I have supported the passage of a patients' bill of rights, and I will continue to do so until this Congress acts in a responsible manner and passes a strong, meaningful and enforceable patients' bill of rights. But what we are being…

I am unequivocally against human cloning, but I am for a continuation of the research. And I rise in support of the Greenwood-Deutsch amendment because I am convinced that that is the only way that research can continue. We are on the…

I want to also commend my colleague, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Gilman), for his hard work and energy on this issue. I have no doubt that when we vote tomorrow it will overwhelmingly pass, because it deserves to pass. It is an…

Mr. Chairman, my amendment sets aside $250,000, which in the totality of this budget is very, very small, for the FDA to develop labeling requirements indicating that no child slave labor was used in the growing and harvesting of cocoa…

This is only $250,000. It is a very, very small amount, and such a small amount to ensure that the cocoa and the chocolate in this country has not come to be by slave labor of children. I think that is a very, very small price to pay…

I certainly agree with the remarks of the gentleman from New York (Mr. Gilman) and the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake) condemning the President of Syria, and I would also add that Syrian troops ought to leave Lebanon as soon as…

I am outraged by what happened at the United Nations. I am as outraged as anyone. The U.N. certainly is not always right, and in this instance they are absolutely wrong and it is absolutely outrageous. But in trying to weigh what our…

President Clinton is going to give his State of the Union message this evening and I am going to listen very, very intently. I think when we look back at this administration we can see a very successful administration. Prosperity is at an…

Today the Bronx is really proud of the Bronx Bombers, of the New York Yankees, who once again are the world champions in baseball. They are truly the team of the nineties, the dynasty of the nineties. As we enter the new millenium, the…

Mr. Chairman, today I wish to express my support for the New York Botanical Garden. The New York Botanical Garden has been located in my district. It is currently located in the district of the gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano) which…

I was one of those Democrats in 1991 that voted to support President Bush. President Bush was right in the Persian Gulf War and President Clinton is right today. In fact, when President Bush did come before us, he had all his ducks lined…

I apologize in advance to my colleagues and to the American people who may be offended by what I am about to show but I think it is very, very important in view of the events of today that we show this. This is a poster. It shows a dead…

last Thursday the House very wisely passed a resolution giving the President the authority to send U.S. troops to Kosova as a part of NATO, and at the time many of us arguing in favor of the resolution said that it was necessary for the…

Mr. Chairman, the other side talks about all kinds of reasons why the United States should not send any of its troops into Kosovo. We know that there has been ethnic cleansing. We know there has been genocide. I was always taught that two…

Carnage has gone on in Kosova for too long, and by the way, I say Kosova with an ``A'' because 92 percent of the people that live there are ethnic Albanians and pronounce it Kosova. Ethnic and cleansing and genocide has gone on for too…

for many years, a plan has been in development to build the Ellis Island Family History Center, a facility equipped with a data base which visitors of Ellis Island can access to learn about their immigrant ancestors. The Center would…

I rise today to oppose the rule and support the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA is a great investment for the American people and, quite frankly, I think that our time would be better spent debating an issue other than a program…

I want to just say that I think that we ought not to tie the President's hands, and we ought not to say that beyond a certain date certain our troops ought to go home. The people, our colleagues who are now saying that we ought to set a…

Mr. Chairman, this is the Engel-Gilman amendment on the International Fund for Ireland principles. I want to at the outset thank the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] from the Committee on International Relations for all his help and…

I supported President Bush in Operation Desert Storm. I think that was one of the times we utilized the United Nations, and we utilized the international community to further U.S. foreign policy interests. It was good for this country and…

this is a sense of Congress resolution that given Syria's extremist and dangerous policies, that I firmly believe the time has come for the U.S. to consider applying to Syria sanctions which are currently enforced against Iran and Libya in…

I can tell the Members that we in New York are very proud of the United Nations. We are very proud to have it in New York. New York is a wonderful city. By the way, I must say that the latest crime statistics have come out and New York is…

the suicide bombing today in a Tel Aviv cafe, which killed at least 4 Israelis and injured dozens of people, was a cowardly act. This cowardly act represents a knife in the heart of the peace process. Terror is not an arrow in the quiver…

what is happening today is a classic saying of an old adage, the Republicans are doing that, it is, do as I say and not as I do. They are criticizing the President for purportedly not submitting a balanced budget when in fact they have not…

I am pleased to announce the introduction of legislation by Representatives Nita Lowey, Carolyn McCarthy, and myself which would prevent the purchase or possession of a firearm by a nonpermanent resident alien. Unfortunately, this…