Madam Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise to offer H.R. 1259, the Computer Security Enhancement Act of 2001. This legislation represents many years of bipartisan work of the Committee on Science. Over the years, the committee…

I want to applaud the hard work of the members of the committee under the leadership that they have enjoyed, and extend my appreciation for a job well done. Of particular interest to me are the appropriations for several critically…

I rise today in support of expressing our gratitude for postal workers that have done such an outstanding job of delivering mail during this time of national emergency. Indeed, with regard to this resolution, the Nation's postal workers…

the terrorist attacks of September 11 swept away our innocence and left us with grief and anger, anxiety and a resoluteness to make sure this does not happen again and to eradicate terrorism. I just listened to part of a special order that…

my amendment is just a simple sense of Congress that reaffirms our support for the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, which has been law since 1958. This law that we passed in 1958 intends to prevent the needless suffering of animals that…

Amendment offered by Mrs. Morella: At the end of title IX, insert the following new section: SEC. ____. ENFORCEMENT OF THE HUMANE METHODS OF SLAUGHTER ACT OF 1958. (a) Findings.--Congress finds as follows: (1) Public demand for passage of…

I certainly want to rise in strong support of memorializing fallen firefighters by lowering the American flag to half-staff in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Emittsburg, Maryland. These brave men and women…

I also think this is an appropriate time to publicly thank once again members of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, which we call the Control Board. The Control Board has played a pivotal…

It has been 9 long years since the District of Columbia passed the Health Care Benefits Expansion Act. The locally approved law has never taken effect, however, because each year Congress has banned the use of Federal or local money to…

This legislation, the District of Columbia Family Court Act of 2001, is the product of a lot of collaboration, a lot of discussion, and lot of debate; but I think the final product is one that we can all be proud of. The Family Division of…

Yesterday I examined the war-torn Pentagon site, the lingering scent of smoke, the ruins of a building, the courageous rescue workers, including the Montgomery County, Maryland Search and Rescue Team. Tonight, as this debate was taking…

Mr. Speaker, this morning, Americans awoke to discover the nightmare of September 11, 2001, was a reality. It was a day of infamy. Never before have we as a Nation experienced such aggression on our own shores which targeted innocent…

I urge this body to vote in support of the Boehlert-Markey amendment. We heard that earlier this week the National Academy of Sciences issued their long-awaited report which concluded that technologies currently exist which can help our…

Mr. Speaker, lately we have been hearing many reports about the human capital crisis affecting our civil service. Many of our best Federal employees are leaving for the private sector, with better pay and better benefits that are available…

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. Chairman, I move to strike the last word and to lend my support to the Treasury-Postal appropriations bill before us that we are now debating and discussing. Although I unfortunately was not able to be on the floor during general…

This amendment is going to provide $20 million in much-needed added resources for the fight against tuberculosis globally. We have all heard tuberculosis is one of the world's deadliest diseases, killing over 2 million people worldwide…

the city of Washington, the Nation, and the people around the world who appreciate an independent and vigorous free press lost a true pioneer this week when Katharine Graham, former publisher of The Washington Post, died at age 84. Much…

I rise in support of the remarks of the gentleman from Massachusetts regarding the invaluable service of Women's Business Centers and the need to fund the program at the authorized levels of $13.7 million. As of 1999, there were 9.1…

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…

I rise, Mr. Speaker, to honor and praise our good friend, Joe Moakley, a great man, a great leader. He was a man who literally gave a lifetime of service, a patriot, a public servant, a dear friend. He enlisted in the Navy at the age of…

I rise in support of an extension of section 245(i) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act. In fact, on May 3, 2001, Congressman Gutierrez and I introduced H.R. 1713 which would permanently extend this critical section. The 245(i)…

I join so many of my colleagues in opposing this Hyde amendment, which would impose a gag rule on critical international family planning funds. Mr. Chairman, I do not know what we are hearing, because the taxpayers' dollars have never been…

this week all around the country Americans are preparing for a time-honored tradition. This tradition is as apple pie as America; it is what we have come to know as Mother's Day. Mother's Day is not just a day when we honor mothers, we…

I rise as a cosponsor of H. Con. Res. 108 to congratulate the National Science Foundation on 50 years of exemplary service. From its rocky start and meager initial budgets, the NSF has bloomed into a shining example of government success…