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Mr. Speaker, in my brief time, I want to direct myself to the requirements in this bill. First of all, the real work requirement is almost unchanged from current law. Under current law a person must work 20 hours a week. Under this bill…
Mr. Speaker, I rise with my colleagues from Connecticut to pay tribute to a truly great team. These young women have played now, four of them, for 4 years for UConn, and it is not just the top team that is so impressive, it is all the way…
I do not understand why my colleagues think going home having extended unemployment 13 weeks is help. Why is it not better to go home and have extended unemployment 13 weeks, put in an automatic trigger so unemployed people cannot be held…
Here it is. When they go and apply for the unemployment compensation benefits, it says in the bill they certify they are unemployed with the Social Security number.
let me just set the record straight. Your bill does not pay people's COBRA benefits. It pays a percent of the COBRA premium, and through our bill we would pay a percent of the COBRA premium, and all of the rhetoric on the floor about how…
if the gentleman will read page 93 to 108, he will find that a person who is noticed goes to the unemployment office and gets unemployment compensation and certification that he is eligible for unemployment compensation. He then gives that…
we cannot put lipstick on a paper and call it a lady, but we can put $25 billion additional dollars on the table and help people who are unemployed. A total of $37.2 billion does make a difference in unemployment benefits, in health care…
There are two questions here. First of all, let me answer the subsidy one. We provide 60 percent subsidy of the premiums, and we let people buy that plan that CRS has.
it is imperative that this House acts and, hopefully, the Senate follows as well, to make this recession short and shallow, as the gentlewoman from New Mexico said, but also to help the unemployed. What is really excellent about this new…
Our security interests are global. Our economic interests are global. As we stand here today, since 1990, the European community has negotiated 27 free trade agreements. Do Members understand that every one of those free trade agreements…
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 conclude by thanking the gentleman from California for his cooperation throughout this long process, and our joint efforts, and also his staff, as I did earlier. They have worked very, very long hours on this. And I would like to say…
Mr. Speaker, Secretary Thompson said about Medicare, ``Complexity is over the system, criminalizing honest mistakes, and driving doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals out of the program.'' I agree. Medicare and Medicaid are…
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…
the proponents of this amendment say that they are going to hire Federal employees to take over the security of our airports. Listen to who they are going to hire. People who are not protected by our civil rights laws. They are not going…
I do not think it is as black and white as the gentleman from Wisconsin maintains. There is genuine ambiguity about the germaneness of this amendment. Because while the statute the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner) cites in…
The Constitution was finely written when they found a way for small States to be able to have a voice equal to big States. So I understand the gentleman represents more farmers than I do, but it does not make the survival of any individual…
If I were not such a civilized soul, I would have objected to this agreement. I have been in and out of this Chamber all afternoon waiting a chance to speak and I have 5 minutes' worth to say. Now I have my 2 minutes to say it in. I just…
I would like to just share three thoughts, most of which have already been shared this evening. My first is simply to express my heartfelt sympathy for the families of the victims of this mindless terrorism. May we each help you as you…
I support this bill; and I particularly want to recognize its understanding of the importance of renewable, clean sources of energy for the future. I firmly believe that a national energy policy must include promotion of alternatives to…
What big eyes you have, Grandmother,'' said Little Red Riding Hood. That map represented what 2,000 acres of drilling platforms would look like in this ANWR plain plus the areas affected by the drilling and the roads needed to connect the…
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…
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…
That is right, and that is very clear under our bill, that that is not a health care decision.
I think the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Hayworth) is absolutely right. This is about whether doctors will regain control of America's health care system. At the hearing before our subcommittee of the Committee on Ways and Means, every…
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