Rob Andrews

I do oppose his bill, however, for three important reasons. The first is the bill is reminiscent, to me, of American history from the 1930s, when President Franklin Roosevelt was unhappy with some of the results he was getting from the…

I say to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Norwood) who said that any Member here who does not support the working families who run small businesses should be ashamed of themselves, the gentleman is right. We all should support such…

I assume the gentleman's question was not rhetorical. What we have to fear, we should listen to the advice of attorneys general and Governors and insurance commissioners from around the country who say we have to fear this: we have to fear…

I also want to echo the comments of the chairman regarding the staff on both sides, here in the House and the other body. Staff put in innumerable hours, did very high-quality work on both sides, and we are very grateful to each of these…

It seems like the things that we never quite get around to are the ones that most benefit the working people of the country. We never quite get around to extending unemployment benefits. We never quite get around to consideration of…

Mr. Speaker, I do want to begin by thanking the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Boehner) who very ably and fairly chaired this conference and for all the participants and staff who worked very hard in the conference and did yeomen's work on both…

in October 2002, I voted to authorize the use of force to remove Saddam Hussein, and I would again. I think it was the right decision for this country. I agree with the resolution statement that the world is safer with the removal of this…

I respectfully believe that he is in error in two points in criticizing the amendment. First, he says that my amendment imposes regulation on the food industry; that is not the case. It provides the industry with a choice. If it chooses to…

the rationale of the underlying bill, with which I disagree, but the rationale of the underlying bill is that educated and knowing consumers who make a choice as to what they eat are responsible for the consequences of what they eat. So…

I think the Founding Fathers would be appalled that we were invading the 10th amendment purview of the States to determine these questions and imposing this standard for reasons that are lost on me.

I must begin by thanking the staff of the House of Representatives for enduring these long nights so we have a chance to speak our minds about the important subjects of the day. We certainly appreciate the Speaker and the staff who stay…

I feel awfully blessed to live in a country where I can practice my faith as I see fit. It is one of the things that I most cherish about being an American. But I also cherish that I live in a country where the government can never, never…

I want to make reference to the case of Bowen v. Kendrick which several times has been cited by the majority as proof for the proposition that the court has upheld provisions like these. That is not the case. It is very important to…

In 1971, when I was 14 years old, in the spring of that year, one day my father came home from work from the shipyard at which he had worked for nearly 40 years and he brought home with him that day a layoff notice from the shipyard…

I strongly urge the House conferees on this bill work to include language in the conference report that addresses concerns I have about a Superfund site in my district, the Gloucester Environmental Management Services, or GEMS, landfill…

we support Head Start, and we support constructive changes to Head Start. We must oppose this bill because of two very destructive changes. The majority says there are 600,000 children eligible for Head Start who, today, do not get Head…

I think he is correct that bipartisanship cannot simply begin at the water's edge in a world where the battlefield is here. And there is a virtual battlefield that we are all, unfortunately, living in. I would like to make two other points…

I would like to say it is very important that the chairman has very skillfully, along with the ranking member, assured that there will be continuing oversight by the Congress of the activities under this bill. We had to strike the proper…

Mr. Chairman, when the majority in this House became the majority in this House, one of the first things that it brought to the floor was the idea of a Federal mandate-Federal pay rule and statute, and it passed with great enthusiasm from…

Under this rule, a person who makes $25,000 a year and works in the shoe department of a retail store who spends most of her day selling shoes, who is asked to watch two other people who also sell shoes and keep records on them, but not…

Students in this era take laptops and hand-held computers to class, but they are very often being taught by teachers who started teaching when cable television was an innovation or even when color television was an innovation. This is a…

We are very much in favor of saying to teachers who teach math and science and special education in schools that are plagued with difficult challenges that they should get increased loan forgiveness. That is a great idea, and we are happy…

Madam Speaker, I stand in strong opposition of H.R. 660. We are hearing all the time about do no harm, and I think Members need to remember, why do 48 States have good basic health care insurance? It is mainly because our advocates, breast…

if the underlying bill becomes law, 4 million American women who presently are guaranteed breast cancer care will only have it if the insurance companies they move to decide to let them have it. We can change that by voting ``yes'' on this…

if the gentlewoman would further yield, what the gentlewoman is saying is that if the insurance industry chooses to keep these protections, it may; but if it chooses not to, the person who is covered under the plan does not get any of the…