The Public Record
I rise in support of H.R. 1, the Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, which provides for increased funding for our nations school system. This bill improves current law by holding our schools accountable for providing quality…
The bill we are moving today embodies basically the way Congress used to work, with the majority and minority working together to enact improvements to the Medicare program. On this bill, the Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act…
I rise in support of H.R. 3323. I remind my colleagues that the standards that we are talking about today for electronic claims and referrals are being passed because the health care industry asked for our help. Unlike the banking industry…
I oppose H.R. 3009, the Andean Trade Expansion Bill not because I don't want to help eradicate the drug trade in the Andean region, but because this bill overlooks the importance of protecting labor rights overseas and sets up unfair trade…
S. 1447, the Conference Report on Aviation & Transportation Security Act is a victory for the American public who can rest assured that the federal government puts safety first. Although this urgently needed bill has taken far too long to…
I oppose H.R. 2269, the falsely named Retirement Security Advice Act of 2001, introduced by Representative Boehner. The bill not only neglects to provide any type of security for workers' retirement, but it actually puts worker retirement…
This money will all come out of the Social Security Trust Fund. Not only will people get very little, but they will pay payroll taxes to bail out Chrysler and General Motors.
I had hoped that the bipartisan, level-headed leadership that charted our legislative agenda last week would continue to prevail this week. The commercial airline industry is asking American taxpayers for a $20 billion bailout. I don't…
yesterday's horrific, cowardly attack on the United States was a senseless act of terrorism by enemies who abhor America's principles of freedom and justice. The terrorists who perpetrated this attack, however, have a miscalculated view of…
Mr. Chairman, this is an old dead horse which for some reason has been revived again. Medical savings accounts have not worked in the private market and did not work when they were offered to Medicare beneficiaries. They did not sell one…
Mr. Chairman, this is, as many speakers have said before, a sad day for those of us who are neither lawyers or physicians, but from time to time become patients in the medical delivery system. Because what my Republican colleagues have…
I rise in support of H.R. 2608, the Greenwood-Deutsch Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001, and in opposition to H.R. 2505. Cloning technology has been the subject of heated debate since 1997, when news of the successful cloning of Dolly the…
California is facing an energy crisis. This problem is not one that California can solve without the help of Federal intervention. The root of the California energy crisis is the soaring wholesale rates for electricity. The spot market…
Mr. Speaker, this bill is an obscene hoax on the American people, and it is not about taxes. It is about the Republican plan to fundamentally cripple the ability of government to do its job. It is about sacrificing our Nation's priorities…
Mr. Speaker, I am not sure where the Clerk had quite finished, but I would just read the last section or two here, the conference report does provide benefits to every family with children that has income or payroll tax liability, and the…
I am proud to answer the question of the gentleman from Colorado, because it is true that Democrats have been concerned about spending. We would like to spend money to see that our parents' Medicare is safe. We would like to spend money to…
Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out, to my children and to anybody who is paying attention to this debate, that the Republican leadership is doing it once again. They would rather give a substantial tax break to America's wealthiest…
It is pretty clear, because I talked to my colleagues a few months ago about why I did not intend to support removing the inheritance tax to make my children even richer than they will be, and so I am here today to explain to my colleagues…
I rise in support of H.R. 624, the Organ Donation Improvement Act. H.R. 624 is an important piece of legislation that provides financial assistance to living donors to cover the travel expenses associated with donating an organ, and…
I am opposed to S.J. Res. 6 to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's ergonomics standard. Using the Congressional Review Act to overturn the OSHA ergonomics standard would be an extraordinary action, the first of its…
I wish today to support H.R. 621, designating the James C. Corman Federal Building. Jim Corman was a true statesman who served his constituents in California, and indeed, the people of the United States, with great distinction. Jim cared…
I rise in support of H.R. 132, designating the Lanai City Post Office the Goro Hokama Post Office. To bring just some of the Stark family remembrance to this occasion, my family and I have been visiting the Island of Lanai for at least 10…
Santa Clara County in California has just made history by approving a plan to provide health coverage for all of the estimated 70,000 uninsured children in the county.
I want to commend Santa Clara County for being the first in the nation to set its sights on covering all children with health insurance.
I strongly oppose HR 2614, the bill being considered on the House floor today with the innocuous title of ``the Certified Development Company Program Improvements.'' Those provisions are far surpassed by major controversial tax, Medicare…
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