Phil Gingrey

I had the great opportunity to visit Iraq on two occasions: in December of 2003, five days after the capture of Saddam Hussein, and then again in February of this year with my colleagues on the Committee on Rules. I want to say what I…

Without question probably the most common condition that we see in smoking moms is something called toxemia of pregnancy. Toxemia, by the very word, it is a poison. We do not know exactly what that poison is, but something occurs in those…

3 weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet and discuss the situation on our borders with the members of the Minute Men Project. These dedicated individuals reaffirmed my concerns that illegal immigrants are crossing our borders in record…

we just heard from the other side, the 30- Something Democrats. I have been listening, as I know my colleagues have, to the 30-Something Democrats for about a year and a half now a couple or three times a week. It is the same old same old…

in fact, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Carter) may want to address that as to how a calculation is made in a court of law in regard to making a patient whole, the so-called economic awards based on income and loss of income.

Well, yes, and of course, the good judge certainly knows this. I am sure he has seen it in his courtroom many times. But the issue that is brought up a lot of times is, well, gosh, you are about to take away an injured person's right to a…

I rise today in praise of a new Medicare part D prescription drug benefit that is available to all seniors beginning January 1, 2006. This week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid released information on organizations offering…

I just wanted to say, I had an opportunity to speak with the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Watson) regarding her concerns and her amendment, and what we have committed to her and the Committee on the Judiciary has made a commitment that…

Again, in response to the gentleman from Tennessee, I am not going to stand here in presenting the rule and try to discuss the merits of the amendments that were made in order. I would just say to the gentleman that the Committee on Rules…

Let me again say the gentleman, as ranking member of the Committee on Science, knows that I was not there for subcommittee markup or whole committee markup to debate these amendments that came through committee. I am not a member of that…

No, I think there were probably some Republican amendments that were left out as well. If the gentleman will continue to yield, the Udall amendment is the one I particularly wanted to reference. The gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Udall) has…

I rise today to praise an organization in my district, Georgia 11, that has done a phenomenal job of delivering food, clothing, housing supplies, and even employment to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Rome Kares is a model of coordinated…

I rise today to share one of the many inspiring stories of personal commitment and sacrifice that have occurred in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In the Eleventh District of Georgia in the town of Marietta, my hometown, a community…

over the Labor Day weekend, I had the opportunity to go to Baton Rouge not as a Member of Congress but as a physician and to work in the River Center where the evacuees, over 5,000, so many of them were there, and to help provide basic…

the last two commentators in opposition to this bill talked about the biggest problem with this bill being the lack of consumer protection. I am going to tell my colleagues that the biggest consumer protection in this bill is limitation of…

I rise today in honor of Health Care Week. Access to affordable health care is one of the most pressing issues facing America today. I applaud our leadership for bringing important legislation to the floor this week that will strengthen…

I yield myself 3 minutes. A couple of minutes ago I was given some statistics. I want to continue in that vein. The gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell) just mentioned the situation in California. Of course, this bill, H.R. 5, is…

reclaiming my time, I continue to reserve the balance of my time for the purpose of closing.

I am proud to yield 45 seconds to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Feeney), a member of the Committee on the Judiciary.

I rise to address the matter of stem cell research, in light of the emergence of viable alternatives that would continue scientific discovery while respecting human life in all forms and in all stages. I also rise today as a proud…

I wanted to mention to the gentleman that as an OB/GYN physician, of course I have had some experience with some of the processes that can occur in reproductive endocrine laboratories and the technique dealing with infertile couples, and I…

Well, I am very, very honored to have the opportunity to join my colleague, the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ginny Brown- Waite), Mr. Speaker, and I commend her for putting this hour together to talk about the rights of women. Mr…

last Tuesday, June 21, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Saxton), our distinguished subcommittee chairman of our great Committee on Armed Services, introduced H.R. 256 in remembrance of the brave servicemen who perished in the disastrous…

that was my mistake. I intended to yield that time to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns) rather than the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings). I apologize for that mistake.

I thank my colleague on the Committee on Rules for yielding me this 1 minute. I grew up in the Deep South in the late 1950s. Every other billboard in the South, in my part of Georgia, said, ``Get out of the United Nations.'' I did not…