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If the gentlewoman would go to page 260, line 19, from the legislation before us now, I quote, ``Nothing in this part or the amendments made by this part shall be construed as changing the entitlement to defined benefits under part A and B…
This is an important day regarding all Americans' health care needs. Most people are focused on our seniors and the Medicare legislation, which will be before us shortly. We have before us now the Health Savings and Affordability Act, and…
You know, it just kind of makes you wonder what the Democrats did for 30 years when they were the majority, because, you know, when Republicans became the majority in 1995, there was literally no prevention and wellness in Medicare. We are…
I will comment on the amendment, the no premium on the donut amendment. First, let me say that I wish we did not have a gap in coverage. Unfortunately, eliminating the gap in coverage could add as much as $200 billion to the cost of this…
certainly we are dealing with an issue and a proposal where there are huge differences. And there have been huge differences for some time. The Senator from New York represents quite a different point of view from several years past. What…
as we hear more and more about this bill, of course, it causes us to reflect on it and that is the purpose of having conversation, that is the purpose of having debate. There will be much more of that, of course, but it is interesting to…
I believe we have no greater domestic challenge than reforming Medicare and providing seniors with access to prescription drugs.
this is a very short, simple amendment. What it deals with is Teton National Park. I think it is probably the only park in the country that has in it a commercial airport. Some years ago, the airport and the park agreed they could limit…
The Senator raises, of course, a basic question. As we talk about energy, what we are talking about is the future of our economy, in terms of jobs, in terms of doing the things we will want to do economically and environmentally. I have…
May I answer the question, please? I do know why that is, and I would think you do, too. We decided it right here. I voted against it. I voted for having the private sector continue. That is why it was done, because it is a political…
I am very much interested in doing all we can in government to modernize and make it as efficient as can be. That is what the administration seeks to do in various kinds of activities, taking a look at those to see if there is something…
I told the gentleman from the initial introduction, and I am pleased to respond on his time, that three of the four seem to be somewhat reasonable; and my assumption is that as we go to conference, since it is the Senate that has been…
I wish to comment on what I hope is the progress of our Energy Policy Act of 2003 that is before us. It is a policy that is essential to our Nation's energy security, to our economic security. I think it will play a vital role in where we…
I am persuaded we need to spend a little more time on it, which I intend to, and that is government activities we are involved in. Of course, the many government activities we are involved in are probably the largest combined…
I continue to believe one of the most important things for this country at this time is to have a policy on energy, a policy that begins to describe a little more completely where we think we need to be in terms of the future, what we have…
although it is morning business, I will talk about the energy policy we will be considering later today and for the rest of the week. I am delighted we are going to work on that. We have been working on an energy policy for some time. We…
the fact is, it is great to talk about all the options, but the Treasury faces a payment obligation in late May. That cannot be met without an increase in the statutory debt limit. If we amend the resolution, we will have to go back to the…
I will reach my hand out once again; we are willing to accept it. You slapped it away once. I hope the gentleman does not slap it away a second time because as the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) has reminded us time and time again…
Mr. Speaker, the previous two speakers, the gentleman from Tennessee and the gentleman from Texas, talked about the national debt and how much it has increased from 1994 to 2004, and those numbers sound scary to people. But most of that…
I find it ironic that the yellowed notes made their way down into the well in terms of, need I say, class warfare, in terms of cuts for the richest people in America and the poor working people do not get a break. If someone would actually…
I do so try to explain to some folks here apparently that currently in the Tax Code, if we have two people in the 15-percent bracket, their combined tax obligation, and they are both single, is less than two people in the same tax bracket…
I actually thought that since it is under the process called reconciliation, governed by the rules of the Senate, by the way, not the House, that anything that is done under the reconciliation process by definition cannot be permanent. In…
if we are going to be talking about the greatest threats to our children, we ought to at least get it accurate. The greatest threat to our children is our failure to acknowledge that we are currently engaged in the greatest transfer of…
Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, this has been a real interesting debate. It certainly laid out clearly the differences between the two parties, and I appreciate that. I think it is good for America, to lay out the differences between the two…
I did not say what has happened to our national debt. I said ``paid down on the national debt,'' money that went to the reduction of the national debt. That was my statement. Now, let me go on and talk about his concerns and my concerns…
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