Katie Porter

I would say to the gentleman yes; however, the difficulty with that, and we on appropriations want the authorizing committees to take up legislation and authorize these programs. It used to be on this very bill that the chairman would not…

I support the substance of this amendment. I think a change in the law would make great sense since it has not been adjusted for 40 years, I believe, maybe longer. But I frankly do not understand why the amendment would not be subject to a…

the work of the Supreme Court is controlled by the Court itself. There are very few cases that can be appealed to the Supreme Court, except by writ of certiorari, and they control what cases they will hear. The NLRB has no control over its…

Mr. Chairman, my good friend and colleague from Arizona said that he has the most heavily impacted congressional district in America. I have, perhaps, one of the most heavily impacted school districts in America with the largest naval…

I want to say that as a Representative of Illinois with a district very close to the city of Chicago, I have seen, and continue to see, comprehensive school reform like perhaps no other in the history of this country. Last year, the…

It was the committee's intent to encourage CSAT to utilize existing administrative authority if that authority were available to waive the match requirement for PPW grantees experiencing difficulty in meeting the match requirement.

I am not a fan of Goals 2000, but I think the money under Goals 2000 has a great deal more flexibility for use that local school districts would provide. And it seems to me increasing a program that even the President of the United States…

I have to say to the gentleman and to the gentleman from California [Mr. Riggs] that I am a great fan of charter schools and think they are very, very important. The only reason that the subcommittee provided less than the President's…

I have to say that I have become aware recently of the importance of innovations that affect rural health care, like telemedicine and access to the National Library of Medicine's data bank. And I appreciate the gentleman's decision not to…

I do not think notification would ever occur, because I think in almost every case the teenager would simply not go to the clinic. They would not get the counseling, they would not get the information, they would not know about sexually…

Mr. Chairman, we should start out by admitting to ourselves that this particular amendment, this subject matter, does not belong in an appropriations bill. It is a matter that belongs before an authorizing committee. It is a matter that…

I would simply say I do not know of the statistics in that area, but I do not think people go into the title X clinic and say, ``I am being sexually abused.'' The Castle amendment would have people counsel young people about that exact…

I think it is also well to remind ourselves that this bill in fiscal year 1996 carried the greatest level of deficit reduction in the House of any piece of legislation; $9 billion in cuts on a $70 billion base. The reason that there is an…

I believe we will do everything necessary to provide the funds that are needed for anyone that is HIV infected and is entitled to be served under Ryan White, and that we are providing funds, as I say, from at least four different sources…

despite the need to make very deep cuts in spending in this bill and despite a budget resolution that would have made very deep cuts in funding for the National Institutes of Health, 80 percent of whose money goes to local academic medical…

The prevalence of osteoporosis is startling. The American public should be made aware of the health benefits of proper diet and exercise that can affect long-term bone health.

it is appropriate, I believe, to highlight, as the gentleman from California does, the importance of food safety activities conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the gentleman mentioned, the committee bill…

I would like to emphasize, the committee encourages CDC to support local grantees that advocate a wide range of AIDS prevention measures, including abstinence and other effective techniques.

I do not know of any provisions of in title X or any other provisions that prevents parents from sitting down with their children and discussing sexual activity and the facts of life. Does the gentleman?

I would be pleased, however, to consult with the National Cancer Institute to learn their views on the advisability of funding an additional proton beam program within the resources provided in this bill.

I believe that we are doing better now in terms of overall support for IDEA than we have ever done in the past. And while I agree with the gentleman, we have to do as much more as we possibly can, I think we have done a very, very good job…

I want to say that we have level-funded the vocational education account and that we have not taken anything out of it at all.

I would intend, as does the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey], to do everything we can to provide a higher funding level for the Older Americans Act programs in the conference. As the gentleman said, the Senate has been armed in their…

No, sir, I am simply saying there are bureaucracies at both ends of the funding streams to classrooms and often the money that is intended to go to classrooms does not actually get there. That should concern us just as much as money spent…

I want to make one further point when we talk about bureaucracies. The gentleman from Indiana has made a point about taking money from Washington bureaucracies and giving it to local school districts. There are bureaucracies in Washington…