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I would really encourage people to support the President's energy plan because, number one, it provides a blueprint where there has been none, a plan of action that provides conservation practices and development of alternative fuels. It…
As I said earlier, too, this is something that the people of America have clearly said they want. All of the provisions that are included in the Ganske-Dingell-Norwood bill are direct responses to what the people of this country have said…
When one talks about containing costs as the driving force or making profits on the other end, the driving factor for pursuing managed care, a lot of people are left out for whom it is very expensive to provide health care. They are…
It is the tip of the iceberg for the real concern and commitment that many of our colleagues, particularly those in both the Hispanic and Black Caucus, have to addressing this disease in our communities and really around the world. In…
As a social worker, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Rodriguez) has had a lot of experience with it as well. That is why we are glad to be able to collaborate with him on these and other health care issues.
The Unborn Victims of Violence Act would establish that if an unborn child is injured or killed during the commission of an already-defined federal crime of violence, then the assailant may be charged with a second offense on behalf of the…
I believe Secretary-designate Powell is extraordinarily well-prepared to meet these challenges.
Not since the distinguished service of General George Marshall has a soldier-statesman come to this position with Secretary-designate Powell's degree of experience.
I have been rather vocal over the last 4 years about speaking out against our own unilateral sanction imposition.
I think it has been well covered this morning, but I just wanted for the record to add my voice to that in support.
In my administration, we will ask not only what is legal but also what is right, not just what the lawyers allow but what the public deserves. He went on and said: In my administration, we will make it clear there is the controlling legal…
One of the most important dividing lines between the two candidates is that the Governor from Texas has been saying Washington, DC should not decide who gets a tax cut and who does not. The Vice President has been saying--not only for…
I have one last question. I find myself saying it doesn't hurt me. I wasn't in the room. It didn't hurt me at all. As a matter of fact, because my income is over $130,000, those folks making the decision in that room helped me out. I guess…
I represent low-income working families without health insurance subsidizing my health insurance. I have a claim on their income. They have no claim on mine, and I am getting a big tax cut. I just say to my friend, does that seem fair to…
I heard the Governor of Texas say he does not like the Vice President's tax cut proposal because it is targeted. Doesn't it seem that the tax cut proposal that is being brought to us--though it might be hard for my friends on the other…
My experience is that all 100 people in this Senate--every single one of them--are trying to do the best job they can. They have different points of views. The Republicans bring certain things to the arguments sometimes that Democrats…
I cannot give you a specific number as you asked, but I know that it is multiplied severalfold because of the inability to take the drugs. For example, we know that if someone is able to take their hypertensive medication or their diabetic…
I was fortunate that I was in a fee for service. But if you listen to the doctors who came to the Senate a few weeks ago, they talked about the fact that they just in good conscience sometimes had to just take the risk of going against the…