Patricia Schroeder

I must say that I think we are engaging in one of the most serious issues that we are going to deal with in this Congress, and that is whether we continue to use our brain, engage our brain, and continue to move forward with the Nunn-Lugar…

as we listen to the Republicans talk about budget, budget, balance the budget, balance the budget, well, we will get a chance today to see how serious they are, because we are taking up the defense bill. I want to tell you, as I said…

I think the gentleman knows I was not going to make any amendment that would attack extra ammunition. That is not the point. The point was about some of the weapons that I think even the gentleman might agree we did not need to add.

I am here to talk a bit about what we are getting ready to do today. We are getting ready to go into the Defense Department authorization and I want to know, where are the budget hawks? Where are all these people who have been talking…

the airwaves are filled with Majority Leader Dole and Speaker Gingrich talking about how they are going to close the gender gap. Well, I have a little suggestion for them. As we approach Mother's Day, I want to say to them, maybe they…

Mr. Speaker, there is more misinformation going on around here, and especially by people who call themselves great budget hawks. Let us talk about what is going on. They want $1 million, that is five times more than the average…

I think we need some criteria. I think before we keep doing this in an ad hoc manner, in which we kind of walk into the cloakroom and hear, wow, elephants are coming, the circus is coming, we are going to have a car lot, do this or that…

I guess I am a little troubled by this, not because I am against the auto industry for heaven's sakes. I think the auto industry is terribly important, and I am a car lover as every other red-blooded American is. In the last year and a…

I am a little stunned at what I think I heard. We are turning the Capitol Grounds into kind of a car lot with this resolution?

if this display is not going to be on the Capitol Grounds, as I think I heard the gentleman say, then why do we need the resolution?

there were 2 very interesting stories on the news wire today. First of all, Majority Leader Dole was addressing a convention in a western State and he said very strongly: Do not send Washington another Pat Schroeder. Hey, thanks, Bob. I am…

I just rise to say this is a very important bill. If there is anything any society or community should do, it is protect its children. When we go back as far as we know in history, that has been one of the main goals of people coming…

I was honored to serve as one of the congressional members on the Commission To Oversee the Implementation of the Family Medical Leave Act. As my colleagues know, I started with that bill and it took me 9 years to get it passed, so I was…

while I am all in favor of raising the minimum wage, I take the floor today to salute a wonderful woman whose loss I will certainly, certainly feel, and I think all American women will, whether they are getting the minimum wage or whether…

Look, I am leaving at the end of this term, so I can speak a lot more freely. What you are going to hear today is going to be absolutely incredible. Let me just give you the rule of politics that everybody ought to understand. Whether you…

I really want to thank President Clinton and thank him very sincerely. Because while we as Americans all say that we are all different, but we are all equal, it is always hard to apply that. The President did apply that standard. President…

I find this debate fascinating. Like it is really easy to get a majority to lift taxes here, like people just love to run out and vote to lift taxes. Well, that is absolutely ridiculous. That is the hardest vote ever. What we really need…

That is right. And when you look at the economic damages, they always weigh in a whole lot more. The noneconomic damages, and without the punitive add-on to it, and the joint and several, I really think women or men, for that matter, I…

I certainly hope they help us defeat the previous question, because Members of this body have voted twice to do something that is now no longer in this piece of legislation... How can you possibly call it common sense? Because once again…

Well, Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, the gentleman, my esteemed chairman, is correct as far as he goes, but let us talk about joint and several and let us talk about punitive damages, and the punitive damages caps.

this law would supersede the traditional common law, and it would eliminate joint and several liability for noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering. So obviously, the loss of reproductive organs is considered a noneconomic damage…

health insurance has really not been insurance for a very long time, because we have allowed those companies to refuse coverage to anybody who needs it. So today we have a great chance to do something about this. We have a chance to free…

I take the floor first of all to say, in this month of women's history, how pleased I am that the President has made more history for women today. I thought the newspaper article was very, very exciting to talk about how the President has…

Mr. Speaker, I eagerly, eagerly ask Members to vote against this rule. This rule is one more gag rule put on doctors dealing with women and their families in the most difficult situations that any family would ever have to face. I think it…

the question of who is for kids and who is just kidding sounds very playful, but this is not a playful question to ponder. This is really about the survival of this great Republic which we are so proud of, because we need to know which…