William M. Thomas

that is the dialog we have had all along. The fact is they wrote the bill, it was in it and they were not going to let it come out all along no matter what. It was the question of losing 1 square mile, not necessarily where it was, it was…

It is geography. But I also pointed out in the letter and to the folks on the committee that the amendment did not block in any way the application of the Endangered Species Act or other laws. I just wanted to keep the option open for…

Mr. Speaker, let me read the Republican segment on the question of the exchange of stamps for cash: A lack of standard procedures and failure to follow USPS regulations may have permitted some Members' personal and campaign offices to…

I want to express my support for the new provisions in H.R. 4277. The bill will stop drug addicts and alcoholics from abusing the Social Security disability and Supplementary Security income programs. This legislation is important to my…

as we head toward the House and Senate conference on campaign finance reform, let us remember it is supposed to be for the American people. The American people do not want more of the same with PAC's, and they certainly do not want…

And beyond that, it is even the kind of company that one decides to form, because under current law, depending upon the way in which you organize your company, you get the benefit or not. If he is self-employed, if he has a proprietorship…

Mr. Speaker, H. Res. 329 designates 1994 as a year to remember Thomas P. Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the House of Representatives. I think it also, appropriately, should honor his talents. His training, of course, came from the ward politics…

I appreciate the responses of the chairman. Mr. Chairman, so although we do honor the memory of ``Tip'' O'Neill in 1994, it will be done in a frugal way, which I think is entirely appropriate with the politics of the '90s.

I, too, am pleased to take the time to remind all Americans that the Armenian genocide was the first genocide of the twentieth century. I think it is ironic that, as we are speaking now in memory of the first genocide of the twentieth…

I think the usual argument is that, after all, it is a continuation of our current system. I think, as the President said, "That is where most people get their health care now." However, the points the gentlewoman has just made, I think…

And in addition to that, as the gentlewoman well knows, an employer mandate is forever. The subsidies that make it more enticing to get in there certainly will not be there forever, and it will be an ever-increasing burden. And in addition…

And in addition to that, because one of the things we have tried to do is to take a look at what States and companies are doing in the private sector to get some ideas about whether or not it works, if you take a look at the employer…

that ringing you hear in your ears is the Democratic spin doctors; we just heard another one trying to tell you that, when the President's plan was offered in the Subcommittee on Health yesterday, it was done just to embarrass the…

I would say only that we have got to be able to work out some way to continue B. I do not care what threshold screening is put upon the category B, frankly, my school district can meet any level of screening necessary, and we ought not…

here we go again. One more time, Congress is debating the merits of the Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment. Nothing is new. We have heard all the arguments both for and against before--many times before. I feel like I am in the movie…

With the President's cut in Medicare in his plan? It is $124 billion over 5 years in the President's plan----

And I would ask the gentleman: Today, rather than the Federal Government, States and the private sector, driven by the increased costs of health care, are the engines of change and health care reform. In our State, as you know, California…

The question is: Do you believe that this key element, this non-elected board with vast powers----

Why does the President take from seniors? He has repeated over and again the Medicare structure is full of waste----

If she is going to answer the question, she needs to respond to the question that was asked, not how they are going to pay it. What happens if they don't pay it. The question is what happens if they don't pay it.

The national health board, dictatorial, stopping all of the change that has been made in the States, controlling the prices, is it really the best choice for the American health system?

No, we are talking about employees. Not unemployed. The employers pay 80 percent. Employees, workers of the employer, pay 20 percent. What happens if they don't pay their 20 percent under the Clinton bill?

If you promise me that that is what we will do tomorrow morning in the Health Care Subcommittee, we can lock that up right away.

I suggest that we take a look at the way in which win money is currently spent today for those people who could otherwise afford their insurance but have Government subsidies for them. Let us begin with means testing Medicare, so that…

Please, please, please. The 37 million uninsured are those that you said Government should support.