Henry Waxman

The new leadership of the committee decided that there was no reason for this country and this Congress to look into tobacco industry practices.

The bill also specifies that 3 percent of the appropriations for each title of the Ryan White program be set aside for the special projects of national significance; that 1 percent be set aside for technical assistance; and 1 percent for…

They are not being rewarded for their good deeds, Mr. Speaker, they are being rewarded for their bad deeds, by the power of those in their delegation that have been able to exact this special pork barrel treatment for the State of…

It seems to me the gentleman makes a very good case for San Diego and he ought to get his waiver under existing law. But the point I want to make to the gentleman, it is not in any way denigrating your case, but in our situation, the local…

I do want to make a clear distinction between the San Diego situation and the Los Angeles-Santa Monica Bay situation. Under existing law, San Diego can get a waiver, and I think you are making an excellent case for that waiver. But if this…

If the gentleman will permit, medical malpractice and defensive medicine is a real problem. We need to address it. We need to look at a lot of different alternatives, alternative dispute mechanisms, some ways to compensate people who can…

I am astounded at the comments of my colleague from California, new chairman of the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means. Our State of California has these limits that this proposal would impose upon the whole country…

Mr. Chairman, I want to join in support of this amendment. I think it is a very constructive one. This analysis about the competitive situation between the public and the private side will be a very useful one. I think this is a helpful…

If a local government is running an incinerator and they want to come in in advance and have consultation with the regulators, that is unfair to the citizens who are not also being consulted in advance who are going to have to breathe in…

I understand the point the gentleman is making, that you think all parties ought to be involved, but I wanted to point out that the comment period is after a proposal is already on the table. And this bill provides that State and local…

This amendment has been worked out in consultation with the majority. Section 201(c)(2) requires an evaluation of private sector costs associated with major rules that appear to largely duplicate the evaluation required in section 202…

It without this legislation becoming law does not make a distinction between privately and publicly owned. If there is a regulation to protect the consumers or environment or to protect public health, it would apply equally. There is no…

It does not prohibit existing law. It strengthens what would otherwise be in the legislation itself.

In the bill itself you have some exemptions. The bill says if it is a statutory right that prohibits discrimination, we will not look at the cost of that. That, of course, involves civil rights laws and the Americans With Disabilities Act…

That is why the amendment that is being offered today that would say, ``Let's look at environmental issues as one where we are not going to consider it an unfunded mandate in order to make sure that we don't put private enterprise at a…

New regulations to be issued by an agency would follow an analysis by the budget people as to the cost, and of course that analysis is only one sided, it is only the cost, not the benefits.

The gentleman is absolutely incorrect about the circumstances for most Americans. All Americans under Clinton's proposal will have choices, and one choice they will have is to stay in the plan they now have if it meets the minimum benefit…

You are quoting the page number from the Clinton bill. But then you want to disassociate yourself from the bill that all the Republicans are for.

Mr. Gingrich, you quoted a number of people this morning. I would like to cite back to you your statement to the press. You called the Clinton health care proposal socialism. A lot of us remembered that being said about Medicare. We…

If they can't afford it, they go without. If their bosses don't help them, they can't afford it.

I know you would like to give another speech. My question to you is with insurance reform, you can do some good, 200,000 people may get covered. But there are 39 million. Why not have shared responsibility of employers and employees? That…

You are letting insurance companies make choices for people, not people making choices for themselves. Let me ask you----

That you say about the President, but you don't seem to be willing to dispute what I'm saying about your own legislation.

I read Mr. Thomas' own bill on health care reform, and he would cut the Medicare program more than President Clinton, but he wouldn't use that for benefits for the elderly. He would give vouchers to low-income people, a worthy goal, but…

I am denying a lot of things did not happen. We had a President named Reagan who did not even know there was a problem about people without coverage. We had a President named Bush who never came forward with any proposal. Now we have a…