John Joseph Moakley: “Just to even it out, I know the gentleman from Mississippi is a veteran. I am a veteran, disabled veteran, so we know…”

Mr. Speaker, I urge defeat of the previous question. If the previous question is defeated, I will offer an amendment to the rule to require that Congress first adopt the budget resolution for fiscal year 2002 before the House takes up this…

Mr. Speaker, this veterans health care bill is bipartisan, and it deserves all of our complete support. Many parts of our country have far fewer veterans hospitals than they actually need; and veterans who live in those areas, particularly…

I am talking about what is not in the bill, and what is not in the bill is going to help protect the lives and safety of the people in the Northeast. Two years ago, we had an elderly couple freeze to death because they did not have money…

Mr. Speaker, as most people know, the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution ended prohibition. It also bestowed upon the States the authority to write their own liquor laws. The problem, Mr. Speaker, is there is no interstate…