Lynn C. Woolsey

The whole Nation desperately needs health care reform, but no group of Americans needs it more than women who face discrimination and insult at the hand of the broken status quo every single day. We all know that the current system allows…

The entire Nation is counting on us to pass comprehensive health care reform. The millions who have no coverage at all desperately need this legislation, but so too do those Americans who are insured and are being squeezed out by…

It is such a pity that for 8 years the Republicans did nothing to fix health care. It is such a pity that you must be so afraid of what is going to come out of the health care bill when we pass it this weekend, that it is going to be so…

I rise in support of honoring Women's History Month. Women were once considered second-class citizens whose rights were restricted from voting to property ownership. But today, women serve in the Senate. They serve in the House of…

So again, tonight, for women, senior women, all women are going to be treated much better under this health care bill. And no woman will be considered, just because she's a woman, a preexisting condition. I want to thank my colleagues for…

Well, I've said it over and over. We have written the robust public option legislation, which will be introduced the day that we sign this health care bill into law.

Well, the entire Nation is counting on us to pass comprehensive health care reform. We know that. There's no question about it. The millions who have no coverage at all desperately need this legislation. But as we just said, so too do…

A perfect beginning. And one of the reasons that women will be able to afford health care in low-wage jobs is the exchange that will be provided in the health care bill. Women will be able to select from a group of health care plans the…

Well, for children, after 6 months, there will be no such thing as a preexisting condition. But I believe it's in 2014 that preexisting conditions will not be allowed for any coverage, including group plan coverage.

And something else, if the gentlewoman will yield. If that young person is employed, the employer cannot insist that the young person go on their plan because, you know, young people make plans cheaper because they don't get sick as often…

After listening to 14 women come down here and speak for 5 minutes on why it is so important that being a woman is not a preexisting condition as a part of our health care system, and to change that--and to change it this weekend when we…

Well, and some people believe that because they have coverage that they don't have to worry about it. Well, I'm telling you, everybody has to worry. Retired folks, their retirement plans are cutting back. Individuals with really nice…

It's by providing health care for everybody and helping those who can't afford it and helping small businesses who find it very difficult to provide health care for their workers, helping them bridge the gap between what it costs and what…

The whole Nation desperately needs health care reform, but no group of Americans needs it more than women, women who face discrimination and insult at the hands of the broken status quo. We all know that the current system allows insurance…

I rise today in support of H. Res. 605, a resolution recognizing the continuing persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. In 2002, I authored a resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the Chinese Government's…

At least 46 million Americans are now uninsured; 7.7 million in California are uninsured, and at least 80,000 are uninsured in the Sixth Congressional District, which is the district I represent. By the end of the day, 14,000 more…

I can't muster optimism for a war that's been going on for 8rac{1}{2} years and still hasn't achieved its objectives, nor has it defeated the enemy. In fact, it's hard to be optimistic now that we have lost more than 1,000 brave Americans…

I urge my colleagues to support H. Res. 1117, which celebrates the California State University system for 50 years of service and leadership.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 1117, authored by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, a bill that celebrates California State University, CSU, for 50 years of service and leadership. In 1960, California developed its master plan for…

There is no greater security threat in the world than the continued development and proliferation of nuclear weapons. A single nuclear strike has the power to destroy the planet and to obliterate the human race. The headline in Sunday's…

H.R. 4626 will lift the antitrust exemptions that health insurance companies have enjoyed for far too long. It will protect us from the Anthems of the world. These exemptions have given the companies a near monopoly control of health…

The United States is reaching a bleak milestone in Afghanistan. The death toll for our troops is now 996, or it was when this paper was written. It is inevitable that we will reach the 1,000 mark. How much further are we going to go in…

Because those standards haven't changed for the last 30 years, standards for a la carte lines for school snacks and for outside vending machines. All of this has to do with meeting obesity head on. Recognizing the month of March as…

I thank Madam Castor for her good leadership. It is our job as adults to help children make the right decisions about everything, particularly about eating healthy and nutritious foods, because what they eat has a powerful impact on how…

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a new ``Women's Action Plan'' for Afghanistan last week. I want to praise Secretary Clinton for this critically important initiative because I believe that improving women's rights is one of the…