Karen Thurman

The way that that would work is they would have to buy under an individual account an annuity and when they buy that annuity it would be based on an actuarial life span. Because women are predicted to live longer, so when they bought…

There is another fallacy within the Chilean issue and I think it is one that all of us are very comfortable with and one that certainly the gentleman from California (Mr. Matsui) has spoken about and that is, what happens to women and…

if we go to page 11 of that report, and under conclusions, No. 2, and the gentleman from Washington can say this back to his son, because of the transition tax, and again, I go back to that, inherent in any move away from pay-as-you-go…

The other thing that I might add to that is the issue of an independent business owner. About 80 percent of them are covered under no kind of retirement plan and were actually given an option not to participate at all. We have no clue or…

These are scientific terms they use when they are putting together these reports. But also the question that has to go back to that young person today is, if they are relying on a study, they need to ask the hard question, too, because…

President Clinton, being merely human, gave in to lust. With the shame and embarrassment of that flaw being discovered, he deceived us. Those of us who voted for this man can forgive him. We can see what he has done, not only for this…

I want to tell you that when I came to Congress, I told my constituents that I was going to put our house in order by reducing the deficit, providing tax relief and saving Social Security. Well, guess what? We have reduced the deficit…

I appreciate this, and I certainly appreciate my colleagues bringing this to the floor today. This is a really important issue for all of us from Florida. I, too, would like to offer my deepest appreciation to all of the men and women who…

I thank the conference members because I think they have done a relatively good job. As my colleagues know, quite frankly I wish this would have passed earlier in the year where people would have had an opportunity to have these changes…

I am going to support this bill, not because I think that we need more commissions, because we do not, and not because there is an immediate Social Security crisis, because there is not. But I do support the concept of a dialogue on Social…

I apologize for being a little late to enter into this dialogue, because it was probably one of the most important weekends that I spent in my lifetime. I, too, want to thank Faith in Politics for what they did. I particularly also want to…

When the gentleman talked about starting here in Congress, I think it is not only starting here in Congress as we try to mend ourselves, between Democrats and Republicans. We have done Hershey, and we tried to bring some, whatever, some…

Mr. Speaker, this bill is going to address a critical situation for Florida's tourist industry. On September 30, the Customs Service lost authority to collect fees used to inspect cruise vessels traveling to the Caribbean island community…

Mr. Speaker, the question here today is how can we best provide for the education of our Nation's youth, of which approximately 90 percent attend public schools? Clearly, from this debate, Members of this body do not share the same views…

Mr. Chairman, no person in this country should go hungry. For years, Congress has shown a bipartisan commitment to ensuring adequate nutrition for our citizens, especially children and the elderly. We provide assistance to those in need…

As a firm supporter of the concept behind this legislation, I believe it is extremely important to correct these problems. I strongly support the principle behind this legislation. We should enforce the budget agreement to ensure that this…

he certainly will not get the part that has been debated over the last couple of years, and it has been the last couple of years where we have begun to talk about this $500 child credit or family credit so that we could make sure that…

he gets nothing out of this tax bill. Mr. McDERMOTT. Nothing? Wait a minute. The gentlewoman is telling me a police officer who makes $23,000 is going to get nothing out of this tax bill?

Absolutely. Working, every day getting up, or they are not eligible for any of this. That is something that goes back to the Reagan years when it started and everybody believed that for hard-working people this was important that this…

Oh, no, no. Or probably they are trying to buy their first house, so they do not have anything to sell. I would love the gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. Jefferson] to talk about just what a capital gains is, because I think sometimes we get…

I really want to highlight and commend the gentleman from California [Mr. Dellums] and the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Spence] for including in this committee bill a study of a proposal that I introduced to expand the national…

5 years and $80 million later our Nation's gulf war veterans still do not have the answer to their most pressing question. What caused Persian Gulf war syndrome? For nearly a year, my office has been working with Dr. James Moss, a…

I want to ask in this forum what one of the women who has had this procedure has been asking for weeks: Who are we to judge her and her family's heartache? I want this body to know that I listened closely to Vikki Stella's story of her…

the amendment we offer today is about what America wants. Americans want bipartisan answers to our Nation's problems, and I am pleased that I have had the opportunity to work with Members from both sides of the aisle to try to provide some…

I, too, am an original cosponsor of the Castle-Tanner because I think it does give us real reform and real responsibility. We demand responsibility not only from welfare recipients, but from the Federal Government and the States who are…