I hail from the great city of East Hartford, in Hartford, home of the insurance industry, and I am very proud of that. But as the gentleman from Texas indicated earlier, under oath, people in the insurance industry understand that this is…

Well, the great irony here, and again if the gentleman will yield, a gentleman who I have great respect for, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Gutknecht), was down here on the floor earlier talking about this anomaly, I will say, where we…

the gentleman said earlier in the evening that while this is a benefit that will clearly benefit everyone with regard to prescription drugs, you said that this was like part D of the Medicare program. Could you explain that again, because…

I stand here very proud of the Democratic initiative and our efforts to bring this to the floor in a timely fashion and hopefully provide the relief that is so desperately needed by our seniors out there.

it has been my observation that a proposal of that nature is something I have aptly named, in my opinion, the Marie Antoinette plan. We all know in history the story of Marie Antoinette, who, when approached about the plight of the French…

Well, if the gentleman will continue to yield, he is absolutely correct. Again, I think the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Allen), who has been as dauntless as the gentleman from Connecticut has been in coming down here and addressing this…

I certainly for one am more than willing to extend opportunities to pharmaceutical companies who have invested their own money, who have done the research and development in bringing a product to market to allow them the opportunity to…

I think that is very charitable because I think it is next to impossible to underwrite for that kind of a circumstance, and while I think the industry has gone out of their way not to offend the powers that be, I think when we ask them…

I am here to rise in strong support of this legislation. I understand the inherent interest of West Wendover and Wendover and how important it is for them to be connected. I applaud the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen), as he always does…

I again would just point out that East Wendover is a desolate mining town of only about 1,500 residents and is largely in debt. Several public hearings have been held by the city councils on the east and west to determine whether East…

on September 11, 2002, Reverend Mychal Judge responded to the attack on the World Trade Center as a New York City Fire Department chaplain. He braved the fire, falling debris, and chaos on the scene to administer last rites to victims in…

I submit this statement today in support of S. 1438, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002. Although I could not be here today during this debate because of a death in my family, I want to say for the record that this…

My wife often asks me, she says, geez, you know, when you are speaking before the body, it is an empty Chamber. Is this the way Congress works? The hard truth, and we talk about legislation being rammed through, it is oftentimes missed by…

let me compliment again the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Allen) for the fine job he has done. I think many Americans can recall the great voice from outside this chamber, when writing about the Harvest of Shame, was Edward R. Murrow. And he…

we are a nation at war, a war the President has said may take years. He has asked for the Nation's patience and perseverance to deal with the perpetrators of terror and bring them to justice. A united nation stands prepared to make the…

I spend a lot of time going out to a number of my public schools in the district, and parochial schools for that matter, and talking about September 11; and as the gentleman points out, clearly firefighters or police officers, emergency…

I think that that is what makes good legislation, especially when we have the bottom-up response that we have had.

In the gentleman's discussion with the county and local governments out in California, or in the gentleman's congressional district, do they feel that they are amply prepared to deal with biochemical threats, and what did the gentleman…

I just wanted to review a little bit more about this bill which will provide a total of $1.5 billion in funding, $1 billion of funding to cities, counties, towns, boroughs, tribes, and other municipal authorities for strategic planning…

one of the things that should be pointed out as well about this legislation is something that they heard in California and we have heard in Connecticut, and I am sure the gentleman has heard in Texas, as well; that is that because the…

that is something that obviously, with the appointment of Tom Ridge, and again, I commend the President for that appointment. We sent a letter off to Mr. Ridge, knowing that he is obviously getting his arms around this very important task…

If they are not joint with the frontline responders and if they are not part of this process of giving input, then I do not think we have the best in homeland security.

I have to point out that the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon), who has been a tremendous help to me since I have been a Member of Congress, is an early signer onto this bill. He has also been very active with the Congressional Fire…

Instead of the $8.9 billion that is appropriated to deal with terrorism, only $300 million makes it outside of the Beltway. That is a very telling statistic. As local officials are quick to point out to us, this is very problematic to…

Our bill does do just that. Again, several Members, and I especially want to commend the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Taylor), who has done an outstanding job in his district both conducting and holding meetings and someone himself who…