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Mr. Speaker, last spring we appropriated $79 billion, it was just this past spring, to fund the war on the reconstruction efforts in Iraq. And again the administration is asking us to open up the Federal purse and hand over billions more…
We are seeing a trend where the Pentagon is contracting out services at a higher rate than we have ever seen before. A recent study by the Brookings Institute found that there is one contractor for every 10 soldiers in Iraq. In fact, it…
First, let me say that no one is advocating the killing of disabled children. That is offensive to all of us. The fact is that a fetus that is being born with no brain or one with no lungs is one that will not live. I believe even the…
First, Roe v. Wade does not allow abortions after the first trimester without a doctor's permission. These are fetuses in many cases with no brains, with no lungs, who may live for a moment or two. These are not children that are born and…
it is indeed a historic day for America, for more, I think, than most people in here realize. For the first time in the history of the Republic, the Congress of the United States is poised to outlaw a medical procedure. A majority that…
I am pleased the body is considering legislation to increase tax incentives for charitable donations. Charitable organizations across the country are responsible for improving the lives of individuals and entire communities. These…
part of the cost of waging war is the cost of caring for our veterans when they return home. Today, American troops are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and this body is considering an appropriations bill that grossly underfunds the…
I oppose this rule. This bill critically underfunds veterans health care, affecting the lives of more than 26 million veterans in our country and 75,000 veterans in my State of Connecticut. For over 200 years our veterans have made…
I simply want the record to reflect that it is not correct that AmeriCorps volunteers make $30,000. They have a small stipend to pay for their living expenses and $5,000 on their college loans. That is it. It is a bargain.
Mr. Speaker, first it is important to acknowledge what everybody knows. We are not here on the House floor today because the Republican leadership has seen the light on the high cost of prescription drugs, and we are not here discussing…
Head Start works. In my home district, over 3,300 children benefit from Head Start programs. Ninety-seven percent of these children are part of families that live below the poverty level or receive public assistance. For these children in…
I simply wanted to remind the House that this is probably one of the most important votes that they are going to take because their constituents are waiting to see where we fall. Are we with the pharmaceutical companies, or are we with…
former President Theodore Roosevelt, one of the fathers of American conservation, said, ``In utilizing and conserving the national resources of the Nation, the one characteristic more central than any other is foresight.'' Unfortunately…
Mr. Speaker, sadly, this fiscal year 2004 Interior appropriation bill marks yet another broken promise to the American people and a further betrayal of our country's environment. In 2000, this body adopted the historic CARA-Light…
control of one's reproductive autonomy is a fundamental human right. But the basic right is meaningless without the knowledge and means to exercise reproductive autonomy. The United Nations Population Fund, known as UNFPA, works with…
I am afraid my good friend, the chairman of the Committee on Rules, did not pay very much attention to what I was saying. I do not recall at any point saying that we would like to add more money. What we were talking about were the…
Mr. Speaker, each week in the Committee on Rules, I see my colleagues using procedure to kill substance and stifle debate. And again last night, the Committee on Rules passed a closed rule on the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act. This…
Priorities, Mr. Speaker. Again and again the majority has used legislation and procedural tactics to force its priorities through the body. The majority passed another massive tax cut for the wealthiest people that provided no relief for…
Today, the House votes on the biggest change in Medicare in its 40-year history, a change that will affect 40 million Americans; but the Republican leaders have rigged the rules to prevent the House from voting on serious alternatives…
Mr. Speaker, this House has sometimes risen to the occasion on matters of great national importance; the first Gulf War, September 11, when we came together to bind the Nation's wounds and provide for the national security of the Nation…
this Medicare bill fails to provide women with real prescription drug coverage they need and deserve.
Mr. Speaker, priorities, what are our priorities? H.R. 1528 is a popular, noncontroversial measure that would likely pass under suspension of the rules. So why have we made such a bill more problematic and more difficult to pass? A…
Saying that it will preserve family farms from taxation does not make it true. They are preserved already from taxation. My interest in this effort is not today, it is not yesterday, it is not in the last week. On March 12, I introduced…
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, a few weeks ago, President Bush signed a huge tax cut into law giving billions and billions of dollars in tax cuts to the very, very wealthy. Of course, in the dead of night, the Republicans stripped out the…
Mr. Speaker, at the outset let me say that those of us who oppose this bill love the family farms and small businesses no less than anyone else in the Congress. The fact of the matter is that this tax is paid now by such a small percentage…
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