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You bet, you bet. It would have been good for the seniors, good for the program, good for the government because it would have created the right partnership between the government, the seniors of America and the providers of health care in…
That is true, and one of the provisions in that legislation goes to the heart of what you were saying. It allowed seniors to report things they had been charged for wrongly and share in the savings. Remember they would have gotten half the…
Christmas in April, it is a way the community gives the gift of Christmas to families who need help. I had the privilege of working at the home of an elderly couple who for decades have helped lead and care for veterans of this Nation's…
I want to talk briefly tonight about two things. I want to talk about Medicare and women's health, and I want to talk about smoking and women's health. It is true, and terrible, that Medicare is an illness program. It provides health care…
our senior citizens have worked their entire lives to protect the savings that can assure them a safe and secure retirement. Social Security is one of the two pillars of retirement security for our seniors. We owe it to them to protect the…
in the last session of Congress we passed important legislation giving Americans access to portable insurance coverage regardless of their health status, but we did not extend these same protections to our senior and disabled constituents…
Mr. Speaker, I rise as chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics to lay before you the committee's bipartisan recommendation for final action on the matter of Representative Newt Gingrich. The committee recommends that Representative…
The transition rule could not be worked out until we were done, and so we are here. I hope we will work well together to complete the work on this important case.
this is truly a great day for the American people. This is a good bill but it is a result of outstanding leadership. Let me make plain that as one of those who supports increasing the minimum wage, I feel honored to stand here today in…
certainly it is the tradition of the Congress that going to conference is a time when House Members and Members of the other body think together anew about legislation, and the best ideas from both sides are merged. So, there is no doubt…
I welcome the Sabo amendment, because it does clarify a number of issues that are important for the conference to focus on. I personally worked very, very hard on the Medicaid provisions, and we need to assure that they are strong and will…
This amendment strikes language in title I of the bill which creates a joint account between the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service to fund the internal audit investigation functions of the IRS and requires the IRS…
We did run into the same problem with the taxpayer service representatives and felt that they were saying about problems that the taxpayers were having with the IRS was not getting to us, and so we did add provisions in the taxpayers bill…
My final point is with regard to provisions in the bill relating to tax debt collections. The bill transfers $13 million from the IRS to Treasury to initiate a second private sector debt collection program, and provides an additional $13…
I also have several concerns about provisions in the bill relating to the Tax Systems Modernization Program. We all agree that the IRS has not adequately managed this program and that changes are needed to ensure that TSM is successful…
I rise in support of MFN for China. MFN simply provides China the same trade status possessed by other nations. There is nothing most-favored or preferential about MFN status. MFN is the normal trading status. The United States must…
Mr. Chairman, Amtrak is an essential part of our National Transportation System, providing 22 million inner-city passenger trips per year with over 500 destinations in 45 States. Last year the Congress and the administration agreed that…
I have real concerns with this legislation. The Conte Refuge is unique. It is an urban refuge. Its goal was never to be achieved through the acquisition of large tracts of land. Rather, its goal was to restore the Connecticut watershed…
I think it ought to be also in the record that the government of East Timor is a Timoran, well respected by the people of that island, and Indonesia has a way of sharing the benefits of mining and timber throughout the islands of…
I had the privilege to travel recently over the recess, and I ran into some of the young people that had worked with Ron. And it was really interesting to me because you do not see this all the time. Cabinet members are not necessarily…
The President and the members of the Cabinet are the President and the members of the Cabinet for all Americans, and I am privileged to be here tonight to help you celebrate the life of Ron Brown and honor him as our former Secretary of…
Mr. Speaker, the House already has acted favorably on the contents of H.R. 2337 when it passed the 7-year Balanced Budget Act on October 26, 1995. The Taxpayer Bill of Rights II was part of the Committee on Ways and Means title of H.R…
Mr. Speaker, this is a great day or night for Americans. Health security is important to every man, woman, and child. Tonight we take a giant step toward guaranteeing coverage, in spite of preexisting conditions, protecting millions of…
If your daughter and son-in-law were faced with the extraordinary tragedy of discovering extreme fetal deformity late in pregnancy or a life threatening development with abortion being the only alternative, would you, would you, each…
Jim Kennelly was probably as brilliant a legislative mind as any State has enjoyed. But not only was he a fine legislator, he was an extremely able politician in the best sense of that word. He really did listen to the concerns of people…
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