John Joseph Moakley: “Is it not true, I ask the chairman, that when you were in front of the Committee on Rules you said that the LIHEAP…”

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

There was an additional $5 billion added that was not in the bill when we heard it.

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…

While the amendment purports to be about bank customer privacy, in reality it will significantly undermine the crucial law enforcement tool, the Bank Secrecy Act. The amendment would eliminate the mandatory reporting of suspicious…