in the prior exchange, the failure of the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bilirakis) to indicate what an abortion is was an important concession because in effect it says an abortion is anything that a provider says it is. It makes this…

I want to offer my thanks to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen), who is a cosponsor of this bill with the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Turner), and of course to the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Rahall) for bringing this bill forward. I…

there is an old saying about whether people are able to walk and chew gum at the same time. We are chewing on a lot of war, but we certainly are not walking with our economy. I have come to the floor, in case one does not know it, to…

September 11 will always be a day to remember; but for us, it must also be a day to consider how to go on. If one lives or works here, as Members do, we remember that no sooner had September 11 come than we had October and the anthrax…

there is a slogan I cannot remember entirely that is associated with the Post Office, ``through rain or snow or sleet,'' to describe just how constant is that service. Well, that describes how these men were remembered as unfailing men of…

Many of us will always remember Joseph Curseen and Thomas Morris as Washingtonians because it is in this city that they were born and raised and received the values and the work ethic for which they are so fondly remembered. Joseph…

The annual late term abortion bill. This is the bill where Congress tries not to make law but to make mischief. Why would Congress want to put a woman in jeopardy of her health and a physician in jeopardy of prison for 2 years and a fine…

I am bemused to hear some Republicans on this floor arguing for quotas. I thought the administration and the Republican Congress stood against quotas. I want to make it clear I do not support quotas in any context, and I certainly do not…

I want to talk about an important matter and that is about an amendment that I intended to offer. It may or may not have been in order, but I want to discuss it on the floor now. It is the closing of E Street. It remains closed even though…

I would like, myself, to reiterate that emphasis. It is, I think, not unusual that the name of Lindy Boggs would be associated with a bipartisan caucus in this House. The Women's Caucus for all of its accomplishments pursues those…

I listened attentively to the remarks of the gentleman from Colorado. I was certainly in agreement with much of what he had to say. What amazed me was how much of his remarks were devoted to things that the Congress cannot do anything…

Mr. Speaker, Lindy Boggs makes us use the words eloquence, intelligence and excellence in the same sentence. I think that is why 11 years after she left this House she continues to draw people to this floor when we speak her name. That, in…

I believe this is a noncontroversial amendment. It is language identical to the language included in six previous appropriations bills. It makes sure that Pennsylvania Avenue, for 200 years America's Main Street, does not become a park…

I regret that I must, nevertheless, oppose the underlying bill. I think I am in good company. I would say it is top-down company. It begins with the President of the United States and goes to the Secretary of Transportation, Mr. Mineta…

I come to the floor because a bill has just been introduced to impose vouchers on the District of Columbia. The Congress had the opportunity to impose vouchers on itself when H.R. 1 was here, the President's Leave No Child Behind bill…

Approximately 3,000 cases of meningitis occur each year in the United States. Ten to thirteen percent of patients die, despite receiving antibiotics early in the illness. Of those who survive, an additional 10 percent have severe…

Homeownership Month should be a time to study and take note of both the successes and the problems our country faces in homeownership. The President is in Atlanta speaking today about homeownership for minority Americans, and I applaud him…

One thing we have enough money for in this time of war-time priorities, this time of recession is to continue to builds our roads and bridges. Thank goodness for the trust fund. Have trust in the trust fund. It would be absurd to let the…

Members are coming to the floor as we approach Mother's Day. I am coming as well. Many mark Mother's Day in their own ways, very diverse ways. But if we ask the mothers of the Nation what would they most want for Mother's Day, the choice…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4006 is a bill to designate the new Federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York in honor of former Senator Alfonse D'Amato. Alfonse D'Amato was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1937. He graduated from Syracuse University…

I strongly support the Senate bill, S. 378, a bill to designate the Job Corps center located at 334 South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago as the Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center. The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Costello), the ranking member…

H.R. 4028 is a bill to designate the courthouse located at 600 West Capitol Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas as the Richard S. Arnold United States Courthouse. Judge Arnold's career in public service spans over four decades. He was born in…

Madam Speaker, in closing I cannot stand simply as a member of the subcommittee and offer the subcommittee's views on Paul Simon, because anyone who had the great pleasure and honor of knowing Senator Paul Simon, as I did, would have to…

Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, known as the Crusading Chemist and the father of the Federal Food and Drug Act, was born in a log farm house in 1844 near Kent, Indiana. After receiving his education in local schools, he attended Hanover College. And…

House Concurrent Resolution 347 authorizes the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 21st Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service, a most solemn and respectful public event honoring our Nation's brave civil servants. I strongly…