Two days ago developing nations walked out of the World Trade Organization meeting, exposing irreconcilable differences between poorer developing countries and the U.S., the European Union, and Japan. Rather than dealing with the still…

I stand also to honor Larry Doby. I saw Larry Doby after his career in Cleveland for the White Sox had finished. My dad took me as a 6-year-old kid to see Larry Doby, and I saw him play then and met him later for a moment when he threw out…

I stand in support of the motion which instructs conferees to abandon the privatization provisions in the House prescription drug bill. Under H.R. 1, Medicare would end as we know it. Medicare would end in 7 years. In 7 years Medicare…

we have seen little press coverage in the United States of the World Trade Organization before its ministerial beginning this week in Cancun, Mexico. But around the globe, the WTO's 5th Ministerial is a big story. The divide between WTO…

I have never seen the treatment of veterans that this House of Representatives has given. It is three strikes and you are out. First of all, this President and the Republican majority have cut the prescription drug benefit to veterans…

about a century and a half ago, a little longer than that, the House of Representatives passed a rule banning, prohibiting the discussion of slavery in the U.S. House of Representatives. In those days John Quincy Adams, former President…

165 years ago in this House of Representatives, John Quincy Adams came to the floor of the House to share letters from his constituents, letters which allowed him to speak about an issue that the House rules prohibited him from speaking…

165 years ago the late 1830s, Congress passed a rule prohibiting the use of the word ``slavery'' in the Chamber of this House, prohibiting debate about the Nation's largest blemish, the Nation's largest embarrassment, the institution of…

Mr. Speaker, in my 13 years in Congress, no issue has made such a deep impression on my constituents than the rising price of prescription drugs. This is an issue for seniors, but high health care prices are eroding the living standards of…

Mr. Speaker, in 11 years here I have never seen anything like this. The drug industry and its allies have spent the past few weeks unloading a lobbying blitzkrieg on Members of Congress. They have run disingenuous ads likening America's…

In today's Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper of record, there is an article, FDA's Lobbying Questioning. Let me read a couple of paragraphs: ``In a rare lobbying campaign by a Federal agency, the Food and Drug Administration has formed…

Where I come from in Ohio, trade is a four-letter word, J-O-B-S. Unfortunately, the President, the United States Trade Representative, and the Republican leadership do not spell very well. They ought to simply look around. Since President…

where I come from, trade is a four- letter word, J-O-B-S. But this Congress and this President just do not spell very well. The last 2 rac{1}{2} years since President Bush took office this country has lost 3 million jobs, more than any…

Mr. Chairman, where I come from, trade is a four-letter word, J-O-B-S. Unfortunately, this administration, this Trade Representative, the leadership in this Congress just simply do not spell very well. We all know what has happened. We…

160-or-so years ago, Congress passed a rule prohibiting Members of Congress from debating the issue of slavery. The issue of slavery, the greatest blemish on our Nation's history, was actually not debated in Congress for many years because…

Many Members of Congress are receiving hundreds of letters each and aggregately tens of thousands of letters questioning this Congress' refusal to get to the bottom of the misinformation campaign on Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of citizens…

I applaud the gentleman from Tennessee's (Mr. Wamp) interest in building domestic capacity; and in terms of purchasing from domestic sources, I think that is an important thing that this Congress too often forgets. When we look at our…

it is my pleasure to be here and share the concerns in their own words from my constituents in northeast Ohio and other constituents around the rest of the great State of Ohio. As the gentlewoman from Illinois said, the previous speaker…

I rise in support of H.R. 2631, but I am just puzzled by this. This bill concerns the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, which covers President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and Members of Congress and others. Right now the plans…

earlier this year President Bush addressed a Michigan audience laying out his plans to restructure Medicare. He said, ``If it's good enough for Members of Congress, it's good enough for seniors in this Nation.'' What he meant was that…

Are you saying then that the coverage for Federal retirees is significantly better than the coverage that you are providing or that this House provided under H.R. 1, the Republican Medicare prescription drug plan?

Mr. Speaker, we should reject this rule because H.R. 1 offers the wrong vision for Medicare. H.R. 1 asks every Member a fundamental question, what do you want Medicare to be? If you want Medicare coverage that is guaranteed, dependable…

for years Republicans have tried to frighten seniors by telling them that Medicare was going broke. The media in this country scolded the Republicans for their Mediscare tactics. Well tonight, Republicans have graduated from using…

I would add it is pretty clear there are two things going on. One is the huge contributions from drug and insurance interests and connections between that and the Republican plan, essentially since it is pretty clear those interest groups…

the issue is partly campaign money, but the real issue is the fact that Republicans and President Bush have invited the drug companies into their offices, into the Oval Office to meet with the President's people, into the Lincoln bedroom…