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November 14, 2002
in Iowa, the pediatricians, the obstetricians, the family practitioners rank 47th, 48th and 50th in terms of reimbursement for Medicare.…
— Greg Ganske
it is my privilege to join in recognizing one of the greatest athletes in American history, a wrestler who went through college undefeated. I saw another great wrestler, Dan Gable, in his last match in college. Dan was undefeated in high…
I am outraged by the corporate scandals that are causing so much pain to Americans. I have listened to fellow Iowans who worked for the natural gas company that merged into Enron tell me with tears in their eyes that most of their pensions…
this is a $350 billion bill. Since when has $350 billion been pencil dust, I ask my colleagues. That is a third of a trillion dollars. Mr. Speaker, 37 percent of Iowan senior citizens will have no copayment, deductible, or premium. They…
I am for the rule, but after listening to and learning from many of Iowa's leading farmers, I will vote against this farm bill conference report. It is fair to say that many farmers in Iowa have deep reservations about this bill. This farm…
I commend the objectives of the Grassley amendment in the Senate and I believe we should encourage Members of the House serving on the farm bill conference to accept the language as it was adopted in the Senate version. The Grassley…
hats are off to all the kids who qualify for their State high school wrestling tournaments across the country. We ex-high school and college wrestlers now in Congress know the hard work those accomplishments take. However, I want to…
Luke Roth, born December 9, 1953, died of cancer yesterday. A proud graduate of Princeton, a devoted husband to Katie, a loving father to Luke, Anne, and Clare. Luke was my district director for 6 years and then was President Bush's State…
employees, pensioners, and investors who have seen their nest eggs disappear from Enron's bankruptcy speak of ``unbearable grief.'' They are also really angry that Enron's executives cashed out while, in many cases, they were locked in…
the economy is sick. Unemployment is going up. The economy does need a shot in the arm. This bill contains provisions to help the unemployed with health care coverage, provisions to encourage business investment and deductions for capital…
As a physician in the earlier 1990s when I was taking care of Medicare patients, sometimes we would do a procedure where it might or might not be considered medically necessary by Medicare. All that we wanted was to know whether Medicare…
I want to salute the passion of the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young) and the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mica) and the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski). I know how much all of…
The economy is in a real slump right now, and insurance premiums have gone up a lot. People are being laid off work. So there is a real problem with access to health care. However, as those HMOs start to squeeze down, I predict that we are…
September 11 did change this country. As we were just discussing here on the floor, all of us have very vivid memories of September 11. We see images seared into our minds of airplanes flying into buildings, those tall World Trade Center…
let us get into the nitty-gritty of comparing some of the aspects of these bills. Mr. Chairman, I would make a strong argument that the Senate bill has stronger provisions in terms of requirements for screeners than the Young bill. The…
Mr. Chairman, these are the contracted security screeners that we will be voting for if we vote for the Young bill. They will be hired by those private contractors. Let me read this from a woman I respect very much, a strong conservative…
about a week after September 11, I stood at ground zero with my colleague from New Jersey looking at that six-story pile of rubble and smoke rising from it that was a mass grave of 5,000 of our American citizens, and I could see…
Tuesday, September 11, is forever seared into our minds. We will never forget the images of planes flying into tall buildings and exploding, people choosing to jump off buildings rather than burn to death, buildings collapsing on rescuers…
the events of yesterday, September 11, are forever seared into our minds as with branding irons. We grieve for the victims and their families. We pray for them. Let the word go forth to our enemies. We are united in our resolve to avenge…
The underlying Ganske-Dingell bill does have access provisions that I think are bipartisan, for instance, 100 percent deductibility for the self-insured and other small business provisions to help increase access. There will be an…
I wish very much that we had more time to see the language of the Norwood amendment so people could fully understand it. I intend to support the rule. I understand fully how my colleagues on the other side of the aisle very well are upset…
here is what two law professors from New Jersey say: ``In preempting State law, the Norwood amendment goes beyond conduct that involves negligent medical judgment to a particular patient's case. The amendment may, by virtue of the words…
I have here a ``Dear Colleague'' that was sent out by the gentleman from Georgia on August 1. It says, ``An explanation of how ERISA preemption works.'' It says, ``Under H.R. 2563,'' that is the base bill, the Ganske-Dingell bill, ``if an…
Let me just read to the gentleman a statement by Ari Fleischer today on this issue. The question to him was: Republicans and Democrats believe that the deal struck between Mr. Norwood and the President would abrogate State laws on…
In preempting State law, the Norwood amendment goes beyond conduct that involves negligent medical judgment to a particular patient's case. The amendment made by virtue of the words 'based on' stipulate that State malpractice law does not…
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