Nancy L. Johnson

I do not think most of the people in America are conscious that 30 percent of our economic growth is the result of exports. We saw in the gentleman's next chart how the number of jobs associated with exports is growing far more rapidly…

They will be delighted. And yet just in Connecticut, just Connecticut, manufacturing has increased. Connecticut manufacturing exports, $500 million more just during the first half of 1997 over the first half of 1996, $500 million, a half a…

One of the things I think is not being noticed, and of course it is because most Americans do not have time to notice, they are busy and we are not at the table, but let me tell my colleagues what happens when we do not have fast track…

This is why we need fast track. Really, it is so very simple. We think of sitting down together as a family and we have a dispute and a problem, and one kid wants one thing, one kid wants another thing, one kid wants another thing, dad…

Can we make that a little clearer. A lot of countries have state-owned, state-operated companies that produce telephone equipment, transportation equipment, energy, and we are moving in the world toward privatizing those companies and…

They are scheduled to occur and they are going to occur. These negotiations are going to go on whether we pass fast track or whether we do not pass fast track. Just last year, just in one year, we lost $2.3 billion due to copyright piracy…

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

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

One of the hardest things today and all of us feel it in every one of our districts, it is really hard to see plants that really are not producing a top quality good gradually have to lay people off and go under. But that has nothing to do…

Let me just mention that one of the big issues in the NAFTA negotiations was the failure of Mexico to enforce their own labor laws. They look good on paper, but they did not enforce them, and we have learned something from those NAFTA…

I totally and completely disagree with the comments of the gentleman from New Jersey. We are not talking about abortion on demand. The Supreme Court decision does not allow abortion on demand and we all know that, and in the third…

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.

Government support of the arts has created access to the arts for millions of Americans and has provided tremendous economic and educational benefits to our Nation. Just as the Department of Education embodies our belief that mastering a…

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…

we are far more generous to families. We give them the benefits sooner, give them to more families, and we retain it longer. I am proud to rise in strong support of the first tax cutting bill in 16 years. Today we adopt tax relief for…

I rise today with concern about the reductions made in this legislation for Medicaid disproportionate share hospital [DSH] funding. The reductions made to DSH funding in this legislation will have a dramatic effect on Medicaid funding…

Mr. Chairman, my amendment, which has been included in today's en bloc amendment, would ban violent sexual predators from public housing in this country. These are people who have been convicted of the worst crimes imaginable, and who have…

I certainly am proud of my hometown of New Britain, CT. Last Saturday we had Christmas in April and I and many, many other people from the town turned out.

Mr. Chairman, I think this Congress has to be very mindful, and I think the underlying bill is mindful of what it means to terminate a parent's right to their own child, what it means to the parent and what it means to the child, and what…

That is right, and our goal was to ensure that seniors would have the choice of health care plans that offered, for instance, prescription drug coverage, that offered better preventive benefits, that better covered the deductibles and…

I am also pleased that the President is working with us this year on another very important part of the Medicare reform bill that will be good for seniors but also good for all Americans of every age. In the Medicare reform bill we had…

that is why I wanted to bring that up, because we do a lot of real thoughtful work here about the problems in our lives and certainly abused children is a very big problem in the communities that we represent, and we took a giant step…

You know I am very proud of this Congress and the way we are working together. I know the press has reported primarily controversy around campaign practices of the White House and the last election and some other things, but underneath…

That is right. There were a few other provisions that we were able to get into other bills a second time, and the President did sign, and one of those was an aggressive attack on Medicare fraud. Now I am the chairman of the Ways and Means…

That is truly stunning, that is truly stunning, and people ought to try to imagine in their minds what $26 billion would buy if it were spent right. You know Medicare is an outmoded benefit package. It does not cover prevention. It only…