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Anna A. Eshoo is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 16th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been an advocate for various issues including healthcare, technology, and environmental protection. Eshoo has played a significant role in shaping policies related to telecommunications and has been involved in efforts to improve access to healthcare for her constituents.
I rise in support of S. 136, the Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act, which will add approximately 4,700 acres to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, also known as the GGNRA. There has…
for 4 years we've been debating what to do about the malpractice premium crisis. We clearly have a problem but what's not so clear is what the solution should be. I'm a Californian, and in my State, we have a law titled the Medical Injury…
the issue of competition is one that is lived out and dealt with daily in my congressional district, Silicon Valley. As this resolution states, high-tech industries drive economic growth around the world. Every day my constituents tell me…
in a cautionary letter to the President last month, a group of defense experts including conservatives Robert McFarlane, Frank Gaffney, and Boyden Gray said the following: ``With only 2 percent of the world's oil reserves but 25 percent of…
I want to speak to one aspect of this very important consumer protection amendment, and that is what the amendment is: it protects consumers. The issue I want to talk about is refund authority. Can there be any doubt today that Western…
I rise today to place into the Record a tribute to honor former Representative Tillie Kidd Fowler, who passed away unexpectedly on March 2, 2005. Tillie was not only an extraordinary leader and a dedicated public servant, she was also a…
education remains one of the top priorities of our country, and today's tribute calls attention to some of our finest learning institutions, the Catholic schools in our country. I'm proud to stand today to pay tribute and express my…
the debate today is not about contesting the results of the last November's election. Today's debate cuts to the essence of our democracy--the founding principle of our country--the right to vote. Clearly, the right to vote is dependent on…
Today I think it is an historic opportunity for the Congress to confront the critical threats to our national security. But the House Republican leadership unfortunately has refused to address this problem in a comprehensive and bipartisan…
What this bill is about, Mr. Speaker, is legislation that is going to fix a flaw in the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education payment formula. This formula inadvertently penalizes Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, which is in my…
I am very proud to be the Democratic lead sponsor of the Stock Option Accounting Reform Act... The reason most companies reject the expensing of stock options is that their actual cost is highly speculative and extremely difficult to…
I do not support the substitute, and let me tell my colleagues why. There was a chart that was here on the floor a little earlier of companies that expense. I wish we had a chart on the floor that demonstrated that those companies that do…
I am very proud to be the lead Democratic sponsor of this bill. This is a true bipartisan effort: over 100 cosponsors, including leadership from the Democratic side, our distinguished leader, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi)…
I'm pleased to support the Project Bioshield Act which encourages the development of new countermeasures to deal with diseases and conditions caused by bioterrorism attacks. It authorizes $5.6 billion over 10 years for purchasing…
I thank all of my colleagues that have fought so hard and so courageously for 4 years. This is an issue about greed, greed gone absolutely wild; and the victims of the greed, this insatiable greed for money, money, money, money, money, are…
The amendment relative to the previous question this morning had solutions in it. We are now in the year 2004. We do not need any more debates about the markets. The energy companies have essentially signed confession slips on this. So let…
Madam Chairman, there is a simple fact here: crimes were committed. At this point, 10 Enron executives have gone to jail. They defrauded the ratepaying public, the businesses, the homeowners, the factories of the Western United States, and…
Mr. Chairman, crimes were committed, and we are simply asking for restitution. At this point, 10 Enron executives have pled guilty, 19 others have been charged, and we are waiting for the charges against Ken Lay, the President's single…
Mr. Chairman, last week was really quite an extraordinary week for those of us who serve on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Breaking with past precedent, all committee Democrats voted against the intelligence…
I'm very disappointed that I can't support this legislation because there are parts of the bill that I do support and also because American industry needs to have a resolution to avoid debilitating trade sanctions and tariffs. I support…
Mr. Speaker, we are debating an energy bill which does plenty for energy companies, but does precious little for energy consumers. The elephant in the room is still the failure to address the 2000-2001 western energy crisis. Two weeks ago…
the export control amendments in H.R. 4200 will limit Presidential authority to effectively promote U.S. national security and will hobble the U.S. information technology industry by preventing it from selling commodity commercial products…
Every day in America there are over 150,000 911 calls made from a cell phone. This represents more than 25 percent of all 911 calls made in our country. Each one of these calls is singly one of the most important ones that an individual…
every American is appalled by the images and reports of the mistreatment of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, images which have now been shown around the world again and again over the past week. These criminal actions have…
Mr. Speaker, we are just about a year to the day that America with our very brave forces invaded Iraq. So it is coming up to the moment where we commemorate those that serve, those that did serve and lost their lives, through a resolution…
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