Furthermore, more than 200 low-income families will have an opportunity to participate in Prologue's citywide welfare-to-work initiative.

I urge my colleagues to support this legislation and help to put an end to this tragedy.

I have confidence in this house's ability to do what is right.

The Baumel, Feldman, and Katz families should not have to spend one more night worrying about the fate of Zachary, Tzvi, and Yehuda.

The key is that the money necessary to provide coverage to people who cannot afford it comes from the administrative savings achieved through the elimination of the insurance company middle man.

It attempts to end the interference between doctor and patient.

The single payer plan I propose is the only plan before Congress that will guarantee health care universality, affordability, security and choice.

It will give to all Americans the peace of mind--the security--to which all citizens should be entitled.

The American Health Security Act (the Bill) provides universal health insurance coverage for all Americans as of January 1, 2000.

Today I am introducing the 'Tribal Self-Governance Amendments of 1999' and am pleased that 22 of our colleagues have cosponsored the legislation.

This kind of personalized foreign assistance is vital to accelerating the development of free enterprise and democracy around the globe.

I rise before you today to commend two of my constituents from Springfield, Illinois, John and Virginia Gaffney, for their tireless work on a volunteer mission with the International Executive Service Corps in Egypt.

To discuss and debate a resolution regarding the development of American troops in a foreign land is the utmost in constitutional and moral responsibility.

I would urge this Congress to address the need to increase defense spending. Across the board. For every armed service. No more delays. No more broken promises.

On these two grounds, I cannot justify the deployment of U.S. troops.

We should seek peace throughout the world. But not at the expense of our national security and not in the absence of a national interest.

I approach this issue from the perspective of preserving our national security and protecting our national interest.

I believe the atrocities of Milosevic are despotic, demonic, and despicable.