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Robert E. Andrews is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1990 to 2014. During his tenure, he was known for his work on health care issues, particularly related to Medicare and home health benefits. Andrews served on several committees, including the Committee on Education and Labor, where he focused on education reform and labor rights. He was also involved in various initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life for his constituents in New Jersey.
I first wanted to thank and congratulate the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bilirakis) and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Brown) for their leadership in bringing this legislation to the floor. It is worthy of unanimous support of the House, and…
It calls for the Secretary of Energy to designate $2 million for the development of iris and other biometric technology for identification. The amendment, I believe, has three virtues: First, it will significantly enhance security at our…
Mr. Chairman, in 1996, this House voted to end welfare as we know it for single moms and for people struggling to raise families across America. This amendment says that it is time for us to end corporate welfare as we know it. The…
I share with my friend from Illinois a real desire to develop Africa and other less developed areas. I just think we should do it openly and directly and not through the Trojan horse of corporate welfare which I believe is what OPIC is…
I did not make any representation to anyone to that effect, and I wanted to clear that up for the record.
Mr. Speaker, the system that is over 200 years old in our country has been a very wise one indeed. It is a system in which we vigorously debate and often disagree about what direction our country's policies should go in before we engage in…
Balancing the dual responsibilities of public service and family life is always a challenging task.
Reclaiming my time, he would have to ignore the will that we enacted here in the bill? With all due respect, I think that proves my point, that it puts the President in an untenable situation where our failure to act to enact the…
I support it because it supports the men and women who wear the uniform of this country with such pride. I do not believe I have ever seen that strength more on display than I did a few weeks ago when I visited Fort Dix, to visit with the…
Mr. Speaker, I did want to speak tonight about the efforts of the members of the Committee on Education and the Workforce to bring to this floor a vote on our ideas of how managed care health insurance companies can be made more…
Mr. Chairman, I strongly oppose this amendment. No one can deny that there is a serious breach of U.S. security with respect to the leak of military secrets to the People's Republic of China. The answer in my view to address that problem…
Mr. Speaker, having the power to do something does not mean it is the right thing to do. I have very little doubt that we have the constitutional power to tell the President he may not consider the option of ground troops, but I have even…
there is no Member of this House who has done more to promote the rights of fairness to the minority than the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley) and I commend him and thank him for that, but on this issue on this day I respectfully…
I rise today in support of a good idea that makes common sense, and I commend its authors... I do believe there is a growing national consensus that it makes sense to give local educational decision makers more flexibility to do what they…
I feel like a lay person among professionals, that the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Ehlers) and the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt) are professional teachers of math and science. I know they share the same goal. I would just…
One point the gentleman just made, I would like to bring out and amplify. Do you know the precise number of persons that Cyprus has under arms in the southern part of the island?
I want to re-emphasize what he just said, that there is a definite difference between self-defense and provocation, and I think it is very clear that the decision by President Clerides to try to defend the free people of Cyprus is…
And, if the gentleman would yield, it is my understanding, and I repeat what he said, that there are 40,000, 40,000 Turkish troops in the northern part of Cyprus. I recall sitting in the presidential residence with President Clerides, and…
I want to just conclude my remarks by also thanking the chairman for his support of $50 million for the job access and reverse commute funding in a different part of this bill. The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis), my colleague, was the…
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my family and on behalf of the people of the First Congressional District of New Jersey, I rise to offer my condolences and thanks to the families of Officer Chestnut and Detective Gibson. They have given us many…
I oppose this rule, Mr. Speaker, because of its outrageous assault on the consumers of this country. For 24 years it was a law of this country that when a shopper went into a store and thought about buying clothing for an infant, if the…
Most American grandparents would believe that after a hard fought, very difficult, painful and expensive process of winning the right to visit their grandchildren in State court that they have won that right permanently, or at least until…
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