I rise, as my colleagues have, to recognize the upcoming anniversary of the dynamic 4-H Youth Development Program. I congratulate the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Foley) for introducing H. Res. 112. For a century the 4-H club has offered a…

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…

I rise this evening as a member of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, as have many of my colleagues, to commemorate and affirm the Armenian Genocide, one of the darkest chapters of the 20th century. April 24, 1915, is remembered…

It is a pleasure for me to appear, Mr. Speaker, to express my support for this concurrent resolution. I want to thank my colleague, the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), for bringing the issue to the floor. I want to thank our ranking…

I wanted to come here on the floor to pay tribute to a woman who is a dear friend of mine and who is a mentor of mine. I am just so pleased and I want to commend the authors of this resolution for bringing it out on the floor. Dorothy…

Introduction of this bill represents a very strong bipartisan effort to assist small- and medium-sized businesses as they move their operations into an e-commerce environment. Enacted, this legislation will also improve the…

H.R. 2086 will maintain our global leadership in information technology and prioritize our Nation's basic IT research by authorizing funding for six agencies that are undertaking civilian IT research and development initiatives. One major…

last week I joined with my good friend and colleague, the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Maloney), in the introduction of H. Res. 414 to allow Federal funding of pluripotent stem cell research to help us further understand Parkinson's…

I want to encourage the conferees to maintain the many noncontroversial provisions in H.R. 2723 in the conference report, such as the requirements that managed care patients have access to emergency care without prior authorization; access…

this seemed like a good opportunity to call attention of this body to a bill that I think is worthy of consideration and passage. From Bangladesh to Guatemala, one of the most exciting strategies for fighting poverty in developing…

as we complete this week of business here in Congress, I wanted to remind my colleagues of a resolution I introduced a little earlier; it is H. Res. 309, because it is an important resolution expressing the sense of the House regarding…

I am pleased to offer H.R. 1551, which is entitled the Civil Aviation Research and Development Act of 1999, for its passage by the House today. Overall, the legislation after acceptance of the manager's amendment will authorize $208…

Passage of this amendment that has just been offered would prevent lawful permanent residents from making campaign contributions and expenditures to Federal elections. I want to explain, Mr. Chairman, what defines a legal permanent…

I just want to urge this body to recognize that these are lawful, permanent residents who are part of our communities. They are our neighbors; they are part of our work force. They engage in producing jobs for others, and I hope that we…

As a testament of the possibilities that dreams present to us, I rise this morning to speak on a resolution that I introduced which passed the House yesterday honoring a true American hero. After two frustrating but necessary delays…

two weeks ago we celebrated the 30th anniversary of a tremendous moment in our history. Who can forget that first message from the surface of another world spoken on the morning of July 20th thirty years ago: ``Houston, Tranquility Base…

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…

I wanted to make sure I came down to the floor of the House to be able to comment to this body about how important travel and tourism is, because every year more than 21 million visitors travel from every part of the country and the far…

I am pleased to join with some of my colleagues who have been here today to commemorate the Armenian genocide. This observance takes place every April, for it was in that month in 1915 that more than 200 Armenian religious, political and…

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, Rosa Parks, the mother of the civil rights movement, with one simple act of defiance in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks set off a revolution that made this country live up to its constitutional ideals. When Dr. Martin Luther…

5 years ago Congress passed the landmark Violence Against Women Act and changed the way this Nation addresses the crimes of domestic violence and sexual assault. Today, because of that, there are more investigations and prosecutions with…

Operation Respond is a nonprofit public-private partnership between railroads, motor carriers and America's emergency responders. Operation Respond allows emergency responders to determine whether or not there is hazardous material at an…