Karen Thurman

And that was one of those issues that in fact raised the level of it, and it causes a lot of problems for some people. But on this generic thing, I think there is something else that needs to be remembered. This is not just about seniors…

as a math teacher in Dunnellon, Florida when the State of Florida mandated the state assessment tests, I started the first remediation classes for math at the High School. The diagnostic testing that was performed allowed educators to…

we have been hearing an awful lot about the need to pass the biggest tax cut since 1981, and we always seem to go back to 1981. Maybe it was the teacher in me, I am not real sure, but for some reason I thought, well, what exactly happened…

let me give accolades to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Portman), because I do not believe that this bill would have come to the floor with such bipartisanship if they had not allowed Members to…

Mr. Speaker, America's families decide what they can spend based on their yearly income and not 10 years out. Should we in the people's House act differently? No. Congress has no idea how it will meet our national priorities, Medicare…

I just received a letter October 20 from a gentleman, and he has also sent me some additional information on what is happening with his Medicare choice program, but it is very interesting. In the middle of his letter he says the medication…

I too listened to the other speaker and I too am I classroom teacher. I taught for 9 years, middle school math, in a very poor, rural area.

I too worked in one of those places that nobody wants to talk about, those portables. But I say to the gentleman, I am tired of hearing on this floor about how we controlled the House and we controlled the Senate for those first 2 years…

So it is those who control the agenda today, the Republican leadership, that is blocking not only the will of the House of Representatives but the majority of the people in this country's ability to have health care delivered by their…

I found it very interesting, which just tells me this issue is getting more difficult because we are getting more seniors who are losing their coverage, and probably a lot because of the pullouts of our HMO-managed care, managed-choice…

the love fest that is going on around here obviously makes us all feel very good about what this committee has accomplished over the last couple of years in transportation and in water issues, and so I give my congratulations to all of my…

I want to ask the gentlewoman a question because I think it does go to the issue of the Medicare prescription drug benefit. I am going to talk a little bit about a report that was just released that was done to look at the prescription…

What you are actually saying to us tonight and obviously I have been here, too, but sometimes I think we need to make these points very clear, because I think quite frankly that the American public is tired of people who have not been…

I have to say that I am very excited about the Alternative Water Sources Act being put into this conference report. For 20 years in various capacities, whether on the city council or in the State Senate, I have worked on alternative water…

I would just ask a question, because we talk about in these numbers of poverty or somebody under $14,000, that is not after expenditures. That is what they get at the beginning of the year, or what their allocation would be, would be…

I just want to let my colleagues know that, just a couple of months ago, Bob Butterworth, the Attorney General for the State of Florida, and by the way was one of the first attorneys general to successfully sue the tobacco companies, came…

I too rise today to pay tribute to an extraordinary woman and someone I call a friend, the Honorable Tillie K. Fowler. Representative Fowler is a dynamic and compassionate leader, who I am sorry to say is retiring this year from Congress…

over the years, I, too, have heard some small business owners and family farmers and I empathize with their situation and I have worked to provide estate tax relief to farmers and small business owners as we did in 1997. I am supporting a…

As we are in an era of when we are talking about surpluses and times of when things are fairly good, things may not always be this good. One of the things that we have to remember is that it is our job to protect Medicare and the solvency…

after what Maine has done, which is kind of the leader in the country right now and I think through the leadership that the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Allen) has provided here in the House, they came back in their legislature with a very…

Mr. Speaker, let us start this debate with the words of Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, who said just last week, and I quote, ``Anything, whether it's tax cuts or expenditure increases, which significantly slows the rise in…

If you write yourself an IOU, it is not a real economic asset. Treasury bills are not real economic assets. Those notes are going to be paid off out of the hides of future taxpayers.

If I remember correctly, the number that was given as kind of the estimate without being scored was about $50 billion. So if I take 50 from 184 that leaves me 134, so I still now have $44 billion. I could pay for this pension part, and I…

In my former life I was a math teacher, so we could play a little game here, if Members would like to. I think it would be very advantageous, because I think it can show really significantly that we are not against tax cuts, and that we…

I actually was at a function on Friday night for the Key Training Center, which is for children with mental retardation, and I have to tell my colleagues something. I went to a friend of mine who I know is a Republican and is an…