Louise Slaughter

In one of those 85 percent of the hospitals that perform no abortions, if a woman should walk in bleeding, dying from a botched abortion, what would they do?

I think this bill comes into the category of vamp until ready. Obviously, we all understand... we are considering a resolution that shuts out consideration of a meaningful bipartisan substitute that would improve school facilities across…

The bill provides $19.8 billion in new discretionary spending authority for the Department of the Interior and related agencies. This is $546 million more than last year, and almost $900 million more than the President's budget request…

I appreciate that people who are unemployed, who have families to feed, who have mortgages to pay, who have no prospects immediately of a job are not terribly interested whether or not we do away with an Alternative Minimum Tax and give…

Mr. Speaker, nearly 3 months have passed since the tragic events of September 11, and since that time thousands and thousands of workers have lost their jobs, and they need relief. Their unemployment benefits will run out, and they have no…

What we have before us is a tale of two bills. One bill was crafted by the standing committee of the House. The other was crafted by the Attorney General and the President. One bill is limited in scope and sunsets after this crisis will…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The serial rapists' crimes are vicious. The sentence is short. The average rape sentence is just 10.5 years; and the average time served in jail is only half of that, 5 years. The Department of Justice statistics show that 60 percent of…

Although Dr. Coburn has his opinion, that is just one doctor. I would like to say that a panel convened by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says that while it is not the only option, "An intact D&X may be the best or…

I think those of us who are fortunate enough to live in America where we have good access to health care and information probably do not understand what it is like in a Third World country where one does not have it. Frankly, I think the…

If you tell the House you do not want to move on a vote on the rule, control of the House floor will revert to the opponents of the rule for a vote on an alternative course of action. We would use the opportunity to instruct the leadership…

And we find that once that right brain is developed it spills over on to the left-hand side, and, as I pointed out earlier, that just 4 years of art, the verbal scores on SAT's will go up 65 points, and math, 45, and I know of no other…

Mr. Horn, you know one of the things that he told us yesterday that really stuck with me was that he has this wonderful building and all these students who come there, and they have been there for 10 years, and 2 blocks away is the school…

Once again we just find that arts brings people together and does the kind of thing that we want for human beings, and it really would be dreadful if we made a statement here on this floor that it did not matter to us.

I am very concerned today. I am very concerned about the ability of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to conduct its business in a fair and impartial manner, because of press reports that we have seen throughout this…

On the Waco hearings we found that the committee had turned over lots of its responsibilities to the NRA, and now we find this same committee staff is forging documents to be given out to the press purporting to be a true statement. Mr…

Let me assure the gentleman there is no attempt in this vote, none of us would support this bill if it interfered with the right of peaceful assembly. Indeed, it has been gone over with a fine-tooth comb. Everyone has said that the…

If a person is standing in front of the White House attempting to shut it down or if they threatened to burn it down or blow it up or to kill people inside----