Earl Pomeroy

I further hope that we will be joined by a sufficient number of Republicans who understand that it is time to act.

I hope all minority members who have yet to sign will join me in this action.

Because the indefinite House delay is irresponsible and very unfortunate I am signing the discharge petition.

The Senate has acted. The American people want Congress to act.

I am disappointed the majority leadership has broken its commitment to have House action on this matter this week.

I am signing the discharge petition for the purpose of forcing floor consideration of the Patient's Bill of Rights.

I am reluctantly voting yes on H.R. 10. It needs work--a lot of work--in conference committee to fully establish functional regulation of insurance in state insurance departments. In light of assurances I have received from the Banking…

The legislation he has advanced I believe goes a long way to expanding retirement income security for Americans. I am proud to be a cosponsor.

I would like to personally thank the Senators from North Dakota, Senator Kent Conrad and Senator Dorgan and their very capable staff, as well as North Dakota's State engineer and counsel, for their tireless work on the extraordinary…

In addition to meeting the State and the Indian reservation's comprehensive and future water needs, this act involves significant environmental achievements.

This would provide $200 million for the State to choose the method of delivering Missouri River water to the Red River Valley.

Additionally, authorization for irrigation on the reservations is included in this legislation, along with a provision which gives tribes the flexibility to determine which sites to irrigate within the reservation.

To meet cities and towns' needs for safe water, the act authorizes $300 million for municipal, rural, and industrial water systems (MR&I) projects.

The Dakota Water Resources Act amends the Garrison Diversion Reformulation act of 1986 and would refocus the project from large-scale irrigation to the delivery of safe water.

Without a dependable source of quality water the State's potential for economic development will be crippled.

This bill represents an unprecedented agreement among North Dakota's congressional delegation, the States' elected leaders and a variety of State organizations.

Well, they run considerably more than that. In fact, the least expensive individual account structure could be brought on line potentially for 8 percent, 800 times what we are presently paying; and a more likely scenario could be 30 to 40…

That is precisely correct. The gentlewoman is exactly right. These earlier studies have been flawed, and they are being corrected by a spate of recent studies done by all perspectives out there analyzing this very important issue. I cite…

The administrative cost under Social Security is under 1 percent. It is truly the most efficient mechanism of getting benefits available to Americans.

Reclaiming my time. Let me really take issue with the gentleman from Florida from the majority when he says that the Budget Act has been fully complied with. It has not. There is a procedure. The procedure is, first of all, the House and…

I have a question on that specific point, because the Budget Act provides a way for the appropriations process to go forward in the absence of a budget resolution. It requires a letter from the chairman, and that is specifically provided…

Speaking to the crop insurance and ag research portions of this bill, Mr. Speaker, the one way we pass this today and ensure its enactment is to pass the conference report, the one adopted by the Senate by 92 votes. The Committee on Rules…

Those provisions do not begin to have the clarity the motion to recommit offers. While the gentleman does talk about some consensus effort within the committee, in fact there was a protracted debate in the committee and a voice vote where…

I would point to page 4 of the bill, lines 22 through 25, as addressing the violation or violations of Internal Revenue law or laws asserting the assessment or collection of any tax debt, revenue or receipt, and the provision of ERISA to…

I have another issue that I will raise in that respect, but I would love the clarification, that ERISA in total is not subject to the act. That is not my understanding.