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…

I rise today to join in the observation of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian genocide during the Ottoman Empire. I commend my colleagues Representatives Porter and Pallone for calling this special order to draw…

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 rise to join some of my colleagues this morning who have extended the sympathies of their constituents to our colleagues from Oklahoma, to their constituents and, most importantly, to the families of those who lost their lives in the…

on Friday, March 31, two colleagues of mine, Representative George Miller and Representative Anna Eshoo and I did something that the leadership of this body does not want to do. We held a hearing on the impact of the proposals by the…

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.

in a famous court case a Supreme Court Justice said of obscenity, ``I know it when I see it.'' Mr. Chairman, we see it here today in the form of the Republican rescission bill on the floor. The bill abandons all sense of decency by cutting…

I, of course, rise in strong opposition to the Crane amendment to increase the cut in the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. But do not let the Crane amendment distract us from what is really happening here today, because this rescission…

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?

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…

I appreciate the remarks the gentleman has made because indeed the Chinese Government has not only been ripping off our intellectual property, they also have been exporting this intellectual property which they have pirated to other…

nothing speaks more clearly to the need for an increase in the minimum wage than the plight of poor children in America. Earlier this week, the National Center for Children in Poverty released a study that should trouble all of us. The…

I oppose the legislation strenuously because I think that it does damage to the balance of power and separations of power set forth by our forefathers in the Constitution. In fact, I believe that in order for us to truly have a line-item…

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…

Mr. Speaker, I rise with great pride to praise the San Francisco 49ers organization, to Eddie DeBartolo, Carmen Policy, and Coach Seifert. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday California had a great day, it sent two great teams to the Super Bowl, where…

Mr. Chairman, I have submitted this amendment for the consideration of our colleagues because I think it is very important. Even though the hour is late, and the debate has gone on a long time, and indeed, we have even addressed the…

I rise in opposition to it, and I do so because I think that there is still the great unanswered question: Will this balanced budget amendment exclude Social Security? If it does, why not say so? We have an opportunity today on the floor…

Members of Congress are being asked to buy a pig in a poke. The Congress and the American people need disclosure, and the Republicans have been unwilling, or unable, to list the cuts that will be required. Without the facts, the American…

my district in San Francisco, indeed the entire State of California, is blessed with a very large Japanese- American population. On behalf of my constituents, the Japanese- Americans, and indeed all of them, I rise today to extend my…

I rise today to oppose H.R. 5, the legislation regarding unfunded mandates. I believe this is necessary for us to defeat this legislation because it gives benefits to all Americans. These Federal mandates give benefits to all Americans…

since President Clinton took office, his economic policies have produced 6,000 new jobs a day. That is 6,000 new jobs a day, every day, including Saturdays and Sundays. Imagine the sigh of relief in the homes of America where people know…

Mr. Chairman, my amendment would create a hiring preference for local residents who are affected by base closures in their communities. Under existing law, the Department of Defense is unable to provide preference to companies with a…

I rise in strong support of the legislation offered by the gentleman from New York to ban certain semiautomatic weapons. I am here representing my constituents and along with my women colleagues to give voice to the concerns of women in…

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