Pete Stark

The President's Medicare reform proposals move us in that direction.

It really is a matter of life and death.

As public policy makers, we should encourage, in every way possible, our constituents and Medicare beneficiaries to seek out the high volume hospitals and avoid the low volume hospitals.

A Board of seven people doing the job now done by one administrator will not be as efficient or cheap as the current program.

It is pure profiteering, largely at taxpayer expense.

The ancient Greeks knew the wisdom of moderation, and called it the Golden Mean. All these guys know is Golden Greed.

today I join my colleague and good friend, Representative Karen Thurman, to support House Concurrent Resolution 247, in honor of National donor Day and recognition of the importance organ, tissue, bone marrow and blood donation. With…

I rise today to commend Taiwan for embracing democracy and striving for complete autonomy from the People's Republic of China (PRC). Taiwan has liberated itself from the oppressive Chiang Kai-shek regime only to be threatened by the…

We all know the problems that the high cost of health care causes for Americans.

What was as upsetting as the price differences was the difficulty in finding the cost to Medicare enrollees of this standard procedure.

Medicare should lead the way in helping establish pricing information that could help consumer/patients make their health care dollar stretch.

Under this new system, over time (unfortunately in many cases 20-30 years) the patient's share of the total bill will return from today's average of 50-50 to the normal Medicare co-payment of 20%.

According to the Committee for Education Funding, the Republican education agenda is projected to cut over $3 billion from the Department of Education's budget including a $1 billion cut from Title I funding, a program aimed at supporting…

Overall, California alone projects a $20.1 billion five-year cost for school modernization, including $11 billion for modernization and technology upgrades of old facilities.

It would be prudent to cut funding for wasteful defense programs, and unnecessary manned space exploration.

This legislation will provide significant help to local school districts in meeting their needs both to build new classrooms to keep up with skyrocketing school enrollments and to renovate and modernize their existing facilities.

It is time to make a significant improvement in the education of our children. I urge my colleagues to support HR 1606. Our children's future depends on it.

lawmakers casting a ``yea'' vote today on the Financial Services Act, H.R. 10, are making a fundamental error. They are effectively voting to strip millions of Americans of a basic right: the ability to exercise meaningful control over who…

In my comments, I noted that according to FDA records, only 2% of the sutures were recovered in the recall.

The numbers given to me by the FDA were incorrect. In fact, approximately 25% of the sutures were recovered in the recall.

a number of us have introduced H.R. 1495, a bill to provide a prescription drug for everyone in Medicare.

I strongly urge my colleagues to support this bill.

I rise today in vehement opposition to the $12.9 billion supplemental appropriations for the military attack on Yugoslavia as well as the $11.7 billion substitute amendment. Last week, I voted against the bill to authorize the current NATO…

I support his resolution, House Resolution 82, because the administration policy is not defined, it is not clear, it is not viable with its use of force. Indeed, it is hardly existent. Members have heard people talk about why we are not in…

The bill that I am introducing will correct the conditions that lead to the abuse of the program.