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I am glad that my colleague talked about this as it pertains to allied health professionals. It is an area that is often overlooked. But the physicians and the nurses need the full team in the health care field to bring our patients, who…

I think that is a challenge that is being faced across the country for our African American hospitals and hospitals that serve African American communities and the poorer communities across the country. In many of our districts that are…

I want to just applaud both the National Black Nurses Association as well as the National Medical Association that has been fighting this battle for many, many years and continues to. The National Black Nurses were on the Hill just a few…

my colleague just pointed out one of the great challenges that face us for this century, educating more of our daughters and sons and bringing them into the health professions. I guess I would have to start back in the schools that they…

But before I even begin to talk about the women, I want to spend the first few moments to brag a little bit on behalf of my constituents that, indeed, the first African American physician to serve in the U.S. Congress was also from the…

I accept the challenge from my colleagues from the other side of the aisle to do the right thing, and the right thing is supporting this rule. It is voting to eliminate the marriage tax penalty. I will help the 52,000 married couples in…

I rise as a sponsor of H.R. 3429, the LEAP Act. We all agree that immigrants should come to this country legally, and LEAP will remove the magnet that brings undocumented workers to the country in the first place, jobs. LEAP will improve…

I am persuaded this law needs to be changed for the good of the Republic, for the good of democracy.

The big thing I see in the system right now is we have a very high barrier to public service.

I think it is very important to hang on to the bill the Senator from Wisconsin and the Senator from Arizona have put before us on campaign finance reform.

I heard an exchange earlier between the Senator from Iowa and the Senator from Oklahoma who talked about raiding the Social Security trust fund. We have not been raiding the Social Security trust fund for the last 16 years. What we…

I support the legislation offered earlier by the Senator from South Dakota, the Medicare Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 1999. I supported strongly the balanced budget amendment of 1997, the deficit reduction acts of 1993 and 1990, and…

today, before I start, I want to say to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Mrs. Clayton) and to the people of North Carolina that my heart and the heart of my constituents go out to them. We know what they are going through, although I…

once again our friends in the majority continue to ignore the will of the majority of Americans who have spoken out in support of a real Patients' Bill of Rights. Instead of heeding this call, the majority has again drafted their own…

We both realize that budget restraints are tight this year. But I am hopeful that Chairman Gorton and Ranking Minority Member Byrd will find a way to fully fund this project when the conference committee meets on the Interior…

Yes, both organizations have been working diligently to raise $900,000 in private funding for the construction and equipment of the new Center. I am hopeful that we will be able to provide additional Federal dollars for this historically…

over 20 percent of the students in this country attend small rural schools. Many of these schools are in my Nebraska district. These schools offer students excellent educations and many benefits including small classes, excellent…

Let me ask specifically on the ag disaster income loss, it seems to me--this is for 1999 that had been promised previously-- this is just a matter of keeping a promise that was made previously. The Senator still would not--he can shake his…