John Joseph Moakley

Mr. Speaker, most of the things that this bill does are excellent. It authorizes $10.4 billion for the next 2 fiscal years for our Federal Aviation Administration. These are people in charge of our air traffic control, air routes and…

Mr. Speaker, this bill is a very very bad idea. It gives the Republican leadership carte blanche to bring up just about anything they want just about whenever they want. It is a very powerful tool and I urge my colleagues to oppose it. Now…

Mr. Speaker, some events took place in this very building last night regarding terrorism, and they are not over yet. A lot of Members probably do not realize it but at midnight last night, under cover of darkness, there were some…

I am sure that the gentleman is aware that Reebok has ceased buying soccer balls from anybody that hires children.

on behalf of the 4.2 million Americans who work for the minimum wage, I want to say: it's about time. The minimum wage in the United States has not been raised in more than 6 years. For that reason, I congratulate my Republican colleagues…

Today 9 million children depend upon Aid to Families With Dependent Children for their survival. When we are talking about reforming welfare, we are talking about these 9 million American children, and we need to be very, very careful on…

I would say also the employer would tend to give the extra time to the fellow who takes comp time rather than the overtime, so if you say, ``I want overtime,'' they probably will not be designated as the fellow who is going to work.

Mr. Speaker, my colleague can be outraged but the fact of the matter is that with this piece of legislation, this is a repeal of the 40-hour workweek. Make no mistake about it. It is a reward to the rich special interests. That is what…

We all hear stories about abuse of welfare, but all I want is for everybody in this Chamber to realize that 2 out of every 3 people on welfare are children. I think that is a fact that we overlook too often. We hear all the stories about…

Mr. Speaker, I just cannot think why we could not be talking about getting the water cleaned up in this country right now, why we could not be getting the Kennedy-Kassebaum health bill before us right now, why we could not get the minimum…

I feel strongly that the CDC should actively pursue a public information campaign to meet the rapid growth in public inquiries about liver disease.

I understand from the private organizations which are trying to respond to the public's need for information about liver disease that they have experienced a fourfold increase in public inquiries about liver disease from patients, family…

Mr. Speaker, I want to make something perfectly clear, we are voting on this recess rule because, once again, the Republicans have not done their job. This rule will waive provisions of law that require the Congress to get its work done…

Mr. Speaker, I want to make two things clear at the beginning of this debate. First of all, the people's Republic of China has one of the worst human rights records in the world. The unconscionable mistreatment of the Chinese citizens is…

I just want to read from the record before the Committee on Rules. The gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Solomon] says: Any other questions of the witness? Mr. Linder (questioning): ``Will capital gains cuts come in next?'' Mr. Kasich…

the President said ``Wisconsin has the makings of a solid, bold welfare reform plan.'' He did not say he would sign the waivers sight unseen, without a public comment period. This process is wrong, plain and simply. Vote for the Kleczka…

I am just talking about statements made here that are not completely true. To say that the waivers are listed in the Congressional Record and all you find when you look are titles of waivers and no explanation, I just think that is not…

In referring to the gentleman from Wisconsin who just took a seat, I think if he looks, and unless I am mistaken, the matter that appeared in the Congressional Record of June 4, was just listing the title of the waivers. There was no…

Mr. Speaker, I was hoping that my Republican colleagues would have learned their lesson. I was hoping that after the resounding "no" they got in response to their last budget that cut Medicare to pay for tax breaks for the very rich, my…

Mr. Speaker, once again the House Democrats are going to try it again. Today we are going to try for the fifth time this year, the fifth time this year, to give 12 million hardworking Americans a long overdue pay raise. We are hoping that…

Mr. Speaker, all over the country today we should be hearing a sigh of relief. The 6-month anxiety we've been feeling about possible Government shutdowns has come to an end. The bill we will vote on today will make it impossible for my…

Mr. Speaker, the gentleman, my colleague, my friend, is right. Maybe we should have addressed minimum wage. But as he knows, we had other things on our pallet. We had the health care bill that took a lot of time. We had the budget bill. We…

But the gentleman from Colorado will agree that the Speaker said he is not going to allow the minimum wage to come to the floor, so will the gentleman tell me how else we can get it to the floor? The fact is he knows and I know this is a…

Mr. Speaker, this rule waiving the two-thirds requirement for same day consideration of a bill will finally enable the House to bring up the omnibus appropriations bill. After 6 months of waiting for my Republican colleagues to pass the 13…

I am thrilled. I cannot believe what I have just heard. My good friend from Massachusetts, is the gentleman in fact suggesting that we bypass the committee process and bring directly to the floor his particular amendment? I think this is…