Pete Stark

this rule paves the way for the cruelest hoax that the Republicans have yet perpetrated on seniors, children, and the health care system in our country. Forty-seven percent of this bill over 10 years goes to managed care plans without…

I rise to address the reimportation provisions of the FY 2001 agriculture appropriations legislation that is before the House today. In recent weeks, these provisions have been the subject of considerable controversy: Some Members have…

I rise today to oppose H.R. 3088, the Victims of Rape Health Protection Act. This bill places the wrong emphasis in dealing with the very important crime of rape by violating law-biding citizen's constitutional privacy rights and due…

enactment of federal legislation to protect the medical privacy of Americans has been a subject of congressional debate for years. More recently, with passage of the financial modernization legislation last year, financial privacy has been…

Our country is becoming increasingly diverse.

Congress has failed to address existing disparities.

In order to truly be an inclusive society, we must continue to attack conscious and unconscious racism in all its forms.

At the Department of Justice's prodding, Medicare and Medicaid are finally going to reimburse drugs at a more accurate rate.

I rise today to acknowledge California's historic 150th birthday celebration. California officially entered the United States on September 9, 1850 but the foundations for the development of California were in place well before this…

later today we will have an opportunity to vote on H.R. 4986, the FSC replacement bill. That is a foreign sales tax credit that was inaugurated by President Nixon in which the Washington Times recently, in an editorial, referred to it as…

Mr. Speaker, to the previous speaker in the well I would say things have not changed, or maybe they have. Now the lobbyists for the pharmacists get together with Members of Congress in the dead of night and draw a bill that will benefit…

This bill is like a bad April Fool's Day joke. You know there is a purse that is laying out on the street with a string on it. And the person comes along and pulls the string and the people keep reaching for it and they cannot quite get…

Mr. Stark of California moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4680 to the Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report the same back to the House promptly with a Medicare prescription medicine plan that accomplishes the following by…

I have a rather personal interest in this legislation, and I have heard a lot from the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means about what we owe our children, so I have come to the well this morning and apologize to my children, I have…

I adamantly oppose H.R. 4576, the Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2001. This bill spends $288.5 billion for defense programs. However, this amount does not include the $8.6 billion already passed by the House in the Military…

I support a trade regime that advances the living standards of Americans and that creates hope for the Chinese people; and that is why I oppose permanent normal trade relations with China. Because it says one more time that we are pushing…

having served in our nation's military, I am aware of the hardships that our military men and women, and their families, undergo on a daily basis. When they enlist in our nation's armed forces, they know they are volunteering for a very…

I oppose H.R. 4205, the Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 2001 bill for a number of reasons. This bill spends too much for a national missile defense system that the President hasn't even determined to deploy and it seeks to keep…

insurance coverage for long-term care services is a gaping hole in our nation's healthcare safety net. H.R. 4040, the Long-term Care Security Act, will establish a long-term care insurance program for federal employees. It is a small step…

I adamantly oppose H.R. 4199, a bill to sunset the current Internal Revenue Code without a replacement plan. It is completely ludicrous to bring legislation to the floor that will eliminate the only Tax Code the U.S. Government has to…

I rise today to oppose H.R. 3660, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. Make no mistake about it, this is a political vote and a political debate--a debate fraught with inflammatory rhetoric and distorted facts. The majority knows that the…

Many years ago distinguished legislators, Senator Humphrey and Congressman Hawkins, had the Humphrey-Hawkins bill which was to deal with unemployment and the right of all Americans to participate in our economy and the largest that this…

I introduce the Save Money for Prescription Drug Research Act of 2000, a bill to deny tax deductions to drug companies for certain gifts and benefits.

Oh, no, it is a question that I hope the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Shaw) will answer to the seniors in Florida, and that the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Hayworth) will answer to the seniors in Arizona, and the gentleman from Pennsylvania…

The need for this bill is clear.