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I rise on behalf of Cleveland steel workers. Steel imports have reached a crisis level. Thousands of steel workers are in danger of losing their jobs. We have to take strong action, which is what this resolution does. Opponents are more…

American steel is in a crisis. Yesterday the House of Representatives defeated a resolution to study the crisis. American steelworkers and their families do not need studies. They need action to stop the dumping of steel in this country…

I rise on behalf of steelworkers in the greater Cleveland area who work at LTV Steel and steelworkers everywhere across this country who realize that this crisis in steel is real. Workers are losing their jobs, plants are in danger of…

I would submit there is an easy administrative procedure already in the law and that we are creating a bureaucracy through all of the machinations involved in this bill. This bill creates the problems in terms of creating the circumstance…

As someone who has worked in local government, I can understand the difficulties which people can have in dealing with big bureaucracies and things like that. I was struck by my good colleague the gentleman from Tennessee's remarks about…

Social Security is a guarantee. No senior has ever gone without a benefits check, even in times of economic recession. That is because the full faith and credit of the United States stands behind the Social Security promise. Social…

imagine that your hometown or state passes a law that promotes restitution for Holocaust victims whose gold was pulled from their mouths, melted down, and then deposited in Swiss accounts by Nazis. And imagine that the World Trade…

I think a national civics lesson is in order here. First of all, as a former mayor of the city of Cleveland, I think that I understand what all mayors understand, and that is that people in our cities pay taxes to city, State, and to the…

Mr. Chairman, over the last several months, I have participated in more than 20 hours of discussion during five hearings on the global warming issue. I am well aware of the impacts which the Kyoto Protocol may have on this country, but I…

Here are some facts on the Space Station. Significant development progress has been made on the International Space Station. Seventy-five percent of the development milestones have been completed. The first two elements of the Space…

my Most Favored Nation, America, has freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, believes in the rights of minorities, believes in human rights, believes in workers' rights, believes in nuclear…

I rise to support the appropriations made in this bill for NASA. This year marks the 40th anniversary of NASA. These 40 years have been filled with remarkable achievements such as placing the first man on the moon. Let me list for my…

this rule strikes the emergency funding appropriation related to the Year 2000 conversion of Federal information technology systems. I must protest this provision in the rule because of the severity and potential impact of the Year 2000…

I must oppose this rule. Under this rule, any Member can strip funding from this bill by raising a point of order. I am particularly concerned about the appropriations to repair the year 2000 problem. Numerous computer programs will either…

our Nation exists not simply as a collection of 50 States. The fabric of America is woven through tens of thousands of neighborhoods, the place where we were born, where we grew up, where we live, where we hope to spend the rest of our…

investing Social Security in the stock market concedes to the hysteria manufactured by Wall Street. They exaggerate Social Security's actuarial imbalance and call it a crisis. There is no crisis. With current tax and benefit rates…

Mr. Speaker, like all working families in this country and Members of this body, I am committed to the fight against illegal drugs flowing into our country across our borders. We need to strengthen our efforts to halt the flood of drugs to…

2 decades ago Congress passed legislation enabling States to form compacts to build low-level radioactive waste dumps. States have spent in excess of $400 million trying to site low-level radioactive waste dumps, but not a single pile of…

there are people who say they want a dialogue on Social Security. I suggest such a dialogue would be like a cat having a dialogue with a mouse, or maybe a crocodile having a dialogue with a frog, or perhaps a shark having a dialogue with a…

I was happy today to cast my vote for H.R. 1151, the Credit Union Membership Access Act. I was happier still that the majority of the House of Representatives voted for H.R. 1151 as well. Credit unions are the banks of working people…

with all the talk about the supposed benefits of competition in the electric power industry, I say let us have really fair electric competition. Many consumers now enjoy the benefits of a municipally owned electric system, such as low…

I rise to acknowledge sadly the passing of Bella Abzug, a former Member of this House of Representatives. Bella Abzug was a fearless defender of the rights of the people. She was always there arguing on behalf of the downtrodden, arguing…

I am a strong supporter of maintaining our presence in Bosnia until lasting peace is established. I was privileged to visit our troops in Bosnia to witness the progress being made. Our continued presence in that region is important to the…

the so-called reform bill has silenced the voice of working people. It would stop them from using the organized power of their representatives, to use the political system for better wages, to obtain more benefits, to achieve better…