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in the 1st Congressional District of Arkansas, the greatest health care problem we have is the fact that this government, this Congress, this majority, this President has made it possible and even more able for the drug companies to steal…
as I listen to the retorts from the other side, I think they must have adopted that great Republican philosophy that has kind of come back here recently, ``Do not worry about the mule going blind, just load the wagon.'' And that sure is…
every American should be confident that whether they lose their job, change jobs, get sick or just grow old, they should be able to find affordable, reliable health care. We know how to do this. I agree with the gentleman on the other side…
I can only imagine what the comedians that make their living that way would do and will do with this situation. But it is very serious business. We are doing something to our children and grandchildren that they cannot even protect…
I am honored today to rise to ask for support of H.R. 3059, a bill to designate the Stuttgart, Arkansas, post office, as the Lloyd L. Burke Post Office. Mr. Burke was born in Tichnor, Arkansas, a small community in the south end of…
that great country singer and philosopher Merle Haggard has this wonderful song called ``Rainbow Stew.'' And the words go something like this: ``When a President goes through the White House door and does what he says he will do, we will…
this is very serious business. If this was not so serious, I think it would be easy for us to make jokes about some of the things that have been said on this floor this evening. As I listened to the gentleman from Oklahoma describe this…
it is a sad day when we have to come to the well of this House and talk about the credibility gap of the President of the United States. It is the most disappointing thing to have the President issue a budget that is just simply fantasy…
I rise at this time to just express my gratitude and the gratitude of my caucus to the two gentlemen who have worked tirelessly for years on this issue, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell) and the gentleman from New York (Mr…
In the document that founded this great Nation, it says all men are created equal. Under this bill, the drug companies are a lot more equal than the seniors I can tell my colleagues. Why would we for any reason prohibit the negotiation of…
I can state that to be here this evening talking about this very issue is a heartbreaking thing for me, Mr. Speaker. I came here in 1993, shortly after the historic vote when they changed the course of the economy in this country with only…
I think that we have indeed on the Committee on Appropriations had good leadership. I compliment the gentleman from Florida on the great job he has done leading that committee. I compliment my own ranking member the gentleman from…
Mr. Chairman, there should be no doubt that we support the troops and support whatever resources they need. Clearly the Defense Department and the Secretary of Defense have done a terrible job preparing to go into this mission. Just …
I must say that I think the chairman and the ranking member of this committee have done as best they can with what they have to do with. I also must note that 2 years later we are still struggling with getting the job done, and I think it…
I am the only registered pharmacist in this Congress. And I know what I am talking about. Now, do not confuse safety with the fact that FDA many times just simply does not do its job. Let me tell you what the real danger is. The danger is…
when the economy is falling on its face, unemployment is rampant, and chaos worldwide reigns, it is time for us to return to the bedrock that we built this Nation on, something that I love to read and I love to talk about, the greatest…
The difference in these two plans is very simple. The Democrats would offer you the best plan, the best price, and we will pay 80 percent and let the patient, the Medicare beneficiary, pay 20 percent. The Republicans only, on the other…
we are here this evening on a very serious matter. It can literally mean life or death for many of our elderly citizens. Our great Nation was founded, and has so far been successful, based on the self-evident truth in the Declaration of…
Mr. Speaker, rural pharmacies are the only professional healthcare providers we have in many of our rural communities. If this bill were to become law, it would wipe out those institutions. It would make it impossible for them to stay in…
since 1980, over and over again, the Republicans have come to this House and this Congress and this Nation and promised that if we just cut taxes some more, everything will be wonderful. Inscribed on the walls of the first floor of this…
Mr. Speaker, I agree, we should fix the physician fee schedule. We tried to fix it. We offered a pretty good one in the bill that was passed in this body earlier this year. I can tell the Members this, this bill does not go far enough…
I rise this morning with great concern. As my colleague from North Carolina has just referred to, we are a Nation at war. We are faced with acts of terrorism around the world at home and abroad. We have unprecedented random acts of…
I think the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Allen) makes an outstanding point. When I think of the Republican drug bill that was passed on this House floor a few months ago, and I think of the memos that were being sent around on the other side…
the gentleman from Maine is absolutely right. It is a national scandal. A few months ago, we had these corporate scandals. We were having, it seemed like, one or two a week. We had corporations that had been caught not telling the truth…
this is a copy of an ad that was run in Congress Daily this morning. It is an attempt to convince Members to do everything they can to discourage generic drug use and to help the pharmaceutical manufacturers in this country continue to be…
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