Danny Davis

While I do not have much problem with the rule, and I actually compliment the committee, I am concerned that this bill continues to provide protection for some of our antiquated, outmoded, and unneeded subsidies, especially in the sugar…

In the farm bill, the sugar program is outmoded, outdated. It is costing us jobs. It is monopolistic. It boils right down to being corporate greed or welfare. I know that proponents will say, But it helps farmers. Yes, I believe in helping…

Tomorrow we will be debating the farm bill; and in that bill is the sugar program, which hurts workers in my district. Since the sugar program has been in effect, employment in the confectionery industry has fallen 11 percent since 1991…

I will close by simply stating that when we give blood, we give the gift of life. I am going to take up her challenge and I am going to go back to my district and organize a blood donor drive before the end of this year.

I support patients' rights, but I do not want to support putting a cap on unnecessary pain and suffering. I support patients' rights, but I do not support greed and unaccountability. I support the rights of patients to interact with their…

Some of our colleagues defend the sugar subsidy as a no-net-cost program. If that was ever true, it is not true today. The sugar program costs plenty. It costs tax dollars. Last year the Department of Agriculture spent $465 million on…

I had not really thought in terms of further taxation, but when he makes the point that this becomes additional taxation as we purchase beverages, as we purchase candy, and, more importantly, as we purchase ordinary food which contains…

I think he has put his finger right on the issue when he talks about consumers have to pay unnecessarily. I understand that one has to pay for everything that they get but I do not understand when one has to pay more just so a small…

It is incredible, it is unbelievable, and I do not know how we can have a good holiday knowing that whatever it is that we are about to use just might not work.

I would simply say that when one gives of themselves and gives of their life, they have given the best that they have had to give, and I would urge support for this resolution.

Today I rise to salute the village of Bellwood, Illinois, which is celebrating its 100th year anniversary. It is a quiet, quaint little village made up of some of the finest people in this country. One of the ways that they decided to…

The term health care professional means an individual who provides health care items or services, treatment, assistance with activities of daily living or medications to patients and who to the extent required by State or Federal law…

The intent is oftentimes medical providers work as a team. The physician is generally the lead person on the team, and so the language is not restricted to a physician in a situation where only he or she is working alone, but also as they…

So we will just keep on dreaming, we will keep on working, we will keep on believing, we will keep on doing politics, and we will keep on celebrating black history.

What is really alarming to me is when I look at the tremendous shortage of nurses. I mean, we can go to almost any hospital and there is a need for nurses, yet there appear to be not the numbers of individuals especially coming from the…

Well, we have had some great role models. My father is 87 years old, and we just moved him to Chicago from Arkansas, where he was living alone. And we were chatting the other day, and he said to me that in spite of how far we have come, we…

One of my constituents, Miss Elizabeth Hines, stated very clearly my position on this issue when she wrote a letter to me saying, ``As a registered nurse, I urge you to persuade your colleagues on the conference committee to move ahead and…

I would be remiss if I did not thank my colleagues who have sponsored honesty in sweepstakes legislation in the House.

The issue of consumer protection, whether it relates to telemarketing fraud or sweepstakes deception is finally receiving the attention it deserves.

I am proud to have played a part in the House consideration and markup of the Honesty in Sweepstakes Act of 1999.

I urge all my colleagues to read through this seminal report and to share copies with their constituents.

Research has found that the progression of the disease can be slowed if diagnosed and managed early.

I have long supported increased funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

There is no cure for kidney disease. But there is room for hope.

It is estimated that 12.5 million Americans have lost at least 50% of their normal kidney function.