Cass Ballenger: “For the gentlewoman's benefit, I want to note that North Carolina will lose about 19,100 jobs, probably from the eastern…”

I have continually criticized the Norwood-Dingell-Ganske bill because of the liability language which threatens the employer-based system of health care. The Norwood amendment excludes employers from being held liable for selecting a…

I am a senior citizen. I actually am that proper age and have Medicare and each night I use Zocor and Cardura and Claritin D and Timoptin, but I pay for them myself. We in Congress earn over $130,000 per year. We should not receive…

On October 12, 2000, 10 men, including five Americans, were abducted from an Ecuadorean oil field. On January 31, 2001, Ron Sander of Sunrise Beach, Missouri, was brutally murdered by his captors. The hostages spent 141 days in captivity…

I am privileged to speak today in honor of my friend, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Sam Johnson). The gentleman is one of the kindest, most thoughtful human beings I know, a principled and unwaivering man. He fights like a lion for what he…