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this is ``Cover the Uninsured Week'' and there have been press events--and I guess you can call them rallies-- around the country designed to inform America about the problem of the uninsured. I guess I am glad that is happening. It seems…
I want to place this debate in historical context. The tradition of the Senate has been to confirm judicial nominations of the President if the nominees were competent, if they were qualified, if they were honest, if they had a record and…
I want to read an editorial from the February 18 issue of the Washington Post. It sums up the case better than or as well as I can: The Senate has recessed without voting on the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
When I was growing up, there was a tradition in the Senate that I observed as an outsider, of course, about how the Senate handled its constitutional function of giving advice and consent for presidential nominees. The Senate pretty much…
I wonder if my colleague read the statement by former Congressman Herman Badillo from New York who called the opposition to block Mr. Estrada ``grandstanding'' and ``this treatment of Mr. Estrada is demeaning and unfair not only to the…
I rise first of all in support of the Estrada nomination and to say a word or two about it. Mr. Estrada's qualifications are excellent. I reviewed them the other day and it struck me that the man is so smart it is almost scary: Harvard Law…
I thought if it would facilitate the passage of legislation that meant really good things for a whole lot of American people that we ought to try to do it. And we have a conference report and on the surface of it it has a lot of things…
Not only is small business the backbone of the economy, as Members have said so eloquently today, but it is increasingly the backbone of opportunity. It may be the only source of opportunity for so many people in our country: for single…
The purpose of the bill, Mr. Chairman, is very simple. It is to ensure that the Small Business Administration has sufficient information concerning the impact of contract consolidation, or bundling, on small businesses. H.R. 4945 mandates…
an independent political group is running a television ad in Kansas City, Missouri, that is causing controversy that I want to comment on for my 1-minute. According to the Washington Post, an actress in the ad portrays a mother who removed…
I wonder if he has had this experience that I have had. Small businesses come to me and say, well, okay, they will say, it is okay because you are a subcontractor, and I have had a lot of minority small businesses in particular tell me…
I will say to the Members of this House this is deja vu all over again. It is the second time I have stood up in support of this bill. I think it is worth it. I want to compliment the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. Jones) on her remarks. Let…
But let me just say that the part of the bill that he is referring to is a provision that simply allows faith-based drug and alcohol counseling groups to participate in Federal programs in this sense, that a voucher would be given to…
It's good to see these individuals taking time to educate our colleagues on the values and principles of osteopathic medicine.
I congratulate the American Osteopathic Association on its 103 years of service to osteopathic physicians and their patients.
I am fortunate to represent the State of Missouri, which is the home of osteopathic medicine.
Finally, Mr. Chairman, I want to urge my colleagues to support H.R. 3843. It has become a truism up here that small business is the backbone of the economy, and it is. It is also the backbone of our communities. If you look and see who is…
I am hopeful that with seven of the fourteen slots on the IRSAC now being held by small business owners that these men and women will offer guidance and a real life perspective to the decision-making process that affects more than 12…
I am especially pleased by the fact that seven of the new IRSAC members are small business owners.
As a Member of Congress who attends many town hall meetings, women in chamber and business roundtable events back home, I can tell you that this is definitely an area where the IRS has plenty of room for improvement.
As Chairman of the House Committee on Small business, I ask all of you to join me in offering not only our congratulations but our appreciation to these men and women--the small business owners like Roy Quick--who every day are working to…
For too long, small business owners have not had a seat at the table when talking about the complex regulatory and tax issues that leave them in a quagmire of compliance paperwork.
Physical activity is an important component of the health and development of our future generation, and I hope you will join me in commending these schools for their dedication to quality physical education.
The Presidential Physical Fitness Award is a prestigious accomplishment, and in the 1998-1999 school year more than two million children nationwide earn this award.
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