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Jackie Robinson is a true American hero. Fifty years ago yesterday he stood up against racism, prejudice and hate and changed this country for the better. We applaud the strength that he showed on the field and especially the courage he…
Today we face yet another attempt by the new majority to roll back a woman's right to choose. Let me place this vote today in perspective. Last Congress there were 52 antichoice votes on the floor of Congress. My colleagues who support…
I rise against the rule on H.R. 1 and the bill. I want to make it very clear that the bill before us today is not the President's proposal. The President's proposal would give workers real time off and expanded time off to go to school…
what I have found to be most inspiring in my life is the act of giving from people and organizations that have very little for themselves. This exemplary behavior is often exhibited by citizens in our nonprofit groups who, despite serious…
everyone knows that family planning is about saving lives, not ending them. Almost 600,000 women die every year because they are having too many children too close together. Not only are women dying, the world population is exploding. By…
Mexico City is nothing more than an international form of gag rule on providers, severely restricting the way legitimate helpful organizations use their own funds. Restricting use of money will not decrease the number of abortions…
it was Eleanor Roosevelt who said, ``You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face * * * You must do the thing you think you cannot do.'' The Americans for Democratic Action…
Mr. Speaker, as a New Yorker, I am pleased that New York State's distinguished leaders, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Stanton are finally going to be moved, after 76 years in the basement of the Capitol, into the living…
we are appealing to you to release the ethics report and to release the women from the basement. As a New Yorker, I am anguished that the statute of our State's most distinguished leaders--Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and…
the basic principle behind the Presidential and Executive Office Accountability Act is that the Federal Government should be subject to the same laws and regulations as the private sector. Congress has already passed the Congressional…
Madam Speaker, this is a somewhat bittersweet moment. Chairman Horn and I had wanted to bring forward H.R. 1281 as reported, which unanimously passed the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. This bill which I have been working on…
Today marks the 52d antichoice vote taken on the floor of Congress during the 104th Congress. As one of my colleagues in the new majority has said, "We intend to repeal choice procedure by procedure." And they are doing it. This is merely…
Mr. Speaker, like much of the work that the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight has done this year on legislation, this bill is a triumph of policy over partisanship. In the most partisan Congress in memory, this committee has…
this past Saturday, former Senator Dole, now the Republican candidate for President, said in his radio address, ``The Congressional Joint Economic Committee reports that last year 66 countries had economic growth rates that surpassed ours…
there is a crisis of fairness in this country. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. In real terms, the minimum wage is at its lowest level in 40 years. Where I come from if one earns the minimum wage and work…
four words sum up this health care bill: Thank you, Mr. President. President Clinton made health care reform a top priority of his administration. His original bill did not pass, but it cast light and forced voluntary reforms on insurance…
domestic terrorism is becoming the greatest threat to our domestic tranquility. It marred the Olympics, it horrified us in Oklahoma City and with the World Trade Center, and it may have destroyed TWA Flight 800. That tragedy touched me…
this conference report is dangerous and unrealistic. I do not believe the American people will tolerate a policy of ending support to a single mom who has played by the rules, tried to find a job for 2 years and could not. Our unemployment…
we have another session of Congress and another failed effort at campaign finance reform. The more things change, the more they stay the same. We could shrug our shoulders and give up or we could put our shoulders to the wheel and work on…
last week the new majority was talking about encouraging work. Now with this bill they seem to be encouraging taking time off. Mr. Speaker, despite strong economic indicators, millions of Americans, many of them single mothers, are working…
today Speaker Gingrich has an opportunity to do something truly positive for the American people, to save a dying effort for real reform. Basically the Republican bill puts more money into the system, the Democratic bill favors less money…
I rise to speak to the proposed irresponsible cuts to the Legal Services Corporation. The Legal Services Corporation acts as a founding principle of this country--equal justice under law--by supplying legal representation to those who…
Mr. Chairman, tragedy hit close to home last week for my family when one of our neighbors on our block fell victim to the crash of TWA flight 800. Let us be clear, we do not know whether or not terrorism was the cause, but, either way, the…
the so-called Republican reform bill on campaign finance attempts to solve the problem of too much money in politics by putting much more money in politics. The Republican bill raises the amount that wealthy contributors can give to…
once again as I have every year that I have been a Member of Congress, it is my distinct honor and great privilege to stand with the gentleman from Florida and commemorate the tragic invasion and occupation of Cyprus. I am sure Mr…
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