a few days ago this country lost one of its most colorful personalities. And so I rise today to pay tribute to an individual who has been characterized as Mr. Baseball: the legendary Harry Caray. Harry left this life Wednesday, February…

I want to thank her for the kind of leadership that I think she displays and continues to display in this House of Representatives by bringing before the American people on a daily basis issue by issue, making the greatest use of herself…

when we look at health care delivery and we look at what has happened in health care all over the place, there have been changes and changes and changes. We see in America right now thousands of individuals who are physicians who decided…

last week many Members took the floor to pay tribute to Representative Ron Dellums. My schedule was such that I did not get an opportunity to do so at that time but I decided that I would come on this day so as not to miss the opportunity…

it seems as though we are beginning this year on the same note as last year but with a different tune. Today we are going to vote on House Joint Resolution 343, an effort to deny the legitimate payment of bills incurred by the President's…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this insidious attempt to use, or rather misuse, the power of impeachment.

I rise today to declare my enthusiastic support for H.R. 2020, the Medicaid Attendant Community Services Act. This bill is of vital importance, because in all of our districts and throughout America, there are hundreds and thousands of…

Because even though we have experienced a tremendous amount of success, there are still 43 million medically underserved people in this country, and these are people who do not have adequate access to health care services and often have…

I first met Walter when we were candidates and we were waiting to make our television appearance at the Democratic Convention, to be made up. Walter looked at me and said, I do not know if the makeup is going to help you or not, but I do…

I rise in objection to the motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 2267. In this motion is an effort to close the process of Americanization to thousands of qualified human beings who are a valuable part of America's future. Mr. Speaker…

I will just make a little special recognition to a few of the community health centers that operate in my district. I always say that I have the most fascinating district in the United States of America. These people have simply gone above…

about 30 years ago, there emerged on the American scene, as a result of the civil rights movement, demonstrations, marches, protests, action on the part of the United States Congress, initiation of the war on poverty, there emerged a new…

I rise, however, to raise another issue. I think that the Coast Guard bill is a good one, but I raise a concern that has adversely affected the Chicago area, which I represent. For many years the Coast Guard Air Station helicopter facility…

I rise today to commend the gentlemen from Arkansas, Marion Berry, Asa Hutchinson, Vic Snyder, and Jay Dickey, for their eloquent and passionate remarks in commemorating the 40th anniversary of the integration of Central High School in…

I rise today to join my Illinois colleagues in urging the Clinton administration and the Japanese Government to use this historic opportunity to put an end to the limits on direct air service between Chicago's O'Hare International Airport…

I am amazed at the continuous efforts to cut occupational safety and health, efforts to scale back protection for workers in dangerous, hazardous, and unsafe situations, efforts to take back and turn around those hard-won gains which have…

the people of India have just celebrated their 50th anniversary of independence and democracy. It takes a special effort for Americans to imagine when our democracy was only 50 years old and the great hurdles we had to overcome to perfect…

not very often will my colleagues find me taking a position that is contrary to that of my colleague from Chicago. But I rise in opposition to the amendment to cut OPIC. I do so because we are a pace setter. We are a Nation that is known…

I rise today and join with my colleagues to pay tribute to one of this Nation's finest justices, one who has a progressive reputation and one who has demonstrated that you can be relevant and you can hold true. Justice Brennan departed…

I agree with that, because if it is Hispanics today, Latinos, then it is African-Americans, Scandinavians, Greeks, it is somebody else tomorrow. We all stand with the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Sanchez] and want to make sure that she…

one purpose of Government is to suppress injustice. The Republican tax plan does just the opposite. This plan unjustly benefits the top 5 percent of income earners by giving them over 50 percent of the cuts. This plan unjustly excludes…

I rise at this moment to talk about something that is near and dear to the hearts of many Americans, and that is the North American Free Trade Agreement, otherwise known as NAFTA. When the United States enters into trade agreements, the…

Listening to this debate reminds me of Victor Hugo, who once said that there is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher. It seems to me that the Republican tax bill further promotes the misery and…

Voltaire once said that the purpose of politics is to take as much money as you can from one group of people and give it to another. It seems to me that that is exactly what my Republican colleagues have taken a page from, taking money…

as the Chicago Sun Times put it, ``A jewel has died.'' That is Jewel Lafontant Makarious. I rise to pay tribute to a great woman, a great lady, a great Chicagoan, an accomplished lawyer, civil rights advocate, a great American, friend of…