Steve Rothman

these workplace safety standards were not developed over night. They were discussed under a Republican administration. It took thousands and thousands of comments, 7,000 written comments. One thousand individuals came to hearings across…

America's number one ally in the Middle East, our strategic partner and our dear friend for 52 years, the State of Israel, is today fighting for its very life. Our friend, the State of Israel, who helped us in the Persian Gulf War against…

Mr. Speaker, my message is very simple. Congress must give local school boards the resources they need to keep guns out of their classrooms. Today, when we have elementary schoolchildren bringing guns into their schools, and this…

I am pleased to rise as a cosponsor and in support of H.R. 1304, the Quality Health Care Coalition Act. We are here today to restore a sense of balance to a health care system that is now dominated by the health care insurance companies…

My friends, the American estate tax system is 85 years old. Who supported the creation of the American estate tax system? Well, one of the first supporters was Republican President Theodore Roosevelt. Why would he do such a thing? Well, he…

today my Republican colleagues would like to do away with the estate tax entirely. Democrats propose a way to make sure that 99 percent of Americans do not pay any estate tax. Who started the estate tax? The Republican, Theodore Roosevelt…

Mr. Chairman, today we are deciding United States trade policy with the People's Republic of China. Given the fact that China is a communist nation and that it regularly violates the human rights of its own citizens, the United States…

We live in a hostile and dangerous world. One of the reasons why the world is so hostile and dangerous is because there are nations like Iran who are committed to wreaking havoc in their region and literally all over the globe. If Iran…

recent advances in modern medicine, especially in the area of pharmaceutical innovation, have yielded extraordinary benefits for all Americans, but especially for our seniors. In fact, over one-third of all the medicines approved by the…

I am a Democrat who believes in the Second Amendment right to bear arms, but a Democrat who believes that we need gun control to keep guns out of the hands of our children. There are plenty of causes of the violence in Littleton and in…

this is Brain Tumor Awareness Week. Each year 100,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor. Brain tumors are the second leading cause of cancer death for children under 19, and the third…

I believe that if and when the President and our military commanders come to the conclusion that they need to introduce American ground forces into Kosovo, that they should come to the Congress and make the case before us. However, I do…

Mr. Speaker, I do not believe that the conflict in Yugoslavia requires this body to take the extraordinary step of declaring war today, for the first time in the last 50 years of American history. To declare war today could have dangerous…

last week, during consideration of the State Department reauthorization bill in the House International Relations Committee, I rose with Congressman Menendez to present an amendment to that bill. Its purpose was to ban the further training…

the 2000 Census, like all the ones preceding it, will have an impact on the lives of real people. Federal money is dispersed amongst the States on the basis of population. Population is determined in the census. Funding for so many…

Which country is America's greatest ally in the Middle East? Which country votes with the United States 95 percent of the time at the United Nations, more so than any other American ally? Which country allows U.S. planes to fly over her…

the peace talks in Kosovo are predicated on one very simple premise: The international community must pose a credible military threat to enforce any peace agreement that is reached between the Kosovars and the Serbs. To discuss today…

on July 17th, 1997, 230 people died when TWA Flight 800 exploded 9 miles off the coast of Long Island. To this day the crash continues to be a national tragedy. For almost 2 years, the families of those who perished have had to deal with…

this is wrong. This impeachment should never have occurred. The majority never met its burden of proof. The offenses do not meet the constitutional standard for an impeachable offense. We are defining down the impeachment standard in the…

this vote today is about one thing, the sanctity of the Constitution of the United States. The Founding Fathers were clear. They created a strong presidency where the executive was elected for 4-year terms. They did not want a…

today I rise to affirm my unconditional support for our troops involved in the mission against Saddam Hussein, to affirm to the world and to Saddam Hussein that the American people and America's elected representatives are united behind…

after 4\1/2\ years investigation of nearly every aspect of President Clinton's public and private life, Independent Counsel Ken Starr presented the House with 11 allegations of impeachment, all relating only to the President's misconduct…

today, unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House has decided to take another step in giving up on public school education in America. Mr. Chairman, public school education is the key that has unlocked the door for generation…

this week I join more than 160 Members of Congress in signing a discharge petition to force the Republican leadership of the House to allow the Democrats' Patients' Bill of Rights to be voted on in the Congress. The Democrats' Patients'…

I hold in my hand a series of very thoughtful articles from my hometown newspaper about the devastating effects when HMOs deny doctors and their patients the right to see medically needed specialists or to receive special tests. The…