Norvell Emerson

I misspoke, and I need to make a correction for that. When I was quoting about the restrictions, the people who wanted to remove the restrictions, I meant to say it was a letter from the dissidents, the Cuban dissidents, to us. And also, I…

I am hopeful that we might have the opportunity in conference to clarify in the GAO study that prior to implementation, States would be required to submit to the Secretary of HHS the amounts they would propose to pay pharmacies under this…

If soft money is so corrupting, why then does the gentleman allow any soft money to be legal in this bill?

I feel very strongly about everything the gentlewoman is proposing. Perhaps in conference or in the Senate, perhaps someone can help us find the extra money. At this time I am afraid that I would not be doing right by my farmers, but I…

I have always loved that song of Johnny Cash, because it so symbolizes the importance of our American flag. It also reminds me of the time when my late husband Bill had just died and we were driving to the cemetery in Hillsboro and along…

The judge said that they hold that the Hatch-Waxman amendments that already exist to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act require the labeling be used, be given by the drug manufacturer to the generic which means then, or to the reimporter in…

Following the section that he read, there is then language that gives the Secretary very broad discretion in adding countries as she, or he in the future, whatever, may desire, subject to safety standards.

I commend the gentleman and appreciate very much his explanation of the whole issue of safety, because we have got to get a handle on this issue once and for all, and I cannot bear to tell my constituents one more time that if they go to…

How can the gentleman say there is no example if, in fact, two-thirds of my district was going to be tied up?

But the problem is, the problem that I have is that there was no community involvement whatsoever during the 2-year process that they were trying to make this designation, I suppose because there is really no authorization for it.

I guess I just look at it from the point of view of my constituents. The counties, the several counties that would be tied up in my district are those of the poorest part of my district where there is a great deal of unemployment and a…

Were the gentleman's local citizens included in the process? Which of his local constituents were?

However, Mr. Chairman, first of all, the buffer zone, which was much larger than the core area which would be designated by the Park Service and other land management people, is private land for the most part. I can assure the gentleman…

I know that it cannot technically be done, but let me tell the gentleman, I will share with the gentleman all of the proposals as they existed before they were pulled back by the Park Service and others, because there was such an outcry. I…

The Community Caring Council, which I mentioned as an entity in Cape Girardeau, has been in existence for some time, and other communities throughout southeast Missouri are emulating that entity, and I dare say that as other communities in…

I want to say this about the gentleman from Missouri. I have served here throughout his entire tenure in the House of Representatives, and if there is one thing for which the gentleman from southwest Missouri is noted, it is his integrity…

I would like to give him absolute assurance that it has absolutely nothing to do with the subject raised by the gentleman from Virginia.

This bill would transfer land currently under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management to the Forest Service. The land is currently being managed by the Forest Service. Another reason for the transfer is that the Penhody National…

But to have a dispute resolution wherein FERC has the final say, if this were a neutral dispute resolution process with an arbitrator or a mediator or something, someone not part of FERC, I would be more interested and enthusiastic, but to…

We have worked with the Western Governors. No, they have not signed off on it. We have given them every opportunity to be involved, and that is one of the reasons, quite frankly, for which there needs to be a dispute resolution. ... it has…

The object here is to establish a dispute resolution process. That is the intent of the amendment, to avoid duplicative efforts.

I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to offer this resolution expressing the sense of the Congress to address the serious issue of reforming our Federal disaster policy, and I outline a number of measures that should be taken to reform our Federal…

I have been somewhat amused sitting here listening to our colleagues on the minority side talking about open rules. I hope members of the American public know that we are in the process of reforming the Rules of the House of…

Mr. Chairman, I think the gentleman has offered here a very, very efficacious amendment, one that moved us in the right direction. One of the complaints that I hear most often as people are contemplating economic development and as…