Nancy Pelosi

I rise today joining these distinguished leaders and many others in the room to celebrate Black History Month and the history of the civil rights struggle by remembering the life of a man who dedicated his life to peace and civil rights…

Very quickly I want to make two points. Our colleagues have talked about this not being about financial gain to the Speaker. Indeed that was not our charge to the committee to find that, and we did indeed not find it. But this was about…

Yes, abortion on demand is not something we support in this House. Abortion on demand is not what is before the body today. Abortion on demand is abortion up until the ninth month. We are not talking about or supporting that. The gentleman…

I hope that the gentleman would consider first of all supporting the National Service and AmeriCorps but specifically in terms of Presidio Leadership Center, when we get to that particular amendment, the language that I have just stated.

I rise tonight, Mr. Speaker, to talk not just about children, but the families that they live in, because when we talk about children, we not only talk about their health, education, and well-being, but we also talk about the economic…

What is the gentleman suggesting? I believe in this body we all respect each other's opinions, and we all respect our rights to have differing opinions. Is the gentleman questioning the morality of Members of Congress?

I think he overstates the importance of the vote for President Li's visa. I believe the actions on the part of the Chinese Government would be the same with or without the vote that the Congress took at that time. I want the Record to show…

I thank the gentleman, and once again want to commend him for his leadership on this. We have talked about the environment for many years in the Congress. The expression ``environment and health'' now go hand in hand, as they have for a…

We did, in fact. It was one of the provisions of the contract, but not to apply to President Clinton.

If I may further, I thank the chairman for that confirmation. But I also would like to once again reaffirm the intent of Congress that this waiver only is used when this would jeopardize sources and methods or jeopardize an ongoing…

I was so pleased that in the chairman's statement he said, ``In these cases, it is expected that the utmost will be done to resolve the sources and methods or law enforcement problems as soon as possible.'' So that an administration could…

I want to urge our colleagues to support this amendment which supports American workers, and to give to the people in America concerned about ergonomics the same opportunity that the leadership of this House of Representatives wants to…

I also want to point out to our colleagues, Mr. Chairman, as we move to vote on the bill in another couple of motions, that the United States, with all this talk about our foreign aid, the United States gives .2 percent of our GDP to…

I wanted to focus on one point you had made about the Republicans saying they would not touch Social Security, but what these Medicare cuts will do. It would reduce half of the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for millions and…

Mr. Speaker, the debate that we have had for many years in this House on the issue of China is a long and complicated one. Today many parties to both sides of that debate have come together behind this important resolution. It is important…

I contend and maintain that to cut these funds will increase the deficit. Our colleagues have pointed out that the reason we found this situation... is to enable the private sector, the nonprofit sector, to minister to the needs of those…

Could the gentleman give us some idea of how much of tax write-offs the commercial television stations get each year, how much the taxpayer subsidizes their operations.

I do have something else I want to say because I contend what the gentleman is putting forth here today in this rush for 100 days, in your 100-day agenda, is trampling on over 200 years of the rule of law in our country, protecting the…

The same thing for any advances in technology; for example, what is happening with DNA, et cetera, that kind of evidence and that opportunity would not be available to the person convicted?

Reclaiming my time, Mr.Chairman, that would say, then, that the understanding of this legislation of the chairman of the committee, with the passage of this amendment, is that the President does not have the power to remove prohibitions or…

I rise in strong support of the Racial Justice Act and in strong opposition to the McCollum amendment.

I rise in opposition to the Penny-Kasich amendment and commend our chairman, the gentleman from Kentucky, Mr. Natcher, for his swift action and tireless effort on behalf of the people who are affected by this disaster. Madam Chairman, I…