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Let us show the American people that our government is not for sale. Let us show the American people that we support elections, not auctions to the highest spender. Let us vote against this undemocratic rule. Let us bring it down so that…
I urge the President to allow stem cell research to proceed. Along with the gentlewoman from Maryland (Mrs. Morella) and many others in this Congress, we have introduced House Resolution 17 that calls on Federal funding of human…
In January 1997, when the Asian Longhorned Beetle was first spotted in the United States right in the heart of Brooklyn, I called on the Department of Agriculture to do everything in its power to eradicate this tree-killing beetle before…
I include for the Record information for the memorial for all of our fallen heroes and our tributes today for our three heroes from New York. The Memorial, Memorial Park, Colorado Springs, CO "somewhere--everyday" "Somewhere-Everyday", is…
Mr. Speaker, I am honored to join with my colleagues today in saluting and paying tribute to John Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry Ford and expressing our condolences to their families. What happened on Father's Day this year is a very sad…
I am extremely proud to join him as the lead Democrat, and I congratulate the leadership on both sides of the aisle for bringing this important resolution to the floor so swiftly. It not only recognizes their valor and their sacrifice but…
I offer this amendment in an attempt to stop giving corporate welfare to America's oil companies. This amendment simply clarifies that royalty-in-kind must earn at least as much money for the Federal Government as a royalty-in-value…
in New York City there are two crucial transportation projects: the East Side Access and the Second Avenue Subway. These two projects would provide the New York region with the first significant expansion of transit capacity in over half a…
I rise in strong support of his amendment. I also rise today with strong concerns about the supplemental appropriations bill. While I agree there are a number of items on the bill that need increased funding, I am disturbed that this…
Mr. Speaker, American investors have been overcharged. Over the last 10 years, the Securities and Exchange Commission has collected $9.2 billion more than it has needed for its operations. This money comes directly from capital markets…
after eight years of hard work, we finally have our financial house in order. When I was elected in 1992, we had a $290 billion surplus. This year, CBO projects a non-Medicare, non-Social Security surplus of $92 billion and the combined…
I strongly endorse the Portman-Cardin legislation, in part because I believe it helps bring retirement savings programs up to speed with the new economy. While much of our manufacturing sector has struggled over the last decade, the U.S…
as a proud member of the Armenian Congressional Caucus here in Washington, and we have over 90 members, and as a representative of a very large and vibrant community of Armenian Americans, I rise today to join many of my colleagues in the…
Tomorrow is a significant day in the history of our Republic. For only the 22nd time since our founding, those charged with the constitutional mandate to conduct a decennial census will report to the Nation on the preliminary results of…
by reinstituting the global gag rule as one of his first actions in office, President Bush quickly revealed how uncompassionate his conservatism will be. The gag rule will take money away from the world's poorest women and girls. This is…
I support the DeLauro motion to instruct and in support of the highest possible funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) program. This vital program helps low-income households pay for home energy costs--including…
in the closing days of this session, indeed, closing hours, the Republican majority has attached language to the BBA agreement that would allow CBO to have access to confidential census material. This is just plain wrong. This is greater…
I am here to honor my friend, Chairman John Porter, who is retiring at the end of this session of Congress. Mr. Porter has been a good friend, he has been a terrific legislative partner, and he has been a superior legislator. I have had…
I just first of all want to commend the gentleman from Oklahoma for his efforts, his really sincere and hard efforts to alert the public on the danger of HPV, which is a very widespread sexually transmitted disease. As cochair of the…
I rise today to urge the Department of State not to issue an export license for the sale of attack helicopters to Turkey. As my colleagues are aware, in July of this year, the Turkish government announced that it had awarded a $4 billion…
3 days ago the deadline passed for reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. There was no good reason for the Congress not to pass this important bill. After all, it passed this House with an overwhelming majority, 415 to 3. Judges…
over 900,000 women suffer violence each year at the hands of an intimate partner. We need the Violence Against Women Act to be reauthorized. It has provided over $1.6 billion in Federal grants to prosecutors, to law enforcement officials…
last week's announcement by President Clinton that the Federal Government would swap 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve was welcome news to myself and many other Members from the Northeast. I remember all too…
this has been called many things, but I call this a rollback of Roe v. Wade, since the real goal here is to roll back a woman's constitutional right. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court rejected an abortion law in Nebraska. But I do not…
With the Violence Against Women Act set to expire and with the 106th Congress coming to a close, it is critical that we act today to pass it. The Violence Against Women Act is the most important legislative action before Congress that has…
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