let me make this point very clear. This does not apply to children. Let me read the exemptions once again: Anyone under 18 years old or over 50, this does not apply to them. Anyone medically certified as physically or mentally incapable or…

if we read the text, there are hardship exemptions. It can be waived. There are safeguards in this.

in 1969 Congress passed the Black Lung Benefits Act upon realizing that specialized pulmonary medical services were needed in the Nation's coal fields. They also realized that Federal support would be needed to develop these services. The…

Congress is ready to pass bipartisan legislation that will make health care insurance more available and affordable for millions of American families without big government. It is called private sector health care reform. However, over the…

That was from a constituent who said, ``You've got to balance the Nation's budget, you've got to do it for the children, we've got to do it now.'' Then that gentleman proceeded to talk about how in fact he had opportunity when he was being…

this is not about the left wing, this is not about the right wing. Today as we stand here, it is not about Bob Dole or Newt Gingrich or Bill Clinton. This is about Medicare; not mediscare, Mr. Speaker, but Medicare. We are not taxing…

Mr. Chairman, on January 20, 1996, eastern Ohio and the northern panhandle of West Virginia were struck with a disastrous flood. There are many residents in this area that are owners of mobile homes. Several of those homeowners transported…

This does not cost the taxpayers. They have to have insurance. People are stuck, they cannot go back to their homes. Senior citizens are having to live with their families right now. They cannot go back. To put a good foot forward on this…

It does not, Mr. Chairman. These are for the homes, this is word-specific, that were moved out and brought back. Right now the mayor has to tell the people, for example, ``You cannot bring them back because the aid is going to be cut off…

at issue here is not a matter of the insurance or anybody trying to scam the system. What has happened here, the Federal agency--by the way, I want to say FEMA did a good job in representing people when the President declared a…

I also wanted to extend on behalf of my district and, obviously, all the Members of the House, condolences to the family of Ron Brown and all those who were aboard the airplane that crashed in Bosnia. Also, I wanted to point out that one…

I wanted to point out the importance of H.R. 2816. Of course, as has been stated, it is a bill to extend the deadline for construction of a hydroelectric project in Ohio. It is in Belmont County. It is located at the Pike Island Locks and…

I just wanted to state that I myself lived in Iran, in a southern city called Shiraz. I was there during the revolution in 1978 of the Shaw of Iran. People would talk over the years about prejudice. Prejudice can exist in any country…

I do not want to see us get into regional warfare or State-by-State warfare here. Maybe that billion is needed in Utah, but it is not apples to oranges; it is apples to rocks. It is $1 billion for a State, whether it is Utah or California…

once again, I think we have to make the facts known, especially in light of the last speaker. We are not cutting this program. We are increasing this program. Here are the charts. Now, that chart is a hypothetical, what if, and I guess I…

And, Mr. Speaker, my colleague, Mr. Fox from Pennsylvania, I can tell you in the 1980s, when the block grants were coming back and the cry was, as this comes from Washington, DC, we are going to lose our money; what do we do? We put in…

I want to talk about reality and fact today versus uncertainty and doubt. And the uncertainty and doubt mentioned is budget estimates. The reality is it has been done. It has been done in many States. But Ohio sets an example, one of the…

we surely all learned during our campaigns that the American people, whether they are Republican, Democrat, or Independent, have the willingness to become involved in the energetic give and take of public debate. We saw that same energy on…