Louise Slaughter

I offered with my colleague, the distinguished ranking member of the Judiciary Committee (Mr. Conyers), an amendment in the Rules Committee that would have specified that creditors would not be able to collect the money owed them by a…

I rise today in coalition with my colleagues to express my deep concern and opposition to President Bush's recent declaration to discontinue the aid in family planning and to reinstate the global gag rule. In essence, this global gag rule…

I think we have made that very clear. I do not know anything I could say to make it clearer. We want all the information we can get. We do not believe there is any such thing as too much. But we want to save this bill because women are…

Mr. Speaker, in June 1994, I first introduced legislation addressing the growing problem of Burmese women and children being sold to work in the thriving sex industry in Thailand. This legislation responded to reports indicating that…

15 years ago, our greatest challenge was convincing Americans that domestic violence was a real problem. Many women knew too well that we were in the midst of a deadly epidemic, but the culture of silence that surrounded the issue made it…

School-based health care centers represent a partnership between community health care organizations, such as local hospitals, health centers and public health departments, school systems and parents. The programs are designed by the…

Mr. Speaker, since its opening in 1993, the Holocaust Memorial Museum has become one of the most visited sites in Washington with nearly 15 million visitors in the past 7 years. This museum is a living memorial to the victims of the…

Mr. Speaker, perhaps more than any other institution, museums consistently give the American people a real glimpse into our past. Walk a few feet outside the door of the Capitol and you see hundreds of people from all over the country and…

Americans are growing increasingly aware that the most intimate information they possess about themselves, their health information, is not only unprotected, but freely shared among corporate and other interests. I am particularly…

I have been appalled time and time again by the audacity of antichoice legislators to restrict women's reproductive options in the United States and worldwide. This annual right of, quote, ``we will show the women who is boss,'' end quote…

in 1988, National Endowment for the Humanities issued a report concluding that more than 80 percent of colleges and universities permitted students to graduate without taking a course in American history. Now, thirteen years later…

Mr. Speaker, since the Arts Caucus could not present its amendment this evening, we will give Members one chance this evening to vote for or against art and humanities. This is the very same proposal that passed today. It is a vote on art…

I have the greatest both professional and personal respect and admiration for the chairman of the housing appropriation subcommittee and the ranking member... But by their own words, they said they were operating under a constraint, an…

Madam Speaker, let me just say that the chairman of the subcommittee, the gentleman from New York, who is a friend but who yesterday missed an opportunity to vote to increase funding for veterans health care by allowing the Department of…

I have contacted the Department of Energy and been assured that deferring the additional $22 million would not cause any significant problems and is not expected to result in the cancellation of any contracts. In fact, the Department of…

we are calling up this amendment to give a much-needed raise to three agencies of the Federal Government that have been starved by this Congress for a number of years simply because of misperceptions and absolute downright lies about the…

Mr. Chairman, the amendments that were offered today were offered on behalf of the Arts Caucus of the House of Representatives, a bipartisan group. One of the things that helped us win this afternoon were the 25 votes of the Republican…

this is an open rule that will allow the Members of the House to work their will. But the underlying bill fails to honor Congress' obligation as steward of America's lands and history for future generations. The measure contains several…

Mr. Speaker, this annual appropriations dance is growing staler than the Macarena. Year after year, this leadership attempts to gut programs critical to working families, and year after year they are publicly shamed into finally passing…

even as we talk on the floor, the Chinese are planning not to comply with any of this. They say already that they have a cautious, go-slow approach, otherwise they will risk widespread unrest that could undermine their rule. They are not…

we have an extraordinary measure before us today. The Conservation and Reinvestment Act, CARA, H.R. 701, is the most sweeping commitment to the protection of America's public land, marine and wildlife resources in over a generation…

As he mentioned, on June 1994, I first introduced legislation addressing the growing problem of Burmese women and children who were being sold to work in a thriving sex industry in Thailand. It is an awful tragedy. These were sometimes…

I rise to express some serious concerns about a section of the bill that has gone largely unnoticed, that dealing with human papillomavirus virus, or HVP. First and foremost, I would like to express my strong support for the underlying…

I support this rule that allows Members to offer all germane amendments to the underlying bill, the Florida Keys Water Improvements Act, H.R. 673. The underlying bill is completely noncontroversial and goes a long way toward protecting the…

I simply want to bring to the attention of Congress the situation of the people that I represent in Monroe County, New York. Some of them are up there now trying to shovel snow off their roofs. We have the dubious distinction this year of…