Doris Matsui

Mr. Speaker, Democrats favor relief on the marriage penalty. In fact, when the President spoke, more Democrats stood up quicker than the Republicans stood up during the State of the Union message. The President, in his budget that he gave…

I have to say that there was a lot of misleading information passed on by the House of Representatives last week when we discussed this bill. There has been a lot of talk about a lockbox and $3 trillion. The fact that $2 trillion will be…

Social Security is probably the most important program Americans have had over the years. It takes care of the senior citizens of America. As anybody knows, if we did not have Social Security today, half the senior population would live in…

I appreciate today that he has put together this opportunity for a number of us to speak on the floor of the House on this very, very critical and important issue of Social Security. I might just mention the importance of Social Security…

Well, there is no question. I think the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Thurman) is absolutely correct. They are basically taking money so there is immediate gratification but at the expense of folks down the road, 5, 10, 15, 20 years down…

It is very interesting, because Martha McSteen is the chair of the National Committee to Save Social Security and Medicare. Martha McSteen had been a Social Security administrator for 39 years before she retired in 1986. She was the acting…

I rise to oppose all four articles of impeachment. The articles allege conduct on the part of the President that is undeniably distasteful and unbecoming of our Executive. The conduct alleged, however, does not rise to the high standards…

just responding to my good friend from California, I have to say, why not allow the administration to take its action. The administration will take action; the gentleman knows it, I know it. But what we want to do is do a little political…

I speak in opposition to H.J. Res. 121, and support the continuation of trade relations with China. I oppose the resolution on the floor because I believe that our national strategic interests, not just our commercial interests, are at…

Mr. Speaker, it is really hard to take this whole issue seriously this afternoon. We all know that it is not going to become law. It is going to pass out of the House but the Senate will not take action on it. That is why we are not seeing…

I really urge strong support of this African trade act. It will go a long ways in showing our relationship and our involvement with the African nations. What we really have here are 48 nations in the lower sub-Saharan area, 680 million…

I urge very strong support of the rule. A vote against this rule will really be a vote against this bill. This bill will not come back up if this rule fails today. If in fact we lose this rule, we are not going to be able to bring this…

I truly appreciate their efforts and the fact that they showed a great deal of sensitivity to some of the States, obviously like Michigan, but particularly a State like California. It was obvious that the penalties that were imposed some…

I think Walter's election last November is a good indication that the system of America works and that a gentle person can win an election in this country, in spite of all of the kind of rhetoric we have been seeing over the years. I think…

I added up all the tax cuts that the Republicans have been taking about. Over a 10-year period these tax cuts come to $600 billion or about $60 billion a year. That is why the President in the budget agreement said over 10 years it can be…

the Medicare proposal under consideration today was created using an open, bipartisan process. This process created a package with many provisions deserving of praise. It includes, for example, a proposal that helps military retirees in…

Mr. Speaker, in January 1979, I was fortunate to be a part of the United States congressional delegation that represented the United States at the ceremonies reestablishing relations between the United States and China. That was the first…

We urge Congress and the President to work together on a bipartisan basis to renew China's MFN status for one-year without conditions. We strongly oppose legislation which would impose new conditions on MFN, impose targeted trade…

Mr. Speaker, this MFN status, as it is called, is nothing more than according normal trading status to China to facilitate commerce between the two nations. It is in no way preferential to China. MFN keeps tariffs from skyrocketing, and it…

I would first of all like to commend the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Kasich] and certainly the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Spratt] and certainly the President and his staff for putting together this agreement. I would call it a…

I urge that we adopt Senate Joint Resolution 5 to make Charlene Barshefsky the next U.S. Trade Representative.

the conference report for S. 640, the Water Resources Development Act, contains several important provisions for the area that I represent. There is no doubt that these steps will improve the flood control system for the city of Sacramento…

In recent years, Sacramento County has been increasingly troubled by the prevalence of the drug methamphetamine. Last year, the Sacramento Sheriff's Department made 1,117 arrests for methamphetamine charges, a number that greatly exceeded…

yesterday we heard the chairman of the Budget Committee say that this debate was really about Judeo-Christian ethics. That is why I was somewhat disappointed last night when I read Congress Daily. In the Congress Daily we talked about…

China is the most important relationship that the United States will have over the next 25 years. China comprises 22 percent of the world population. We cannot isolate the Chinese. If we walk away from the Chinese, the Japanese, the…