Wendy Sherman

Mr. Chairman, small is big. Nanotechnology is very small, roughly the size of a molecule, and very small is going to be very big. Nanotechnology really encompasses virtually all of the cutting edge science that will pretty much determine…

I think the bill does a good job of dealing with the societal impacts. This amendment would make it better. I just returned from spending 2 days at the conference of the Foresight Institute in Palo Alto devoted exclusively to looking at…

I hope this amendment passes. If it does not, I will be offering an amendment that goes just half as far as this one and still allows Turkey to obtain substantial benefits for its limited aid to us at this time. Keep in mind, Turkey will…

we are united in our prayers for the success and safety of our men and women in combat. The powers that be have brought to this floor a highly divisive budget resolution. This budget resolution is designed to enrich the rich at the expense…

This amendment really puts before us a question. Should we stick with a present system that is favorable to one or two jurisdictions because they have particularly demanding Members both perhaps in this House and certainly in the other…

I would point out that we were also not aggressive until September 11 of the prior year. Both administrations failed to grasp the importance of Saddam Hussein's weapons program until September 11 of last year. I would also point out that…

The resolution that will come before us for final passage has already been written at the White House. I very much wish that it had a different phraseology, but that is not the choice of individual Members. The only question that will come…

last night the President somewhat vaguely announced the right policy for this country: to invade Iraq only if unrestricted inspections are not available. This gives us a chance to disarm Iraq without war; but if war becomes necessary, at…

Until September 11, we knew what the dangers were, but we chose to ignore them. We knew Saddam was developing nuclear weapons and had biological weapons. We knew that al Qaeda had killed hundreds at our embassies in east Africa. We knew of…

We are here to honor a man who epitomized the spirit, the unity, and the joy of life, of living in southern California, a man who was the best reason to buy a transistor radio, perhaps the best reason to live in southern California, and…

passing the Senate bill is but the first step. Hopefully, the conferees will go beyond even the Senate bill or will take up new legislation in the Committee on Financial Services. The Senate bill contains the provisions that reauthorize…

this has been a week of disappointment. In the effort to combat corporate crime, we heard from the President something that was more of a pep talk than a policy pronouncement. He called upon us to reenact all the laws and regulations we…

so much corporate malfeasance, so little time, so much to do. I join with the earlier speaker in saying that we should work together on a bipartisan basis, and indeed this House did pass a bill in April, but it passed a bill in which…

First let me say what an honor it has been under the gentleman from New York's (Mr. LaFalce) leadership over the last 4 years on the Democratic side of the Committee on Financial Services. Second, let me express some disappointment in the…

I want to join the last speaker in his analysis, showing that the fees paid by individual investors is more than enough to provide for beefed-up SEC enforcement. But what the other party does is they use those fees collected from…

I represent Malibu, California, and surrounding towns that are even better off. We pay the estate tax, and I am proud that my district would send me here to oppose this rule and to oppose this bill. America is under attack. Patriotism is…

yesterday evening I came to the floor to bring up a subject that has gotten far less attention than it deserves. And that is the plan of the World Bank, an organization funded substantially with your tax dollars in mind, to lend up to $755…

where you sit now or stand now, the President of the United States told this Nation right after September 11 that there are those who are with us and those who are with the terrorists. I was not surprised to hear our President indicate…

today Israel faces an attack on its continued existence by those who reject a two-state solution. Now is the time for us to demonstrate our solidarity with those under terrorist attack. We should not be balanced between those who target…

This bill will not adversely affect small accounting firms. It restores a system similar to what we had 30 years ago when every firm had malpractice insurance because the LLC and LLP structures had yet to be invented under State law. We in…

Mr. Chairman, the financial auditing system is the only one where the umpire is paid by one of the teams. That is to say, we have a situation where the auditor must make tough judgment calls, particularly as to how to apply generally…

Enron not only cost its own shareholders tens of billions of dollars, but our markets would be selling at trillions of dollars more in net capitalization if investors around the world did not have to wonder whether the next Enron was right…

What is clearly unreasonable is to make this bill effective today, before the Senate acts, before the President acts. Not only is that impractical, it is clearly unconstitutional. Article 1, section 9, clause 3 tells this House not to pass…

I bring you another Christmas story. Long ago, many highly profitable corporations paid zero in Federal income tax. Ebenezer Scrooge rejoiced. But the American people insisted that we pass a corporate alternative minimum tax so that no…

let me tell my colleagues a Christmas story. It is the dead of night. Congress is anxious to adjourn. Members can hear Christmas carols in their heads. Some are so anxious to leave town that they are willing to vote for a so-called…