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I rise today to join him and other colleagues... in acknowledging this tragic invasion of Cyprus by the government of Turkey. We are here... for the 26th anniversary of the hostile assault on Cyprus which unlawfully led to the declaration…
Mr. Chairman, my amendment earmarks crucial funding in this bill for the Kurdish Human Rights Watch, a nonpolitical, nonprofit Kurdish-American service organization. For a decade and a half, this group has been working in Northern Iraq…
I have an issue which has been before this House before, an issue of, I think, great moral urgency but financially responsible; and that is to right a wrong that was committed in this country by the Congress of 1946, which took away the…
Now, all of us on this side of the aisle have spoken of our deep respect for the chair, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh), but we also have taken issue with the sense that we are doing all we can do in this bill, in this case for our…
I defy any of you to go before any town meeting in this Nation and tell our veterans that this budget makes up for the contract that we made with them. We are not, my colleagues, fulfilling our contract with our veterans. We have asked…
I have to be honest with my colleagues, Mr. Speaker. I am disappointed in this bill. I know the deep commitment that the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Stump), the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Evans), and the gentleman from New York (Mr…
I rise today to discuss an intolerable situation in America today, the lack of prescription drug insurance coverage in our Medicare program. Seniors are simply not receiving the prescription drug coverage that they so desperately need…
I join my other colleagues today to discuss one of the greatest unrecognized tragedies of the 20th Century, you have heard it by the previous speakers, that is the Armenian genocide. April 24th marks the 85th anniversary of the start of…
I strongly urge this committee to heed the testimony of Ms. Heather French, Miss America 2000, and allocate $750,000 from the HUD fiscal year 2001 appropriation to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans to provide technical…
I want to emphasize my continuing concern that the VA is not adequately meeting the benefit and health care needs of veterans who served in the Gulf war and who now suffer from various diagnosed and undiagnosed disabilities.
I am pleased that the administration's budget for the year 2001 recognizes that the men and women who have served in uniform deserve an adequate budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA]
I support this increase as an important step toward equity for Filipino World War II veterans.
there they go again. The majority is once again bringing up legislation that purports to help the average hard-working, taxpaying American but in reality is just more relief for their well-to-do friends and business partners. The gentleman…
I rise today to say that we must stop the splintering of American families that resulted from the so-called immigration reform act passed in 1996. We must stop deporting hardworking legal, I repeat, legal immigrants who are raising stable…
I rise today in honor and in thanks to two powerful ``Bills.'' Not the legislation we introduce here, but as in Bill Richardson and Bill Hedden, for their work to move the largest uranium mine tailings pile that has ever threatened the…
tonight I am asking the Speaker of the House and the leadership of the Republican Party to respect the will of the American people, respect the demands of the American people, respect the vote of this House of Representatives, and quickly…
The entire nation will be watching the International Summit of the Business Women's Network on October 18 and 19, 1999, where women from over 90 countries and from 48 states will come together in celebration of the more than 9 million…
It is with great pride that I recognize California as No. 1--both in the number of women entrepreneurs and as the fastest growing state for women minority entrepreneurs.
As the decade draws to an end and a new millennium approaches, I want to recognize women entrepreneurs as the fastest growing segment in our economy.
the $3 billion figure is not my figure. It comes from a process that was initiated and sustained by the major veterans organizations in this Nation. They came up with a professional budget that was designed to accommodate the basic needs…
Mr. Chairman, the arguments the gentlewoman just made were extremely good. I support the gentlewoman's amendment. And I need to be nice to her, since she represents my daughter up in Bedford, New York. So I thank her for her…
I would ask in return, is the gentleman aware that the independent budget of 300 veterans' organizations around this country said that the minimum, the absolute minimum, to keep our VA health system going and not to have closures like the…
No, I am supporting the independent budget of 3.2. I am going to vote against the bill on the floor because it is insufficient. And everybody in this House ought to vote against it so we do not have the problems that the gentleman from…
What keeps her going is her idealism and dedication to the basic principle that government has a positive role to play in promoting individual liberty and economic justice.
I have heard stories like the gentleman's all over the country, I say to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Barr), about the needs of various districts and our veterans. They are real. I am glad that the gentleman is fighting for them. We had…
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