Nancy L. Johnson

The immunity section was specifically asked for by Customs, and responds to their very deep-seated need for protection from suit for actions that they as officers must take. After all, they do not know who is walking up to them and must…

I can guarantee the gentleman that we will work together next year. We learned a lot this year. We solved some problems that we can understand. We laid aside what we could not understand. There is lots more work to be done to make Medicare…

That is right, and that is very clear under our bill, that that is not a health care decision.

I want to ask just one question to the gentleman, as a physician. Is it not true that under our emergency services section, where we guarantee people the right, if one's pain is severe enough that any prudent layperson would think someone…

If they have a very sick infant and go to the emergency room, and in the opinion of the health professional, the prudent opinion of the health professional, that infant needs certain care, that infant can have the care that they need on…

Mr. Luckhan's example once again demonstrates that the virtue of selflessness merits recognition.

Such a public servant is a gift to be treasured in a democracy.

Dell has left her mark on countless pieces of landmark legislation.

I am very proud we are doing it in not only a way that will save and strengthen Medicare for future generations and provides more choice for seniors, but it provides more health care for seniors. Ours is the only bill that covers off-label…

I must say, as a woman, I have been keenly aware of the need for Medicare to cover prescription drugs. It is simply a fact that 90 percent of all women over 65 have at least one chronic illness and 73 percent of women over 65 have at least…

I congratulate him not only on the bill but for his leadership on education issues over many years... The holistic approach to learning to read embodied in this bill is the right answer, not just for children, but for families.

The 1996 welfare reform law has been one of the greatest social policy successes of the last half century. Due in great measure to this legislation and excellent reforms in the earned income credit, Medicaid child care, and other programs…

I agree with the gentleman's proposal. I just do not believe that it is evenhanded tax law, because it does not treat in an evenhanded, equitable, fair way all entities that are tax-subsidized, that is, citizen-subsidized, but allowed to…

We have testimony from physicians that the way the bill is worded, it would indeed have that effect, and we have judicial rulings from judges that say the language is so broad they would have to rule that way.

I am absolutely supporting getting this tax-cutting bill started. Because the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) knows and I know that our process is such a long and complicated one that, by the time this bill winds its way through the…

It is with great pleasure that I rise to honor Dr. George R. Muirhead upon his retirement from Central Connecticut State University in my hometown of New Britain, Connecticut.

Then, I would ask the chairman, shall the USTR understand that such intent is confirmed in legislation, and ensure that the legislated objectives will continue to constitute the principal U.S. negotiating objectives in future negotiations?

Frankly, it will have such a dampening effect on research that it will affect research on things that have a dual purpose or that could be perceived as having a dual purpose. That is my concern about it.

The goal of this bill is to make evident the costs we are imposing on the society, whether it is on another level of government or a private sector entity or an individual, the costs that we are imposing on them to carry out a public…

The company does not have the right to give a tax break. The company must pay the taxes that we require them to pay.

Well, I agree they are able to compete, but they have to be able to get into a market.

You bet they did. Because it was a better work force, and a higher quality product.

Our whole economy produces $1.5 trillion of goods each year. So $600 billion is more than a third of our whole economy.

I believe that my central message is still accurate, that this amendment will put hospitals in 24 States in a very difficult position. They will either have to violate State law or run the risk of losing all of their Federal funds.

We have not been able to reauthorize the NEA legislation either under Democratic leadership or Republican leadership. It is my hope that the conference committee will take the old language, and then we could go into the authorizing process…