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Mike Thompson is a U.S. Representative for California's 5th congressional district, serving since January 6, 1999. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as veterans' affairs, healthcare, and environmental protection throughout his tenure. Thompson has been involved in various legislative efforts aimed at supporting military families and improving access to healthcare for all Americans.
we are proceeding to clear the air on this issue, and that is important. It is a very important issue. One of the things Senator Grassley pointed out was that this did not go through the regular committee process. It is a very complicated…
In 1999, were there any liability provisions in that bill? I don't believe there were any liability provisions in that bill.
From the standpoint of patients and the Patients' Bill of Rights, which we have been here discussing today and Friday in terms of who was covered and who wasn't covered, when employers had liability and when they did not, are these the…
What I am getting at is, is it not true that the liability parts of these bills have not been referred to the Judiciary Committee?
Not only has the Finance Committee not had a chance to consider their portion, the Judiciary Committee has not had the opportunity to consider the liability portion, which is so controversial. We are hashing out right now what this thick…
we have heard several anecdotes concerning individuals who are having a problem with their coverage. We must ask yourselves, would those individuals have been any better off if they had no coverage at all? And should an employer be…
Mr. Chairman, in California virtually every salmon spawning habitat has been altered by human activities, such as water diversions, dam building, overfishing and urban development. In many streams and rivers, the alterations have been so…
I rise today to ask the House to approve House Concurrent Resolution 149 to allow us to use the rotunda on June 7 to honor Charles Schulz, Sparky Schulz, who not only is an institution in this country and all the other countries where his…
I have not thought it through. I think after it was decontrolled in 1994, over the objections of the National Security Agency, the cat was out of the bag. I am not sure it would have made any difference. I think the point is that what we…
Is there any doubt in the Senator's mind that over the past 8 years of the previous administration--is there any doubt in his mind that sensitive technology that affects American national security was transferred to China, Iraq, and other…
No, there is no doubt in my mind, Senator. Mr. McCAIN. So my further question is, If sensitive technology which affects American national security was transferred to China, to Iraq, and perhaps other countries, are we going in the right…
I want the Senator to be aware, if he is not, that my reference was meant to be with regard to staffing, not with regard to making the recommendations that they have made. It was with regard to carrying out the bill once it has been…
Well, I understand it might be desirable for the President to do that. For my part, I would rather leave it up to the President to decide when he wants to negotiate with foreign leaders on these matters. I will also suggest that when the…
But 212 is not discretionary. The language of 212, and in certain important respects, requires the President to do certain things--the President shall actively pursue negotiations, et cetera. So if the language remains there, it is…
I am not saying I necessarily object to any portion of this. I am saying there is an inconsistency here.
With all due respect, I suggest there is more to it than that. It is not a matter of shortening it or making it more difficult. We have one provision here that says the President can intervene and override, in effect, if he goes through…
This is very good, if I may respond. We did indeed talk about this. I was interested to see whether or not it was your view that this provision you just described did in effect override what I just read. If so--and I ask the Senator if he…
we have had considerable discussion about the President's authority under this proposed legislation. The point has been made that we have a fail-safe provision--that the President can always intervene and stop some item from being exported…
We have had extensive conversations on this over the past, I guess, year and a half. My desire would be that--this has been off the table now for some time. Until yesterday, I did not know it was going to be brought back up. But now that…
That gets back to the provisions in subsection (3) (A) (B) (C) and (D) on pages 200 and 201 in the document I think we are all looking at. It talks about the expiration of the Presidential set-aside. It says: ``A determination by the…
Section 17 of the House-passed budget resolution for fiscal year 2002, H. Con. Res. 83, contains language relating to an issue that is important to the citizens of my home State of Tennessee, and the citizens of Texas, Wyoming, Florida…
this is a good day for the Senate. It demonstrates once again that this body can respond to its public's needs. Even the casual observer must agree that our change from a system of the small contributor to the huge contributor is not good…
in 1995, the Clinton-Gore campaign began using soft money to fund candidate specific issue ads. They argued that because these ads did not use ``magic words'' such as ``vote for'' or ``vote against'' that they were not campaign ads and…
I agree with my colleague's assessment. This is simply an effort to abrogate a series of contracts. This was a contract dispute involving thousands of people; 97 percent of those people settled those lawsuits. There were some who didn't…
Americans deserve a tax cut, but they also deserve a Congress that carefully considers and balances all of our budget priorities, including Social Security, Medicare and debt reduction. Tomorrow we will vote on the first part of the…
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