Mr. Speaker, after this partisan debate, I want to open my remarks by saying I agree with Bill Clinton who in December of 1988 said, ``There should be no doubt, Saddam's ability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction poses a…

the gentleman, I am sure, understands, because he is a good lawyer, that the unborn has legal status in probate matters where a pregnant woman is an heir or beneficiary and is pregnant and the interests of the child may be different. So a…

first of all, let me say, I am very happy that the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler) was never aborted. I am glad he is here. He stimulates the discussion. He is even fun, on occasion; and I am very glad that the gentleman survived. I…

Mr. Chairman, a couple of comments on remarks made earlier by the gentleman from Massachusetts. The unions do not speak with one voice on this issue. We have received correspondence from the AFL-CIO locals that represent the correctional…

I am honored to join in the celebration of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, who is marking his Silver Jubilee as the spiritual leader of more than one billion Catholics around the world. On October 16, 1978, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, the…

this resolution recognizes and remembers the victims of one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century, namely, the more than 5 million men, women and children in Ukraine who were deliberately starved to death by the Soviet regime in…

It is unfortunate that an issue as vital to our national security as the war in Iraq gets embedded in Presidential politics. There is an irony that seeing the bumper stickers which say 'United We Stand,' that is more a hope than an…

We have all agreed that the Chinese population control program is coercive and, therefore, violative of human rights. We ought to stay a thousand miles away from anything that facilitates that. And yet this money that we give to the…

While the Kolbe amendment is based on the idea of promoting more assistance for people in Latin and South America, the result of this amendment will be middle income countries like Russia and Turkey becoming eligible. The administration…

this is good government practice. It improves the bill. I do not see any reason why the administration would oppose it. I think my friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos), supports this. And so I urge the adoption of this…

Mr. Chairman, this is a tempting amendment to the bill, but more mature thought says no, it is not all that good of an idea. The fact is we still need the U.N. and its agencies to promote peacekeeping efforts in some parts of the world, to…

I agree that foreign investment in countries of the former Soviet Union, such as Moldova, can carry significant risks for Americans and others. If the governments of these countries wish to enhance their economic prospects by encouraging…

increasingly, foreign governments have been lobbying localities in the United States to accept their consular cards as valid identification. At least two countries now issue consular cards in the U.S. for these purposes and many others are…

I was thinking of theme songs, and I was thinking for the pro-life people, "People Who Need People Are the Luckiest People in the World."... We are talking about a particularly hideous, gruesome form of abortion called partial-birth…

In my view, there is something larger at work here than simply the flag itself. I think this amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Cunningham) is an effort by mainstream Americans to reassert community standards. This…

Rarely does Congress act with decisiveness for the benefit of so many suffering in the developing world. But this is precisely what we are doing today in enacting H.R. 1298, the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS Act of 2003. With…

this is an effort to make the army in opposition, the army that is fighting AIDS as inclusive as possible. Just think for a moment, put biases aside. Here is an organization that takes care of 1 in 4 people afflicted with AIDS, the…

First of all, please note what the amendment actually does. It simply says 33 percent of the funds to be expended for prevention under this total program shall go to support abstinence. That is all it says. It does not downgrade or…

the children and orphans who are affected by this scourge could have no better champion than the gentlewoman from Minnesota, and we are very pleased to accept her excellent amendment.

This unprecedented bill acknowledges our moral responsibility to address the pandemic that has already resulted in the deaths of millions. I am so proud to be a part of this legislation, this distinguished body and this country.

Mr. McCOTTER. Mr. Chairman, one of our Nation's seminal principles holds that all human beings have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Inherent in this principle, in this promise, rests the belief that to truly and…

Mr. Chairman, it is with extreme regret that I must oppose the amendment offered by my good friend, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Smith). He never offers an amendment, but what it is not well thought out, and this is a well thought-out…

The gentleman is correct. Nothing this in this legislation should suggest that it is United States' policy that abortion is a proper and appropriate method for prevention of or treatment of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS.

Mr. Chairman, not since the bubonic plague swept across the world in the last millennium killing more than 250 million people has our world confronted such a horrible, unspeakable curse as we are now witnessing with the growing HIV/AIDS…

I oppose the amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by the gentleman from South Carolina. First and foremost, this substitute neither recognizes nor protects American sovereignty. It clearly yields to the United Nations the right…