Jon L. Christensen

do we not value all of this country's children and families? This body has shortchanged our children too often this year, and it is adding up to a heavy burden on their families, all to make the wealthiest in this country richer…

H.R. 2210 would dismantle Head Start and take dedicated teachers from the children and families who depend on them.

A little over a month ago, I rose to urge the passage of H.R. 1298 because of the moral imperative for Congress to act and take an affirmative step towards fighting AIDS globally, particularly in Africa and the Caribbean. We may not be…

Mr. Speaker, later this week, the House is poised to reauthorize one of this country's most significant programs. For over 3 decades, this program, Head Start, has given more than 20 million children a chance to succeed in school by…

we know that September 11 was now almost 2 years ago, and that my country has a limited attention span. Even so, I cannot believe that 2 weeks after a bipartisan report told us that we are terribly unprepared for a bioterrorism attack…

this body should be ashamed of itself. The healthcare and education of the citizens and residents of this country are in a stranglehold because of a greedy oversized tax cut, and we couldn't even vote to consider reducing it by just a…

as a mother of a teacher, and the granddaughter of one of my district's most noteworthy educators, I rise today in support of H.R. 438, the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act. Our teachers lay the foundation for our future, and must be…

this week the Senate will take up their malpractice bill. This is a critical issue for physicians; and it should provide real relief, not just be a political tool. Like the one the House passed, all the Republican bill in the other body…

Mr. Speaker, I want to say something briefly about three different issues because of the tremendous and tragic toll they have taken on the people of the countries involved, because they are representative of the challenges facing Africa…

Mr. Speaker, the Office of Advocacy serves a critical role to our Nation's entrepreneurs. It is a lone voice in the executive branch making sure that our Federal agencies take a step back and consider the needs of small businesses. By…

No one disputes the accomplishments and the importance of the Office of Advocacy. Just as the role of small business is more critical during an economic downturn, so is the need for an independent Office of Advocacy. To achieve the goal of…

with 12 peaks soaring to more than 12,000 feet, 17 species of carnivores, more than 100 lakes, the headquarters of the Columbia River System, and more than 190 inches of annual snowfall, it would be difficult to find a place more beautiful…

H.R. 255, introduced by the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter), is a fairly simple and straightforward piece of legislation. The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center is being developed in Nebraska City, Nebraska; and the local county…

I am also pleased to rise in support of H.R. 856, legislation introduced by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm), that would provide financial relief to the Tom Green Water District in Texas. Persistent drought continues to devastate…

it is hard to understand just what the White House and the leadership of this Congress have against the poor folk in this country and the millions who have lost jobs because of the mess they have made of the economy. Just look at the…

the reauthorization of the ``Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act'' is critical to solving our nation's economic slump. The unemployment rate rose to 6.0 percent in April and the number of unemployed persons increased to 8.8…

I rise today to urge for the passage of H.R. 1298, and I want to commend my colleagues Barbara Lee and Tom Lantos, as well as Chairman Hyde and the entire CBC for getting us to where we are today. The White House has also come a long way…

I just had to come over and join the gentlewoman on the floor here tonight because the problems of Haiti and the obstacles that we have been facing together that the gentlewoman has led us through so steadfastly continue to plague that…

I rise in support of Title VIII of H.R. 6, the Insular Areas Energy Security Act and I want to thank the Chairman of the Resources Committee, Mr. Pombo and especially the Ranking Member, Mr. Rahall. While I am pleased that H.R. 6 includes…

Last year with the help of Congressman J.C. Watts and many others, we passed a sense of Congress that April should be Minority Health Month. There have already been many conferences, briefings and other activities to call attention to the…

the McLoughlin House National Historic Site in Oregon honors the achievements of John McLoughlin, commonly referred to as the ``Father of Oregon.'' The site has been preserved and managed by the McLoughlin Memorial Association since its…

I want to begin by first thanking the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Turner) for his leadership on the select committee and for this opportunity to draw attention to the critical issues of homeland security. And I also want to take the…

As stated by the previous speakers, the overall purpose of this legislation is to resolve a long-standing error that included a preexisting concession known as Walters Camp within the original 1964 public land withdrawal that created the…

H.R. 5 is but another wolf in lamb's clothing pretending to help doctors and patients, but really only helping the large healthcare corporations while doing nothing to help lift the malpractice burden from doctors and other providers or to…

as you know, I am a family physician, and I rise tonight to speak about an issue that is critically important to the viability of the health care system in this country. In addition to the impact of many millions of uninsured on the…