Marcy Kaptur

I am very curious that the gentleman merely, as I read the bill which we only got a few minutes ago, essentially says noncitizens. Does this include foreign-controlled corporations and foreign-controlled trade associations as well as…

I have to say what a true tragedy it is that a subcommittee that has labored hard to bring a bill to the floor that can pass has now been handcuffed under this rule, and tomorrow it is almost laughable that key amendments will be limited…

I think that what happens is we are taking the taxpayers' money and giving the sales commissions to the insurance agents. That is who is getting the money.

I would just take a second to point out that we are taking the Secretary's advice in the original mark of the committee, which was at $154 million, and we agree that there should be negotiations. In fact, the proposal was the…

I concur with his assessment that the report language he references has no standing since there is no funding in the Cooperative State Research Facilities account. I would like to note for the Record that the subcommittee received…

I did not know anything about agriculture, and now I see it working in my community and feeding our elderly and our children and our women.

I want to just ask the gentleman a question if I might. Just for clarification purposes, in the report that accompanies our bill, we did direct the administration with the following language: ``Funds for these initiatives are not available…

Our motion instructs conferees to simply insist that the funding level of $76 million provided in the House-passed bill for the WIC Program, which was agreed to overwhelmingly by this body yesterday, prevailed in conference with the…

The gentleman obviously knows, being a member of the subcommittee, that the money for this is coming from an offset in another account, and in fact, there is no committee that has taken more cuts than the Committee on Agriculture. The…

It is mutual. I understand what has happened here. In a way it is laughable, but in a way it is truly sad, because I remember the debates in subcommittee, I remember the debates in full committee, and I have to say that the amendment that…

As the gentleman is talking, I am thinking about when NAFTA was discussed here, and we were told President Salinas had the greatest democratic heart, with a small D, beating in this century. Can you imagine a President of the United States…

And by the way, they are moving jobs, if the gentleman will yield, out of Canton, OH, to Mexico as well.

If the gentleman reads correctly what our amendment does, that is only one of five different ways in which we try to get at the submarine problem. I think the gentleman is incorrect.

What the committee is seeking to do, and why we in this amendment try to protect small business and small inventors, is lessen the time that they have that protection.

What I wanted to ask, though, is if the proposal in H.R. 400 that the gentleman is promoting is going to be useful, currently if publication is going to be such a good idea, early publication for small inventors and small business, why…

If the gentleman from Virginia's statement is correct, then why does H.R. 400 embody the Japanese agreement?

I note that none of the proponents of H.R. 400 are willing to stand up and explain about this agreement with Japan and how that is driving this debate and what is the relationship between that and these.

If what the gentleman says is true, then why are all the small business groups of the United States opposed to his proposal: the Small Business Legislative Council, the Small Business Technology Coalition, the National Association for the…

So frankly, I think this issue goes down to the point of who has actually read the legislation and who has not, and most Members do not serve on the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary…

I wanted to call our colleagues' special attention to her and to thank her on behalf of the people of this institution and our country. I thank you, Mrs. Collins. It has been an honor to serve with you.

The programs under our committee's jurisdiction provide assistance and benefits that help millions of Americans achieve a better life. Included are programs for medical care and benefits for our Nation's veterans, affordable and decent…

I would simply state to the gentleman that that is correct. The amount that was included in our bill was passed unanimously by our subcommittee. It was also passed in full committee and its intention is that the transition subsidy payments…

That is a fair assumption. What is interesting to look at is that, even before this is done, they were making profits in the United States. They had a good work force. They were making profits as a company. It is not that they had a work…

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation, they received nearly $10 million in insurance in 1994, for investment in other countries. So it shows how he is thinking.

Just taking a very brief time, in looking at this chart there, I have seen this chart several times, but we know health insurance is rising faster.