Patricia Schroeder

Absolutely. I think another thing we need is, unfortunately, because we are seeing so many lobbyists now really just moving in and supposedly writing the bills, they ought to put their name on the bill. Let them know which lobbyist…

I am amazed that the other side stands up and says shame, shame, shame on this side. Now, let me tell you: That side has been waving around the trustees report saying we must cut Medicare, we must cut Medicare. We have been dealing with…

Mr. Speaker, my concern was the letter from the gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. Livingston] and the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Young]. The way I really read this three-page letter, it basically says to the President, if you veto this bill…

Mr. Speaker, let me say, I have been trying to think of a good name for this bill, and I heard it from that side of the aisle. This bill is a piece of work. This bill is a piece of work that goes right after readiness. I sit on the…

it was changed in 1976. They had 3- judge panels from 1948 to 1976, and in 1976, the House and Senate changed it at the request of the courts. The courts today have written a letter, I am sure the gentleman from California [Mr. Bilbray]…

I think if I can answer some of the questions that I think the gentleman from California has so eloquently asked, and I really salute the gentleman for taking the floor, we had this process in 1976, and this Congress unanimously did away…

I keep hearing these allegations of forum shopping. My understanding is that the district that this went to had 25 Federal judges and they are randomly assigned. My question is, Does the gentleman have some evidence of forum shopping we do…

this amendment takes this case, or this bill, and it applies it to the case that many have alleged they are most concerned about, and that is the issue of judge shopping. What my amendment says is that this procedure may go forward…

I think, if one does not win it in the first instance, as the gentleman also knows, one has an immediate right, if they think that that injunction was unfairly granted, one has an immediate right to move on that, and I think that is the…

The gentlewoman knows that we always want to win it the first time, but I want to say also I want to make sure that people have those rights and they have the right to immediately go up, and I think the gentleman knows that all the Federal…

on this bill, can I just say to my colleagues, let us talk? I mean, this sounds like something very easy, but it is very complex and I think it is not a solution for the problem that some are saying it is. My fear is, whenever we adopt…

as an American, I feel very good about the fact that everybody is under the letter of the law. As a Member of this body during Watergate, I was very saddened by the fact that the Presidency was being attacked, but I also felt very good…

Absolutely I am delighted, and I think the gentleman would admit that people do have that right to a three-judge panel. They could appeal it to the Court of Appeals, and of course in this case on 187 they did. So at this point they have…

well, now we know what their plan is for Medicare. It is, ``Don't ask, won't tell.'' They tell us they are going to save it, but they will not tell us one detail as to how they are going to save it. If they have got such a harmless way of…

having this gray hair, I do not know a lot, but I know a few things. No. 1, I am very nervous when Republicans say we do not need to know the details of the Medicare plan, ``Just trust us.'' I happen to know the history. They have never…

I do not like doing an across-the-board cut either, but I agree also that when we are squeezing out of everybody the very last, last drop of blood in other programs because of this debt that is looming over our head that we are all…

first of all, let me answer why it only applies to defense contractors, and that is because of the scope of this bill which I know the gentleman understands. I obviously cannot do it for the universe because we are within this context…

as I said before, I think this is a terribly important amendment in that it does for profits what we did to nonprofits earlier this year in an appropriation bill. Earlier this year, the Istook amendment was adopted by this House, and what…

Amendment offered by Mrs. Schroeder: Page 94, after line 3, insert the following: Sec. 8107. (a) Limitation on the Use of Federal Funds by Contractors for Political Advocacy.--None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by any…

I rise in support of the Woolsey amendment. Mr. Chairman, I think the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Woolsey] makes an awful lot of sense. The question is how much is enough and are we buying things based on a threat-based analysis? I…

I hope that my colleagues can just accept this amendment. I think it is fairly simple. Most of the Members of the body voted on an amendment very similar to this recently and that was when we were debating the Labor HHS appropriations. The…

DOD has a conscience clause. DOD has a parental-consent clause that they vigorously enforce. There have been only about 10 abortions that people paid for with their own money in the entire time this was in practice. When we send people…

I stand to say I think this is a very, very important amendment and a chance to deal with the biggest threat America has, and that is the threat of the debt. Look, that is our biggest threat, and this is the first time I ever remember on…

the United Nations owes the women of the globe a great apology. Every 10 years there is an international U.N. Women's meeting, and the United Nations could have cared less about what the host did to make this meeting as inconvenient and as…

I take this time to really question what we are doing today by bringing up legislative appropriations. Mr. Speaker, when I was home this weekend, people were going crazy saying, what do you mean there is going to be a train wreck? There is…