Connie Morella

Mr. Speaker, we know we have a problem with math and science education in this country. Our students perform poorly compared with our international counterparts, and the gap appears to be widening. Most recently, the Glenn Commission…

Mr. Speaker, the Court's opinion in Brown v. Board of Education has touched the lives of all of us. I urge all Members to support this legislation. I just want to comment on the fact that my first teaching assignment in Maryland was during…

What was once considered a rare disease affecting one in 10,000 children now, as we have heard now, is estimated to affect one in 500 children, some say one in 250, in the United States. Over 500,000 people in the United States today have…

Each day in our Nation's over 700 government laboratories, Mr. Speaker, new innovations are created by our hard-working Federal scientists to meet the mission of that laboratory. There are instances, however, when these government-owned…

I will say we will always know what we did here by virtue of reauthorizing this Violence Against Women Act. Indeed, the gentleman from Illinois (Chairman Hyde) has really been the leader of a number of champions and a champion himself to…

I cannot help but be moved by what I hear about Bishop Turner, and I am very pleased that we have before us this naming post office bill for Bishop Turner, a man who was early on demonstrative of great courage, conviction, equality for…

I am pleased to comment this evening to this body on the 10th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act. I want to make a quote: ``I now lift my pen to sign the Americans With Disabilities Act and say, let the shameful wall of…

I urge my colleagues obviously to support this bill, H.R. 4807, unanimously. What the bill does is it reauthorizes and enhances care and treatment programs vital to the health and survival of Americans with HIV and AIDS. HIV/AIDS is not a…

The majority of private sector companies do provide paid leave to their employees, but the Federal Government does not. In fact, the Federal Government does not provide its workers with any paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child…

Quite frankly, I am in support of the Davis-Moran amendment. We fully agree, I think, on this floor that the Federal Government should do business with ethical and law-abiding companies, and that is why Congress, working with the Office of…

H. Con. Res. 300 recognizes our hard-working Federal workers for their successful efforts in preparing our Nation from any catastrophic Year 2000 disruptions. The fact that our Nation's Federal systems were able to operate unimpeded by Y2K…

The funding increase which we propose will strengthen our efforts to combat the spread of this deadly disease.

I want to particularly thank the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Brown) for initiating this amendment.

I am proud to join with the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Gekas) in renewing our bipartisan commitment to double the funding for the National Institutes of Health over a 5-year period. Madam Speaker, the NIH has been called "the only…

This legislation would bolster two critical components of Federal employees' retirement benefits, the Thrift Savings Plan. The Thrift Savings Plan is critical for all Federal employees but is particularly important for those employees…

Mr. Speaker, I wish the 7-year-old child of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. McHale) could have heard him this evening. And, indeed, I hope the gentleman will save the Congressional Record that will have ensconced the speech that he…

Mr. Speaker, thousands of Americans die every year and thousands more suffer unnecessarily because of the current shortage of transplantable organs and tissues. Kidneys are the most needed organs for transplantation, accounting for 69…

I introduced this bill so that agencies may use their salary and expense accounts to help low-income Federal employees pay for child care. Balancing work and family has become increasingly difficult for families, and Federal employees are…

FEHBP is an outstanding program, but even among the best programs, there is always room for improvement. The FEHBP is critically important to my constituents, and it is the country's largest employer-based health insurance program, serving…

By matching the funding for Operation Respond to last year's levels, we can help this very important program achieve a realistic goal of expanding installations to an estimated 2,000 Emergency Respond dispatch centers across the country…

I just wanted to add my thanks, also, and appreciation for all that Meg has done for all of us. She has been a real pillar of perseverance, of patience, when she has been there to witness our deliberations. She has been a rock of…

I know there are some differences of opinion in this Chamber and they are well founded, but all of us feel that there should not be improper takings. We have had a number of opinions on it. Therefore, this amendment should be right in…

I understand that many cellular subscribers find it advantageous to have two cellular phones with the same number. In this way, someone trying to reach a subscriber need only dial one number and the subscriber will be able to receive the…

The decision to impeach a President is among the most solemn responsibilities that we in Congress will ever face and one over which I have long agonized

I did not know Walter Capps very well. I served on the Committee on Science with him, and I found him to be a very honorable, fair, gentle man who cared about issues, who was dedicated to public service, to his country, his community, his…