I am indebted to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Portman) for taking a good idea and nationalizing it. This bill deals with alcohol abuse, drug abuse, tobacco abuse, and researchers know, perhaps it…

I bring, I must say, particular congratulations, however, to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Roemer) for what he has done and the way he has done it. What he has done is define a great American family, one of the most distinguished in our…

I am not sure how to approach Juneteenth. It is a date fraught with poignancy and symbolism, poignancy because it is not the date on which the slaves were emancipated. That was January 1, 1863. It was simply the date that the good news…

I do want to take issue with the last speaker. I am not sure about our national security, but I do believe that doing something about Khartoum is vital to the strategic U.S. interests in the world. Oil is the engine that is driving the war…

Well, let me first thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Rodriguez), and I want to thank my good colleague as well, the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Mrs. Christensen), for her leadership in bringing to the attention of the Congress…

I honor the gentleman from Arizona for his service, and understand and appreciate his anxiety to get on with the memorial. Let me say, as a child of World War II who grew up during the war here in the city, I understand why this memorial…

I am outraged at the use of old-fashioned abortion politics to get at a serious problem. Let me indicate just how serious the problem is. I participated recently in a press conference called by the American College of Nurses and Midwives…

I especially thank him for the thoughtful substitute he has put forward because what he has done is to listen to the people who have estate tax problems and responded directly to them. Mr. Speaker, the substitute has relief for small…

recently drug companies announced that they would sell anti-AIDS drugs in southern Africa at a considerable discount. This would still entail hundreds of dollars per person. The recent experience of Bristol-Myers Squibb gives me caution. A…

I hope that the Congress was awake today when there was another shooting, making two shootings in a week, yesterday California at a public school, two dead, 13 injured; today a Catholic school. It appears that there is one injury. I am not…

Dynamic, committed, engaging, steadfast. These are only some of the many words that come to mind to describe Dr. Dorothy Height, a tireless champion of women, children, civil rights, peace and justice. For nearly half a century, Dr. Height…

The Earnhardt family has a passion for race car driving. Dale Earnhardt's father Ralph was a pioneer of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Ralph Earnhardt died at age 45 of a heart attack while working on a race car…

I want to congratulate the good gentlewoman from Ohio for the way in which she has hit the ground running. No grass grows under her feet. Her predecessor, the esteemed gentleman from Ohio, Mr. Stokes, left. We did not know whose feet would…

I come to the House to report periodically when significant events occur in the District of Columbia. I know for new Members, the first impression might be well, that is not none of my business, Congresswoman. It really should not be, but…

I want to speak to the standard that should be used in deciding whether a nominee for Attorney General should be approved. I think it is only fair to use the same standard that Mr. Ashcroft used, because I believe if we use that standard…

Mr. Speaker, we should look upon the day of remembrance in the very same way that we look upon Martin Luther King's birthday. We need to remember, because if we forget, we cannot be sure that sacrifices that were made will not have to be…

because I represent the home jurisdiction of the United States Congress, I want to personally welcome new Members of the House and my friends and colleagues from past years. Many of them will spend more of their time here than they will in…

Mr. Chairman, I have had it. I have really had it. Why do you see people go to the gallery, screaming at the top of their lungs, something I do not encourage now and did not encourage then, it has a lot to do with what we have just heard…

Mr. Chairman, for many of us, this has become an issue laden with emotional content because of its life-or-death consequences so visible where we live. HIV-AIDS has become another burden of race in our country and in this majority black…

Mr. Chairman, I rise to introduce a democracy amendment that will wipe out all riders, most of them operational riders, that are outdated or irrelevant. Members would not commit themselves one way or the other on the substance of any…

I rise to speak for the city where free Americans reside, not the Federal city. The Federal city belongs to everyone. As free American citizens, Wards 1 through 8 belong to those of us who live in the District of Columbia. Each year lots…

I rise to oppose a rule shot through with financial, operational, and social intrusions that should concern no one unless you happen to be a resident of the District of Columbia. D.C. is once again bringing up the rear of the…

I ask Members to stand back for a moment from the gag rule. Seldom have so many violations of cardinal American principles, which enjoy overwhelming support and respect in our own country, been embodied in one law. Look at what is at stake…

The Republican majority touts their plan for offering people choices. Why do they not begin by giving us a choice of bills? It is unthinkable that seniors would buy into a plan that thrusts them further into the managed care and HMO market…

Mr. Speaker, it is with special and personal pleasure that I rise in support of this legislation. H.R. 3323 would designate the new FDA laboratory located in Jamaica, Queens, New York, in honor of our former colleague and Member, Floyd…