Today I intended to offer an amendment to fund the fight against mosquito borne illnesses such as the West Nile virus. However, due to the agreement for limited debate on the Labor-HHS Appropriations legislation I was not able to offer the…

I strongly support a drug benefit in Medicare. And in some aspects, the Democrats have won because it has not been that long ago, just a few short years, that the Republicans wanted to take a privatized outside-of-Medicare, a drug benefit…

A ``no'' vote on this amendment is a ``yes'' vote for energy security and the families of America. Mr. Chairman, high natural gas prices are hurting consumers and businesses all over America. As Members know, natural gas is increasingly…

Mr. Chairman, last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the largest fuel economy increase for light trucks in over 20 years. After studying the cost, safety, technological features, the effect on American jobs…

Mr. Chairman, frivolous lawsuits against gun manufacturers jeopardize a legitimate, legal, and I underscore and repeat, legal industry which is worth billions of dollars to our national economy. I cannot in good conscience support any of…

I would like to give an overview who are the Blue Dog Democrats. Members might have heard several times about our group and how active we are, but we are a group of 33 individual Members of Congress from all over the country. We come from…

I congratulate both the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Tauzin), chairman of the full committee, and the ranking member, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell), and also the subcommittee chairman and ranking member, the gentleman from…

I rise to oppose the gentleman from California's price cap amendment. Albert Einstein is quoted as saying that the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over and over again searching for different results. The history of…

while I rise in opposition to the Markey- Johnson amendment, I appreciate the Committee on Rules making it in order that we can have a good debate on this very important issue. As a former member of the House Committee on Resources, I had…

There is bipartisan, bicameral, universal support for a marriage penalty tax deduction or tax decrease. The President has it in his budget, the Democrats have it in their recommittal substitute that we will see tomorrow, the Republicans…

In short, my State is knowingly leaving money on the table in order to make a good faith effort to resolve this issue.

The State of Louisiana and the Federal Government have a long history of working together to develop our abundant natural resources in a cooperative manner that protects our unique habitat and spurs economic development.

Why would we encourage the construction and operation of more oil and gas wells in U.S. waters than are necessary?

After more than a decade, it is time for the federal government to settle this outstanding obligation and, at the same time, protect the rights of my home State.

Unfortunately, this authorization has never been satisfied and my home state has lost literally millions of dollars as a result.

It is important to note that during the 4-year period of study, the federal lessee continued to drain the sacred reservoir and actually continued to drain the field until the Federal wells ceased producing in 1998.

I am pleased to say that I rise in support of H.R. 2559 and that it addresses most of the needs of my constituents in south Louisiana. Moreover, it is a tremendous improvement from the current program. As you know, Mr. Chairman, many of my…

it is with true pleasure that I stand up here today to talk about a program that is so important to America, and that is our Social Security program. I come from southwest Louisiana, Cajun country, bordered on the west by the State of…

I believe, as you have heard over the last hour, that there is nothing more important that we can leave the next generations of Americans than paying off the debt that we have strapped them with in today's economy, and we do that starting…

Only twice in the last 40 years, just twice, in 1960, the year I was born, and in 1969, have we balanced our budget. I believe that today we stand here on the brink of a new millennium but also the brink of a very historic moment for the…