Cardiss Collins

I favor the bill as is written with one exception, that it does not contain full and open competition. Full and open competition would make this bill much better. It makes it workable. It erases the concern that the Government has, that…

If the gentleman would not mind yielding for a second, I hope that we do not ask children these type of questions. But perhaps as a physician, perhaps you find that there is a need to do so. I think you have so stated. But these are the…

We can find out. I think they did. I think it was implied in this legislation. Wherever the Federal Government has asked for the consent, they have protected the right of written consent on matters of that nature, I believe. Mr. McINTOSH…

These amendments, while well intentioned, simply just do not work. As Chairman Horn said during full committee approval of this bill, and I quote: ``We have attempted to strike the right balance between Government power and individual…

I would hope that now that Members have heard the balance of this debate that they would conclude that this amendment just makes good sense, and I would say that I would urge them not to protect the special interests and vote for the…

The problem is, it is a new requirement because it is a new bill. I just wondered how it was going to all play out between now and October 1, 1995.

This is not the bill we had last year. This is a totally different bill than the bill we had last year. This is a new bill, as the gentleman very well knows. It just seems to me we cannot compare those two at this point in time.

I have reviewed the amendment and support it. As I said earlier, congressional oversight of agency compliance with title II is an important mechanism that should be used to make title II effective. It is a less costly and more effective…

I wanted to tell the vice-chair of the committee we certainly have enjoyed the opportunity of working with him and found he was certainly eager to enable us to work with him on this very important issue, and we are glad we had comity in…

It just seems to me there is nothing more important than the national security of the people who have to live in this country, and who will fly on these airplanes and make their living through going on airplanes, vacationing. I would just…

Mr. Chairman, the gentleman just mentioned that the airline industry has lost a great deal of money. That is certainly true. But the airline industry has also caused a great number of people to lose their lives. I do not think that could…