The Chair, again, wishes to thank the former Members and the Members of the House and Senate who stepped in to see us. The Chair announces that 19 former Members of Congress responded to the call of the roll. Before terminating these…

I feel it's a necessity. Medicare is in crisis, there's no doubt about it, just like the whole healthcare system is in crisis.

The reason I'm sitting here today is we have one solid rock, and that's Social Security.

I thank you very much for looking at Social Security as a basic need; something that people can rely on.

Mr. Speaker, when parents evade their responsibilities, children suffer--and the taxpayers often get left with the bill. To protect both children and taxpayers from the consequences of parental irresponsibility, we need to improve our…

the streets of America, as the Halls of Congress, have been filled with calls for young mothers to be more responsible, not to have children when they cannot take the responsibility for those children, to certainly cooperate and establish…

the item that we are discussing right now is a concurrent resolution to protect Social Security. Yet as every Member on this floor knows, this resolution is powerless if this body decides to cut Social Security. I also remember when many…

last night the President was gracious in his calls for bipartisanship whenever possible in doing the people's business. One area for such bipartisan approach is the areas he suggested for tax deductions for postsecondary education. This is…

Right now as we go forward on our work in this new Congress, there is no debate on whether we should reform welfare. That debate is over and both sides of the aisle agree that we should and the taxpayers have reached a consensus that the…

a famous Hartford resident once said that everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. Well, to paraphrase Mark Twain, some people talk about reform, but they do not always do it. Yesterday, we considered…

we all want to cut the budget, we all want to reduce the deficit, we all want our constituents to pay less taxes. But eliminating baseline budgeting is not the way to go. The budget baseline predicts future spending in Government programs…

I am pleased that once again this body has taken up the Congressional Accountability Act as it did twice last year, and I am particularly proud of my colleague from Connecticut [Mr. Shays], who joined with a former Member, Mr. Swett from…

Yes, Mr. Chairman, the problems of 20 years ago are long gone, but that does not mean we do not have problems today. Yes, we remain the one superpower, but as a result of that, countries large and small look to us for support and guidance…

I rise in strong support of H.R. 3419, the Tax Simplification and Technical Corrections Act. I am pleased that we finally have this bill before us today. Despite our best efforts, we do make mistakes in drafting legislation. This bill…

in a world of few guarantees, one should stand out as inviolate--the promise of Social Security benefits. We are considering a bill today that will help us make good on this promise of future security--a bill to make the Social Security…

for too long, the Federal Government ignored the health needs of women. Little research was done on diseases which afflicted women, and clinical trials of diseases which affected everyone often used only men as subjects. But health care…

I rise today in support of the conference report on S. 2000, to authorize appropriations for Head Start, the Low- Income Home Energy Assistance Program and the Community Services Block Grant. I would like to comment just briefly on two…

I vote for this bill because we have to begin to end the insanity of innocent bystanders being caught in the crossfire of criminals. I vote for this bill in memory of Marcellina Delgado, shot dead on the way to visit her grandmother in…

imagine going to work everyday, and being forced to run a gauntlet of protesters, some of whom threaten your life. Imagine being in a profession where colleagues have been shot and killed. Imagine having your spouse and children…

so often when you pickup the Washington Post in the morning there is a story about a horrible crime committed the night before. And, unfortunately, crime has become a fairly common story in my hometown paper, the Hartford Courant, as well…

I rise today in strong support of the crime bill before us today. This is an issue which affects every citizen in every district. But let me tell you a story from my district. Less than 2 weeks ago, 7-year-old Marcellina Delgado was shot…

as a member of the Budget Committee, I rise in strong opposition to the motion to instruct. Mr. Kasich's motion would instruct the House conferees to agree to the Exon-Grassley amendment which would cut discretionary spending by an…

Next year this Nation will celebrate a milestone: the 75th anniversary of women winning the constitutional right to vote. It is hard to imagine a time when women were not allowed to vote. It is especially difficult to believe for the 49…

on this St. Patrick's Day, we have an historic opportunity to achieve peace in a long-troubled part of the world--Northern Ireland. No one here labors under any illusions that this road to peace is easy; it will take determination and…

Mark Twain used to say, ``Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it.'' I would like to paraphrase that, and say, ``Some of us talk about a balanced budget-- and some of us do something about it.'' In this case, we…