I would regret that, though I want to go on record to say that it is certainly not true that Social Security is going bankrupt. We really do have more than a quarter of a century before that. Nevertheless, it certainly would be better if…

In the wake of the Littleton, Colorado, tragedy yesterday, the gentleman from California (Mr. Henry Waxman) and I sat at a hearing on the GAO report on the 50-caliber, state-of-the-art military rifle that is of Persian Gulf vintage. The…

today is Earth Day. I chose to commemorate Earth Day by introducing the Academic Excellence and Environmental Sciences Act. My bill seeks to encourage academic rigor in scientific education by beginning at the lower grades through the…

never have the Republicans looked worse than they look today in their support of H.R. 472. Because for the first time in American history, the Republicans are trying to force an inaccurate census on the American people. Bad enough that…

I very much appreciate it. It will take just a couple of minutes. These are the women that came. One my colleagues may have read about, a woman from Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is a molecular biologist who is at the top, who…

I am a former Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, have spent much of my life working on women's issues. Many of them are discrimination issues, many of them are not, and if you would ask the average woman which of the…

Mr. Speaker, House Concurrent Resolution 48 authorizes the use of the Capitol grounds for the Sunrayce '99 solar powered car event scheduled to be held on the Capitol grounds on June 20, 1999. During this event, college women and men who…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 911 is a bill to designate the Federal building in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the ``Terry Sanford Federal Building.'' Senator Sanford served his country and his State for over 6 decades and this designation is a fitting…

it has been my habit to come to the floor occasionally in order to report to this body concerning your Nation's capital. There is a special responsibility that the House and the Senate have for the Nation's capital and it is not possible…

Democratic women of Congress are so concerned about the potential for harming Social Security that we will see during this hour a number of us come to the floor to alert our colleagues and the women of our country about the very high…

Congratulations to Delaware, the first State whose design appears on the back of a quarter. This follows a bill we passed last year allowing this privilege to every State, privileges to deficit reduction. Every State gets a turn at its own…

The census controversy continues unabated. We are about to precipitate a constitutional crisis because we have got to have an accurate count. The reason we do not have one is because we are so late in getting our act together and we are…

I do not need to tell this body that Medicare and Social Security are the two most popular Federal programs, with good reason. The need has been long established and the people who benefit or their survivors have paid their dues to build…

I also congratulate the gentlewoman that she has chosen a subject which allows us to speak on this floor about the contributions of African-Americans. In outlining the history of Negro History Week and Black History Month, she reminds us…

I strongly support H.R. 396. I support this bill which names a Federal facility for a man who loved his country, even when he was one of its greatest critics. Ron Dellums had range in this body, from his deep leadership on international…

I want to spend my time this afternoon talking about Social Security, one of America's great all-American programs. It is in a class by itself, except for Medicare, of course. But, like so many programs, its beneficiaries vary according to…

Mr. Speaker, my special thanks to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton), the chairman, the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman), the ranking member, and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Davis) for the priority they have each given to…

I have good news about my city and yours. This morning's paper reports that the District of Columbia has a $450 million surplus and a clean audit. Yes, this is the same city that needed a control board three years ago and clearly does not…

I welcome the bipartisanship that is apparent in some of these rules. A rules package worthy of this House, however, would return the vote in the Committee of the Whole to the taxpaying District's residents. Some rules inevitably reflect…

I ask Members to vote for a new gift ban rule today not for themselves, but for their Nation's Capital. For Members, the gift ban represents the loss of trivial token gifts. For the District of Columbia, the gift ban has caused millions of…

this impeachment is unfair on three counts. It is unfair to the President, whose admitted misconduct in covering up a private sexual affair cannot compare to the Nixon precedent, where high State crimes were not in doubt; it is unfair to…

I have kept the count for the Women's Congressional Caucus of our legislative achievements in a productive session for our achievements, working closely with my Republican co-chair, the gentlewoman from Connecticut. I come to the floor…

Madam Speaker, let me begin my thanking the gentleman from Indiana (Chairman Burton); the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman) ranking member; and the gentleman from Virginia (Chairman Davis) for their leadership and support in bringing…

I feel like asking this body to wake me up when this is all over. Wake me up when you finish choosing what kind of contraception female Federal employees ought to use. The good faith of this body, indeed the sacred vote of this body and of…

Delay in correcting fraud and abuse at a time when premiums for Federal employees are on the rise should not be tolerated, and I am very appreciative that this bill has come to the floor before we adjourn. By moving to allow the OPM to…