The Public Record
as cosponsor of H.R. 1904, the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003, I rise in support of this legislation because of the relief it provides to combat the challenges facing our forest system today. From hazardous fuel reduction to insect…
Mr. Speaker, the pediatric research equity bill is not a bad bill. I agree with the premise of the bill. As the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Health said, it is unfortunate that we have not had a hearing on this bill, we have not…
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 408 would accomplish the goal of allowing the National Park Service to acquire nearly 105 acres of land along the Crystal River adjacent to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. This legislation would facilitate the…
this week the other body takes up the President's request for $87 billion in supplemental aid for Iraq and Afghanistan. The supplemental appropriation should do more to support our troops who have been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan …
this week as the other body takes up the President's request for the $87 billion in supplemental appropriations for Iraq, we must do more for our troops and their families who are under increasing duress. Specifically, Congress should…
I am pleased that Chairman Tauzin and Ranking Member Dingell have moved so quickly to address this week's decision by the Federal district court in Oklahoma that the FTC did not have authority to implement the national Do Not Call list. It…
I rise to highlight my amendments to the Transportation-Treasury-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act. Although they were ruled out of order by the House Committee on Rules, I believe they warrant attention. I offered two amendments to…
I offered an amendment in today's bill that would ban using funds in the supplemental to support FEMA's Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs Office in Washington, D.C. The amendments were born out of my frustration in dealing with…
we have a crisis in Michigan. We have become the dumping ground for 100 percent of Toronto Canada's trash. At a hearing earlier this week we heard excuse after excuse from the EPA as to why they are not enforcing a bilateral agreement that…
I would like to commend all 10 recipients of the 2003 All-America City Award, and Representative Hayes for bringing forth this resolution in their honor. I am especially supportive of this resolution because one of the honored recipients…
Mr. Speaker and Congresswoman Norton, thank you for the opportunity to support women's issues and to acknowledge the contributions of former Michigan Congresswoman Martha Griffiths to the cause of equal rights for women. As the U.S…
As you were saying, if the Secretary of Health and Human Services cannot negotiate, so we give your mother, who is 93 years old, this voucher, who negotiates for her? It is $4,500. There is no guarantee it will not go up. What happens if…