Pete Stark

nursing home residents and their advocates welcomes speedy passage of this bill, which is designed to prevent facilities that prospectively withdraw from Mediciaid from kicking out frail elderly people whose care is paid for through that…

I rise today in support of HR 396 to designate the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, CA. Ron Dellums spent his 27 years in Congress as an advocate for special justice. Throughout most of his career in Congress, I had the…

Frankly, the speed at which this proceeding is proceeding, it's as if the voice of the American people has fallen on deaf ears and blind eyes! Doesn't Congress see that President Clinton's ratings, among the American people, are holding…

I support our troops in their mission to eliminate Saddam Hussein's ability to use weapons of mass destruction. Althought I prefer a tight, multinational embargo around Iraq to disable Saddam's regime, that path was not taken. At this…

the omnibus appropriations agreement will pass the Congress with ease this week and Members of Congress will exchange accolades about what a wonderful bill it is. Baloney! For the first time since the budget process was established in…

I again join with many of my colleagues who support the tenor of the bill but have serious reservations about its budget implications. I would hope that if there is a chance to revisit this bill we can find a more sensible way to pay for…

for over a year now, there has been a small group of us who have been fighting to change the home health care provisions in the Balanced Budget Act; and I want to thank my colleague, the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Weygand), the…

I oppose the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations (Labor--HHS) Bill considered in the House today. education suffers under this bill This bill would have devastating effects on students and our education system and…

The President has admitted that he had an extramarital affair and then lied about it. No one disputes that fact. The President's conduct, while reprehensible, was a betrayal of his vows to his wife but not his oath of office. His actions…

I must say I am confused by some of the discussions here. I had assumed that the Republicans were pushing to privatize Social Security and invest in things like the long-term capital corporation on Wall Street, but they are sending…

I rise in support of H.R. 4558, the Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act of 1998. H.R. 4558 will extend Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nonqualified aliens who were receiving benefits before…

I am opposed to the Republican District of Columbia School Vouchers Act. It was brought to the floor on false logic and ignores the real problems in public education. Let's take the Republican argument at face value for a minute. If public…

I rise today to oppose the Hefley Amendment to the FY99 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations bill, which seeks to block the implementation of an executive order prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in the federal…

I guess I would remind the people that it is the Republicans that shut down the government several times because they were unable to come up with a budget. I would challenge any Republican who has an idea, much less an idea of what they…

I would agree with him that the Tax Code could be more fair and should be more fair; that the burden should be redistributed; that the marriage penalty is something that should be adjusted, taking into account the new structure in…

I had intended to speak later today on an issue of professionalism in the House of Representatives. It has seemed to have departed in 1994. The House is now, unfortunately, being run by amateurs who have really no concept of what…

Mr. Speaker, the Republicans this morning are doing a rather silly exercise, I think. It is duplicitous, I guess, in its best light. They are trying to take out the user fees and revenue raisers for a separate vote, all except those which…

Today's Budget resolution is a cruel and direct attack on the least advantaged Americans. It shows the majority party's true colors. They are willing to make our children pay the price for their politics in three significant ways: The…

in the Republican budget, there are still $11 billion of user fees, flood insurance, homebuyers for FHA, air travelers, barge traffic on inland waterways, veterans seeking housing, health insurance for civil servants. Would the gentleman…

I rise today to oppose House Joint Resolution 78, the so-called ``Religious Freedom Amendment.'' This proposed constitutional amendment would obliterate the separation of church and state and would result in government-sanctioned worship…

H.R. 2400, the ``Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act (BESTEA)'' bill is a highly needed piece of legislation. Every member of Congress wants to be able to go back to his or her district over the Memorial recess and…

I am inclined to support the Watts-Moran-Thornberry amendment. I am a cosponsor of the legislation of the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), which does roughly the same thing. The amendment is revenue neutral. It does have an accounting…

I thank the authors of the amendment. I think you have a winner. I would suggest that if anybody is concerned, that you do not extend it at the end of three years. In the balanced budget amendment we made it the law that people had to be…

the Lowey-Harman amendment will restore the ability of our female service members and female dependents stationed overseas to exercise their constitutional right to choose safe abortion services, using their own funds to obtain services in…

most Americans living today were born well after the Great Depression. They are not marked by the fear of economic loss because--as a society--they have not experienced it. It may well be that those who have not lived through the…