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this is the final week of the NCAA basketball tournament. This is an exciting time, and it is also a time when large amounts of money are gambled. In 1998, $2.5 billion was gambled on the NCAA tournament. Today, that would probably be…
the reviews are in on the February 20 FCC decision on the rules governing the Nation's telecommunications companies, and they are not good. Specifically, the reviews state that the requirements to make the RBOCs networks and systems…
A year ago, my staff brought to my attention the fact that my name uses a search word that brought up a porn site so that meant that anyone in my District who was doing research on their Congressman was subject to a porn site and anyone…
we will all miss our dear friend Dr. Lloyd J. Ogilvie. His distinguished service to the Senate has been an important part of this institution during this historic time. Since he was appointed Senate Chaplain in 1995, Dr. Ogilvie has…
As stated by the previous speakers, the overall purpose of this legislation is to resolve a long-standing error that included a preexisting concession known as Walters Camp within the original 1964 public land withdrawal that created the…
H.R. 5 is but another wolf in lamb's clothing pretending to help doctors and patients, but really only helping the large healthcare corporations while doing nothing to help lift the malpractice burden from doctors and other providers or to…
as you know, I am a family physician, and I rise tonight to speak about an issue that is critically important to the viability of the health care system in this country. In addition to the impact of many millions of uninsured on the…
In 1972 Title IX became law. Title IX prohibits discrimination in education programs or educational activities based on gender. This has resulted in significant gains in women athletic participation. It has been a great thing for a great…
I believe coming together in a seamless network of our allies will do as much to secure the security of this country for the future than our military will.
I think there is little question, as the three of you have expressed so well this morning, the importance of this kind of attention and focus and the resources that must go with it as to the future of our security, if nothing else…
the issue of human cloning is one that understandably causes grave concern and often heated opposition. But we in our position as leaders have the responsibility not only to ensure that this developing and promising technology that can…
many of us have noticed that fuel prices are approaching $2 per gallon. We have doubled petroleum imports from Iraq in the last couple of months. This has been due largely to the Venezuelan crisis. We are currently averaging 6 billion…
As amazing as it is, the words of the distinguished African American scholar, Dr. W.E.B. Dubois, resound as loudly today as they did when he first wrote them more than 100 years ago. How appropriate and on target are his words as he…
I would suspect that has a direct effect on the attitude and the evaluation and the confidence that an Afghan army would instill in the people in Afghanistan.
Yes, I would agree with you that having Afghans provide security for their President is the objective that we and they want to secure.
Afghanistan has come a long way since its liberation from the Taliban, but it remains a country on the razor's edge.
Did you understand the purpose of this hearing this morning, really?