Pete Stark

I should certainly hope so, after the experience we have had with the ripoff of this AmGen Co., which is making unconscionable profits on people who need dialysis, unwilling to bargain with the United States, while we throw the taxpayers'…

The gentleman correctly states my position. I support alliances such as the CalPers plan in California, but not----

The President limits fees for doctors and hospitals, and limits amounts paid as we do now under Medicare, as the gentleman well knows, for premiums for plans. It it a very good cost containment system, the same one the gentleman uses and…

Mostly, I read through the list, they were mostly second-rate economists, and so I can understand, they wouldn't get their name in print any other way than to buy it.

I am reminded of ``waltzing Matilda,'' and I would direct our first question, because it was again today that the gentleman, Mr. Thomas, pontificated about helping medical teaching hospitals, to promote quality in health care. Last Friday…

a number of Members are proposing that all individual Americans be mandated to purchase a basic health insurance policy, with no help from their employers and no clear, defined help from the Government. I have a modest proposal to expand…

a number of large business organizations have said recently that they would like to reconsider the financing mechanisms in the President's health care plan. They oppose taxes to help finance care for the low-income and uninsured. They…