Members may have read in this morning's Roll Call about the personal videotape President Bush sent urging Republicans to seize the moment and overhaul Medicare. Even though privatization will increase costs and degrade the quality of…

Well, I come from an area, Ohio, which is a pretty unionized State, but I do not see them there either. My colleague comes from a State that is a little more rural; maybe you would not see it there. You would think you would see it in…

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased we are considering final passage of this global AIDS legislation. Last year, almost 3 million people died of AIDS, 2 million died of tuberculosis, and 1 million died of malaria. In this bill, we are responding to…

in about 3 weeks, the Federal Communications Commission is poised to relax or eliminate some rules that are essential to the maintenance of a free press. Under long-standing FCC rules, giant media companies are limited as to how much…

It is hard to think it was a victory for working Americans when we have over 1 million people who are unemployed, who are receiving unemployment compensation, and 36,000 of those in Ohio, their benefits expire on May 31; and this…

recently President Bush traveled to my home State of Ohio to sell his tax cuts. He went to a manufacturing company of I believe the largest Republican contributor in Ohio to extol the value of his tax cuts. He met with the executives of…

perhaps some of us on our side of the aisle have been a little bit too critical of President Bush. After all he has in his budget a universal health care plan for 23 million people. He has in his budget money for school construction…

Mr. Chairman, Members all know that when our local news stations report that a pipeline has burst or refinery has caught fire, we need to get ready for angry constituent phone calls and letters about gas prices. It has become almost an…

I ask each of my colleagues to think about when they go home this weekend to go to their grocery store, go to their son's or daughter's school, go to a local gas station, stop any one of their constituents, ask her or ask him what energy…

the good news is that we can afford to meet the funding needs of the Veterans Administration. We have the money. But the Republicans, in spite of the comments from my colleague from Texas, have other priorities. They are going to award the…

This isn't, or shouldn't be, a partisan debate. Democrats and Republican members of Congress are in the same boat. The question we have to answer for ourselves is: do we vote ``yes'' to a bad bill, or do we demand something better? The…

in mid-February the World Health Organization began reporting cases of an atypical pneumonia throughout Asia identified as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Since then, more than 450 cases, with 17 deaths, have been reported in 13…

my colleagues on the Committee on International Relations recently introduced H.R. 1298, the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis Act. The bill is a 5-year, $15 billion bill providing $3 billion in relief in…

I want Members on both sides of the aisle to be aware of three unanswered questions about H.R. 5. First, if the authors of this bill are sure that it will reduce and stabilize medical malpractice premiums, why are insurers accountable for…

I strongly support H.R. 441, and I would like to thank my colleagues on the International Relations Committee and the Congressional Taiwan Caucus for their support as well. For the past few years, we have been pushing for Taiwan's observer…

President Bush, from all appearances, seems poised to attack the country of Iraq sometime in the next 2 or 3 weeks according to news reports, according to reading a bit between the lines of statements coming from the Bush administration…

Mr. Chairman, we should pass a welfare reform bill that is realistic about what people need to transition from welfare to good, paying, lasting jobs. It is in no one's best interest to see people transition from welfare to work and back…

I rise in support of H.R. 397, introduced by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Shimkus) on the Committee of Energy and Commerce. H.R. 397 extends the deadline for commencement of construction for up to 6 years. Not counting the years in…

Yesterday 1,100 people in India died from tuberculosis. Last month in sub-Saharan Africa, 225,000 people died from AIDS. Last year, more than 1 million people died from malaria around the world. The White House understands that AIDS, in…

Secretary Powell's address today reiterated that Saddam Hussein is an evil dictator, but he did not explain how a preemptive war is in the best interests of the American people. Will a preemptive attack on Iraq without United Nations…

If we give the President the authority to radically change, to radically change, our decades-old military doctrine of containment and deterrence, we need answers to questions the American people are asking. If we strike Iraq on our own…

Mr. Speaker, for years our policy in this country has been one of containment, of deterrence, of collective security, of diplomacy. We contained and we deterred Joseph Stalin and the Soviets for decades. We have contained and deterred…

Mr. Speaker, the medical device legislation we are considering today is the product of lengthy, bipartisan negotiations. It is a good compromise bill. I appreciate the majority's willingness to work with us to ensure the legislation…

this goes to the question of the integrity of the House and its proceedings; and by building this case, it will be clear to all Members how this in fact has happened. The Patent and Trademark Office cannot prevent drugmakers from securing…

this resolution goes to the question of the integrity of the House and its proceedings, and failure to act impugns the integrity of the House. Under article 1, section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has two obligations in regard to…