However, I continue to be concerned that these improvements do not adequately fund America's housing needs.

I hope my colleagues will take the next step and pass legislation as soon as possible to authorize this needed initiative.

It does not make sense to cut funding to assist homeless persons, the working poor, and persons with AIDS.

Despite the accomplishments of this bill, millions of Americans still pay more than half their income for rent and too many Americans remain homeless.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the motion to instruct conferees. It is absolutely critical that U.S. and international pressure be maintained and increased on the Government of Indonesia and the Indonesian military…

Mr. Speaker, it is 11 o'clock a.m. in Washington, D.C. It is nighttime in East Timor; and families there and those who have been evacuated from East Timor are living with the suffering of the past week and longer, much of it perpetrated by…

as we gather here today in Congress it is nighttime in East Timor. Thousands of refugees are fleeing the country. East Timor is a country of 800,000 people, and nearly a third of them have had to flee since the election the other day. At…

I am very disappointed, and I joined my colleagues earlier in stating that disappointment, at the funding that is in the VA-HUD bill this year, because of the cuts in affordable housing. The amendment of the gentleman from New York, which…

I think it is quite ironic that many people have said in the course of this year that this century began with violence in the Balkans and it is ending with violence in the Balkans. So too with this issue. This century began with the…

Mr. Speaker, today we vote on legislation to block OSHA from protecting America's working men and women from workplace injuries and illnesses caused by ergonomic-related issues. My colleagues have the figures, but they bear repeating. Each…

Mr. Chairman, I will defend the committee position in opposing reluctantly the distinguished gentleman from Colorado's amendment to our bill. Mr. Chairman, I think it is important to note that the House Committee on Appropriations mark for…

I was with my family in Cairo when we got the bad news. We were all going to join Mickey in Nairobi when he left Ethiopia. Of course, he invited everyone to go to Ethiopia with him. Fortunately for everyone else, he did not have a large…

The plight of the people of Tibet challenges the conscience of the world and by and large the world ignores their plight. Our bill does not, and the more attention we can call, the better. Mr. Chairman, even though this may not be able to…

We need to make those contributions to the Man and the Biosphere program. Everything else is fully funded. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the amendment. I commend the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller) for…

I support both of the gentlemen. I think they are both right. I think that the Hastings amendment is one that is an important one, and the recognition that he seeks to present to the flower industry of Colombia is important. But our…

The bill will offer consistent, reliable method of treatment for uninsured and underinsured women fighting breast or cervical cancer.

This bill has enough co-sponsors to pass. We should pass this legislation and help save the lives of women.

This important legislation will help women beat back the ravages of breast and cervical cancer and save lives.

The bipartisan Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act takes the vital next step to offer lifesaving treatment to cancer victims.

I am not pleased with the Republican leadership which has given inadequate attention to this bill.

I hope that as we go forward with all of these amendments and all of the investigations that will continue, that we do not shed a light of suspicion on individuals or companies or concerns in America. I happen to be blessed in my district…

I say the gentleman's amendment would have a chilling effect on the research. Medical research thrives, we have free and open inquiry.

I, too, want to join my distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs in commending the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) for his leadership on this issue. As I said last night…

I offer this amendment in order to increase the amount of humanitarian assistance that is available for the refugees in the Balkans. We have disagreements in many areas here, but one thing we all agree on and the American people are…

The administration had intended to use the existing P.L. 480 title 2 resources and surplus commodities from the section 416(b) program to meet the needs in Kosovo. As we know, the needs have exceeded in terms of numbers of refugees and the…