the Smithsonian Institution.
Date: 2005-04-19
Speaker: GINNY BROWN-WAITE (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Flor

ida. Mr. Speaker. I rise today to clarify a few points about strengthening and preserving Social Security. Unfortunately. . partisan opposition groups are playing word games with Social Security reform. Let me tell the Members what these words mean to the average American. Privatization means taking Social Security completely out of the hands of government and turning the program over to a private entity. I will never vote to privatize Social Security. Personal accounts means giving younger workers a choice to invest a portion of their tax dollars into safe and secure accounts. Most importantly. these accounts would be owned by the individuals and protected from the D.C. practice of using these funds for general spending. This is not privatization. I would hope that instead of slinging halftruths and misrepresentations. those groups opposed to any sort of reform would instead present choices of their own and meet Republicans at the negotiating table in a productive. constructive manner.
Date: 2005-04-21
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

Mr. Chairman. I yield myself 2 minutes. Mr. Chairman. section 978 creates two new Senateconfirmed assistant secretary positions within the Department of Energy. This change would increase the total number of Senateconfirmed assistant secretaries in the Department from six to eight. The Department of Energy has been plagued by management problems for years. Since 1990 GAO has designated contract management at DOE as a highrisk area for waste and mismanagement. A. recently released GAO report requested by the Committee on Government Reform confirms that DOE contract management should remain on the GAO highrisk list. Additionally. the DOE Inspector General has reported for years that the Department is not doing enough to protect its facilities and materials from threats to our national security. While the issues that these proposed assistant secretaries would be responsible fo no doubt are important issues. adding an additional layer of bureaucracy does not elevate the issue. DOE management will not improve as a result of adding these new layers. In fact. the new position could have the opposite effect by slowing down the decisionmaking process. In addition to adding more unnecessary bureaucracy to the Department. this section adds to the ranks over 500 positions in the executive branch that go through the cumbersome Senate confirmation process. I have yet to be convinced that requiring positions below the secretary level through the confirmation process in the other body yields better candidates or more effective governmental administration. Our Committee on Government Reform. whichhas jurisdiction over the Federal civil service and therefore the creation of new layers of bureaucracy. unanimously agreed to strike this section from the energy bill when the committee marked up our provisions last week. 0l 1115 Unfortunately. when the broader energy bill was cobbled together before coming to the floor. the provision was not only reinserted. it was added to by creating two new Assistant -Secretaries rather than just one. Based on conversations with my colleague that support the creation of these new positions. this is an issue that I pledge to work with them on as the bill moves through the conference. Of the two new proposed positions. one is simply an elevation of a preexisting Senateconfirmed post within DOE. whereas the other is a brand new Senateconfirmed position. For the tfme being. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. Mr. Chairman. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 2005-04-21
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

Mr. Chairman. I would ask that maybe the gentleman from California could yield the gentlewoman from Illinois any time that he would have remaining. so that she could make a case.
Date: 2005-04-21
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

The gentlewoman in opposition to the amendment has no time because the gentleman has taken her time. I have 3 minutes remaining. I can give her 2 of my minutes. If the gentleman from California can give her a couple of minutes. she can make her case against our amendment.
Date: 2005-04-21
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

We will see how much time she takes. If the gentleman can see how much time she takes. and then we can give the balance to the gentlewoman from Illinois
Date: 2005-04-21
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. I just want to say to my friends on the Committee on Science that while we continue to stand in opposition to the creation of new bureaucracy as a: way to solve the problems. I think there may be some kind of middle ground. as the gentleman has addressed. and I pledge as we move forward to work with them to try to find a Solution to the issue they have identified with this Assistant Secretary for the Office of Science. Mr. Chairman. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas .
Date: 2005-04-26
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 227) recognizing and honoring the contributions of Indian Americans to economic innovation and society generally.
Date: 2005-04-26
Speaker: TOM DAVIS (republican)
Chamber: H
State: Virginia

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the resolution under consideration.