Ed Whitfield

one uplifting message for the American people is the legislation that this House passed relating to the prescription drug benefit under Medicare. This weekend I hosted three meetings in my district. Vicki Mayes came to one of those…

I support efforts to streamline the claims process for DOE workers seeking compensation for illnesses resulting from exposure to toxic substances and other hazardous materials, and I will vote in favor of the amendment. The changes in this…

So we have veterinarians from all over the country that are writing in in support of this legislation. We have the owners of quarter horses writing in supporting this legislation, and we have their political arm opposed to it, but they do…

any visitor to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, upon leaving that park, would have to be impressed with its tranquility, with its beauty, and really with the inspiration of the place. Kentuckians are particularly impressed…

the first Saturday in May is a special day in the heart of anyone who considers themselves to be a Kentuckian. It is also a special day in the heart of anyone, whether they live outside of Kentucky or not, whether they are a citizen of…

since September 11, 2001, the American people, in fact, people throughout the world have lived in particularly tumultuous times. As a result of that, our Nation finds itself in deficit spending for the first time in 4 years. There is no…

Mr. Speaker, tonight is the culmination of 4 or 5 years of debate of a prescription drug benefit for our senior citizens here in America. I hear a lot of the criticism and I have heard it all day today about private insurance companies…

Today represents the culmination of 4 to 5 years of Congress' efforts to provide a prescription drug benefit for senior citizens on Medicare. Two years ago, the House of Representatives passed a prescription drug benefit for senior…

as the 108th Congress begins, all of us recognize that we face many serious issues, both on the domestic front and on the international front. On the domestic front, obviously health care will be a key issue that we must work with, as well…

tonight we discuss giving the President the authority to use military force against Iraq. As the Congressman from the first district of Kentucky, I have the privilege of representing the fine men and women of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, home…

I have been somewhat shocked, really, at the animosity expressed against our plan this evening. Medicare as it exists today uses private companies to administer the Medicare program. Under the Democratic plan, private companies will be…

If I may make an additional comment. You are exactly correct. We are being challenged, also, of trying to raid the Social Security trust fund to pay for this. I would point out that between 1936 when Social Security started and 1995, a…

prescription drugs for seniors on Medicare, this is an issue which has been before the Congress for quite some time. There has been a discussion about it for a number of years. If Members will recall, last year for the first time the House…

when I think about the Shays-Meehan bill, I think of many people who have described it in the news media as an incumbent protection act. And I think that adequately describes what this bill is all about because we all know that if you are…

I support the fiscal year 2002 energy and water development appropriation measure. Mr. Chairman, I genuinely appreciate the subcommittee's continued support of the Kentucky Lock Addition and Olmsted Locks, which help transport waterborne…

I, like others, rise in strong support of this Fiscal Year 2001 Department of Defense conference report. I support this bill because we must reverse the downward spiral in defense spending that we have seen for more than a decade. That…

the modification, and I will give the gentleman a copy, which I should have done earlier, changes one word. In the original amendment that was at the desk, on the last page, paragraph 9, line 19, which is the last time we used word…

I rise in support of H.R. 853, the Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act and the biennial budgeting amendment thereto. Both the underlying budget reform bill and the biennial budgeting amendment are the result of extensive study and…

In yesterday's Washington Post and also in today's Washington Post there were two articles in which Vice President Gore is scolding Governor Bush, candidate for president, on Social Security. In today's article, Vice President Gore in a…

this obviously is quite an emotional issue. When people talk about patients' rights, all of us want to protect patients' rights. I can understand how the gentleman from Texas and other speakers on the other side would say this is a…

I oppose it primarily because it changes the definition of ``express advocacy''. The Supreme Court has made it very clear repeatedly that there is a bright line test. If an ad does not expressly advocate the defeat of the election of a…

this evening the House had an emotionally charged debate about our policy in Kosovo, and contrary to remarks made after the vote, this was not a vote against the troops. This was a vote against the policy of this administration. All of us…

many of us were quite excited about the President's State of the Union message. He pointed out many things that all of us need to be concerned about in addressing. Our side of the aisle wants very much to save Social Security; so does this…

a few weeks ago this House passed a modest tax reduction for hard working middle class Americans. President Clinton and the Democratic leadership vigorously opposed the tax reduction. They said they opposed it because they incorrectly, I…

there is one thing that I did want to clarify. Obviously if you have an ad that is running and under the new definition of express advocacy of Shays-Meehan that ad is included and, as I said, I think it is so broad and so ambiguous and…