Jane Harman

I would call that the 'Where's Waldo' chart.

the collapse of Enron and its impact on employees' retirement plans underscores the need to enact additional federal protections. The bill before us is a step in that direction. It is far from perfect--but perfection is not an option…

I believe that your new legislative thrust that we are discussing today, the combination of two ideas, combines the best bipartisan ideas that we have been able to come up with in the House and in the Senate.

There is no more time left before we come up with an adequate focused homeland security strategy.

The main show is who is responsible for developing and explaining the $38 billion homeland security budget.

We are still vulnerable to a second wave of major terrorist attacks.

today, as Greece celebrates its 181st anniversary of its struggle for independence, I join my colleagues in congratulating the people of Greece and Greek-Americans, many of whom I am proud to call constituents. When we celebrate Greek…

I believe the bill before us effectively unravels the careful balance Congress struck with the enactment of the 1996 Telecommunications Act and in doing so fails to promote consumer access to high-speed Internet services. The 1996 Telecom…

for ten years, I have supported every meaningful bill on campaign finance reform. Today, the House has a chance to make history by passing a bill that can become law. Many say this bill does not go far enough--and they are right. But it is…

Notwithstanding the importance of competition, Mr. Speaker, this legislation is about harnessing the promise of the most advanced pharmaceuticals for the most vulnerable members of our society, our children. Dr. Jay Lieberman, a pediatric…

as a product of the Los Angeles public school system, I know the value of public education. As a businesswoman, I also know the value of flexibility to allow our schools to develop innovative solutions to the problems our public education…

I rise in strong support of HR 3295, the ``Help America Vote Act,'' introduced by my colleagues, Bob Ney and Steny Hoyer. The bill before us is an important step in reforming our electoral process and rebuilding public confidence. We are…

this has been a long day in a needlessly partisan fight. I support Trade Promotion Authority and have voted for it in the past. The bill I voted for in 1998 is not as good as the text before us today. I represent a trade-dependent…

one of the best parts of seeking my seat in Congress was meeting Maureen Reagan in 1992, when she ran in the primary for her party's nomination. It was my good fortune that, after Maureen lost, her supporters became mine and she and I…

I support this bill, but believe we have missed an unprecedented opportunity to transform the United States military. The attacks of September 11 and the threat of anthrax across the country have shown that threats to U.S. security no…

I have long been critical of the ad hoc ways in which our intelligence community has operated; how a community built with Cold War priorities was ill prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st century. On September 11, everything and…

Our military includes American women who have a constitutional right to reproductive health care. So let us give them access. Let us support them while they are deployed abroad. If there were easy answers, easy ways for them to return to…

this debate is not fundamentally about cars, tail pipes, or engine technology, it is about health and what policy gets our country to better air quality standards in the most cost-effective way. To be sure, CAFE standards are an imperfect…

I rise today to urge strong support in Congress and the administration for a vital field of medical research. Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research should not be caught up in the abortion debate. As many antichoice proponents…

I rise to oppose the reconciliation conference report. For close to a decade, I have made every hard vote to balance the budget, eliminate the deficit, and reduce our $5 trillion nation debt. I made these votes because they were…

I strongly oppose the budget resolution conference report. It is not a fiscally responsible plan. It does not spend our surplus wisely nor make any additional reductions in the public debt. Instead, it sets out a course that may well…

I rise today to support H.R. 10, the Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act of 2001, which will improve the ability of all Americans to save for retirement. Since 1981, the IRA contribution limit has not been adjusted for…

Mr. Speaker, I have borne children. I have also suffered a miscarriage; and I would like to say to the gentleman (Mr. Hyde) who just spoke before me who talked in terms of the Lofgren amendment dehumanizing the child, that the underlying…

today I am voting for two bills to revise the estate tax. Neither is a perfect answer, and my votes signify my eagerness to work with both parties to craft a bipartisan solution. I support tax relief in the context of a responsible budget…

Mr. Speaker, here are some unemployment statistics from cities in my district: Redondo Beach, 2.7 percent; Manhattan Beach, 1.9 percent; Los Angeles, 5.4 percent, and Torrance, 3.1 percent. Pretty good, huh? How did we get here? Part of it…