Norvell Emerson

I want to thank Chairman Combest and Ranking Member Stenholm for working endlessly on the Farm Security Act of 2001. I want them to know that I think they have done a superb job. I think it is an excellent bill. The producers in my…

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 do not think that the current farm bill or the newly written Farm Security Act, while substantially increasing the funds for rural development, quite frankly, they do not go far enough. As one who represents the largest district…

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…

Mr. Speaker, again I would like to thank our colleagues and all of us and the many, many colleagues on both sides of the aisle who have been original cosponsors of this resolution. It is so important; and so many of our constituents around…

tonight, America is united in mourning those lost in the faceless and cowardly attacks on Americans in our nation. During this most difficult time, our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, families, law enforcement, and medical…

I rise in support of the Gutknecht amendment. Let me say as one of the Members of the subcommittee who tried to shepherd through last year's reimportation bill, I find it incredulous that every single person who has spoken today against…

I want to join with the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), my good friend, to talk about the global food for our education bill, and also to thank the gentleman for doing such a tremendous job in leading the charge forward on…

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 am going to address specifically the issue of drug reimportation. Let me say from the outset that I do not think that there is any colleague of mine who believes that reimportation is the only way that we bring lower-cost prescription…

I want to rise today in support of the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government appropriations bill. I really want to congratulate the chairman and ranking member, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), and their staffs for the…

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…

let me close by commenting on the remarks of our colleague, the gentleman from Colorado. As the cochairman of the Rural Caucus with my very dear friend, the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Mrs. Clayton), I am a little taken aback. It…

first I really want to commend the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Knollenberg) for the tremendous job he has done in taking the lead on this issue and also say that, as one who has been working fervently to make certain that the Kyoto…

I speak in support today of H.R. 3639, designating the Harry S. Truman Federal Building. I really want to commend the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton) who is a very dear, close personal friend. He has worked tirelessly over the past…

it is with pleasure that I speak in support of this essential Children's Health Act of 2000. There are many of us who have worked very hard to get to this day, and I applaud the Commerce Committee and Mr. Bilirakis and Mr. Brown for…

Mr. Chairman, I want to also rise in opposition to this amendment that would severely undermine the USDA's Wildlife Services Program. While I do not have a district out in the West but rather in the Midwest, it is very rural, and it is…

whether you were at the game or enjoying the moment elsewhere with family and friends, on the evening of Tuesday, September 8, 1998, America witnessed a milestone. As my hometown newspaper, the Southeast Missourian printed Wednesday…

I am proud to support House Resolution 139, the dollars to the classroom resolution. I commend the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Pitts], the sponsor; the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling] and the Committee on Education and the…

I applaud the work of the gentleman from California [Mr. Thomas] and the Subcommittee on Health to save Medicare from bankruptcy. This was not an easy task and they are to be commended for developing a sound bipartisan bill for America's…

Dear Congresswoman Emerson: I write to convey the National Rural Health Association's (NRHA) strong support for your proposed amendment to H.R. 2264, the Fiscal Year 1998 Labor- HHS-Education Appropriations bill. The amendment, which calls…

Mr. Chairman, I am sorry I missed part of this debate, but let me talk about a specific example of a Man and the Biosphere reserve program that had been set up in my district in Missouri. It was called the Ozark Highlands Man in the…

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.

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