John Joseph Moakley: “Paul was a leader, tried and true. But Paul led with compassion.”

Paul Patrick Coughlin was an outstanding gentleman whose loyalty, warmth, and kindness touched the lives of many, many people in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

I rise this afternoon to remember a very dear friend and to mark the six month anniversary of his passing, April 23, 1999.

Mr. Speaker, just about everybody agrees we should get rid of the marriage tax. We just disagree on how to do it. Democrats want to target marriage tax cuts to working families, the people that really need it. We want to make sure we fix…

the bill before us contains technical corrections and clarifications to the H1-B visa legislation which passed the House by voice vote on Wednesday and the Senate 96 to 1. This bill will increase the H1-B visa fee which will be used to…