Sam Gejdenson: “The Convention provides a legal framework whereby agencies and individuals would be required to meet internationally…”

it is time for the conferees to move forward with a patients' bill of rights. The leadership of this Chamber, which has blocked the legislation for years now, has to recognize that the American people are rightly demanding that their…

I love my friend's compassion. This is a Chamber that ought to have compassion. We ought to have compassion for 45 million Americans that do not have health care, for the hundreds of thousands of working families that cannot afford to send…

I would submit to the body that if we pass this bill, we are doing neither; that our responsibilities here not simply out of the goodness of our heart and concern for the poorest people on this planet is not being met by this legislation…

in the entire time the United States has spent involved in conflicts around the world, there has never been an instance where our European allies have played as significant a role. Our role here is among the smallest of any engagement that…