Louise Slaughter

I am a cosponsor of the underlying bill, the Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act, H.R. 2005. This bill establishes a uniform nationwide 18-year time limit on the civil liability of manufacturers of durable goods, such as…

the underlying bill, the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act, H.R. 1838, is a bill designed to reaffirm the Nation's commitment to Taiwan's security. It is my understanding that the bill was substantially modified in the Committee on…

Just take a look at this. Right here, it says up at the top, ``Attention: Time-sensitive material. Contents to be opened by addressee only. Obstruction of U.S. mail punishable by fines up to $2,000 and 5 years imprisonment.'' Now, imagine…

I rise to speak on the rule governing this motion to go to conference on H.R. 2990, what the majority is calling the Quality Care for the Uninsured Act of 1999. Many of my friends on the other side of the aisle do not want a Patients' Bill…

I have some shocking news this morning. If my colleagues will recall, last Thursday, I think in a moment of spectacular madness, the majority of this House passed a bill that cut the funding for research to the National Institutes of…

Mr. Speaker, I do not oppose the rule, the transportation appropriations conference report for fiscal year 2000, but the conference report itself should be the subject of vigorous debate today as members of the authorizing committee and…

I strongly oppose the modified closed rule on H.R. 2436. On an issue as important as this, we should hear the voice of every Member of the House without the limitations imposed by the majority on the committee. Mr. Speaker, I rise in…

But I rise in support of the rule and in support of H.R. 2506, the Health Research and Quality Act of 1999. This bipartisan legislation reauthorizes the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research and renames the agency as the Agency for…

almost every year since I have been in the House we have struggled to try to pass meaningful campaign finance reform, and this year is no different. Ten poison pill amendments and substitutes have been introduced that are designed to…

I am continually amazed by the misinformation spread about the Patients' Bill of Rights. I know the businesses in my district believe this Patients' Bill of Rights would allow enrollees to sue their employers for denied benefits, but…

on July 23, 1999 Col. Eileen Marie Collins, U.S.A.F. took one giant step for all womankind by serving as the first woman in history to command a space shuttle flight. I was privileged to fly to Cape Canaveral, Florida with the First Lady…

Amendment No. 6 offered by Ms. Slaughter: Page 244, after line 18, insert the following new section: SEC. 198A. FAIR TREATMENT OF WOMEN BY FINANCIAL ADVISERS. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows: (1) Women's stature in society has…

Mr. Speaker, this weekend I had the privilege to attend my granddaughter's high school graduation and to hear her give a commencement address welcoming her classmates to the last day of their childhood and the first day of the rest of…

Mr. Speaker, even as the Committee on Rules was considering the rule to accompany H.R. 800, the Education Flexibility Partnership Act, an unspeakable tragedy was unfolding in Littleton, Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I am a parent, and my grandson…

the budget resolution was presented to the Committee on Rules past the stroke of midnight last night and can only be fully considered by my colleagues who have a graduate degree from the Evelyn Woods School of Speed Reading. It makes some…

the snow blanketing the ground outside is enough to make us think fondly of baseball spring training which is being conducted in summer climes over the South and West. The spring training analogy seems appropriate for this rule which is…

But also during the time that I was the Chair of the Organization, Study and Review Committee, he had a great impact on the rules of the House, and I want to thank him for the great service that he is given me with integrity and…

I do not oppose this rule because it allows Members to offer all germane amendments. Like all Members of Congress, I support efforts to reduce unnecessary paperwork requirements on small businesses. I have endorsed both legislative and…

most of us feel a surreal atmosphere here in America's capital. I envision the dome of this magnificent building swathed in black, because this is truly a day of mourning, and history will not judge us well. The process that brought us to…

I rise today in solemn tribute to a moment in history that none of us should ever soon forget, the Ukrainian famine of 1932-33. As a co-chair of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, I am pleased that the House leadership has chosen to bring…

this rule is unprecedented. The House has already passed an open rule for the consideration of the Labor-HHS and Education bills. The second rule we are being asked to approve tonight is a rule that will block any real consideration of…

There is no surplus. The so-called surplus, 100 percent of it is the Social Security Trust Fund. We are overcollecting today in Social Security taxes. Seventy-three percent of Americans pay more in Social Security taxes to the United…

Mr. Speaker, I will not actively oppose this rule. The agreement that has been crafted with the administration addresses some of the concerns my colleagues and I have with the underlying bill, but I do have concerns about how we arrived at…

I oppose this rule and the underlying bill because the bill makes unprecedented changes in many Federal educational initiatives. Despite that fact, the Committee on Rules chose to block any amendment that might otherwise be offered during…

this is one of the most painful debates that this House has to face, but it does not compare with the decision facing parents, a medical decision that few have had to confront. For some families, the only hope of retaining a woman's…