I appreciate my colleagues who have joined me this evening to share their concerns about this issue and offer practical solutions to the problem. Before I close, I would like to discuss a couple of measures that are or have the capacity to…

I believe this is one of the singular, most important issues next to the development of the homeland department, is to make sure that this coordination of information happens. We know first hand in Portland, Maine, where a couple of the…

I am pleased that we will be passing legislation today to authorize vital funding for our state and local public health systems. Recognizing the difficulties facing our state and local governments and health facilities following the…

I want to also thank the ranking member, the chairman of the committee, and the membership of the committee for their fine work. I think that they have, under very difficult circumstances, gone about doing the work that is important to the…

Mr. Speaker, this is much needed. It is something that should be done as soon as possible and we can begin implementing it immediately, so we can expand the confidence that flyers have in our aviation system. It is an important, integral…

I rise in strong support, as a cosponsor of the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Sherwood), along with the other Members who are signing onto this, and the over 160 Members, and counting, of this House of…

I want to compliment both the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Combest) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm) for doing a wonderful job in working this piece of legislation. As a Member of the committee these last four terms and working on…

America was changed forever on Tuesday morning. Every one of us has been deeply affected by the terror attack on our Nation. Virtually all of us know someone or know of someone who was directly impacted. Yesterday, I visited the Pentagon…

I have long supported the efforts of Mr. Norwood to reform managed care. Unfortunately, I cannot support my friend's lastest legislative effort on this issue. Instead, I remain strongly in favor of the Ganske-Dingell-Berry bill, H.R. 2563…

this issue is a very important issue to almost every Member of this Chamber, if not every Member of this Chamber, regardless of party. This issue of special education funding is something that we have worked at bipartisanly and in special…

I would like to also compliment the bipartisan leadership in bringing this bill to this particular point, and in recognizing that it has traveled many miles. One particular mile left to go is as it pertains to special education. I disagree…

I am outraged by the unprecedented rule that has been developed for consideration of the Shays-Meehan campaign finance reform legislation. I have never before seen a rule that divides a Manager's Amendment into 14 separate provisions and…

this is really an unfortunate circumstance that we are being forced as citizens of our country to have to reimport drugs that are manufactured in our country under our country's supervision in FDA-approved laboratories, but in order to be…

with the continuation of rolling blackouts and skyrocketing energy costs, we need to address our country's energy problems now. In the short term, we need a solution that provides much- needed price relief for consumers to outrageously…

we recognize that the interest of the public have not been represented. If we look at this proposal that has been put forward by the administration where it talks about just the supply, it talks about drilling in the Arctic National…

it is my honor to welcome His Beatitude, Metropolitan Stephan to the United States House of Representatives and to thank him for offering a very thoughtful prayer this morning. I appreciate his willingness to visit Congress and share those…

I rise in support of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act. The legislation has been a product of a lot of hard work over several years, and the reforms are a long time in coming. But between now and when the committee dealt with it, it…

Mr. Speaker, recognizing that as we get down to the final days of this session and the need and interest to be able to discuss and debate and to analyze these issues, as we move these things along, we want to make sure that we do move…

This is a serious national problem stretching coast to coast. This needs to be reauthorized. In my own State of Maine, we needed to undertake a raising of the priority of this into a crime and recognizing with law enforcement and court…

Their experience is that they paid $400 or $500 for what would be $1,000 in this country. It is no different than what has been happening in agriculture with the pesticides and other types of products that are manufactured in this country…

in closing, I just want to first of all say that we are not under any illusions that all of a sudden one amendment is going to turn things around, but I believe that it is like many things, that it sends a message out, and from a million…

But the research is not being done. The resources are being either clear-cut or overharvested, which is creating ripple impacts, which I know the gentleman cares about, in natural resources and in the quality of the environment. In order…

Mr. Speaker, this rule is a terrible rule. The rule does not recognize alternatives. It does not recognize the importance of this debate. For instance, in rural Maine, there is no private insurance market and no matter how high we pile the…

Mr. Speaker, the Joint Tax Committee estimates that only 2 percent of all estates will pay estate taxes. Only 3 percent of that 2 percent are estates where family-owned businesses and farms make up more than half the value of the estate…