Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps provide health care to an underserved and uninsured population. A population that faces poverty, hunger, poor living conditions--all of which exacerbate the need for health…

I support medical malpractice reform but I oppose this bill. H.R. 4600 lays the blame for rising medical malpractice premiums solely on individuals whom a court and jury determine have been injured by medical malpractice. Apparently…

I guess we are all mistaken, but I would like to recount for a moment how this drug legislation passed this House of Representatives. Back in June we worked on a markup on a bill that the drug companies were totally in support of. There…

Mr. Speaker, we are spending a few hours today debating the abortion non-discrimination bill. Despite this bill's troubling implications for women and despite the strong concerns many of my colleagues and I have about the bill, Republican…

according to industry experts, health insurance premiums will jump 13 to 24 percent next year. What is driving this increase? Mostly the cost of prescription drugs. To deflect attention from these remarkably high prices, the drug industry…

Yesterday, under enormous pressure from defrauded investors, the Republican leadership finally, reluctantly agreed to bring a strong accounting bill to the floor. But tonight, the Republican-dominated House is poised to turn around and…

under enormous pressure from defrauded investors, the Republican leadership has finally and reluctantly agreed to bring a strong accounting bill to the floor today. Passage of this bill will make America's corporations more accountable and…

the Bush administration has very close ties to the prescription drug industry. In and of itself, that might not be a problem. Part of any administration's job is to support American industry, so long as it coincides with the best interests…

Nurses are the heart of our health care system. They have the most contact with patients. With the threat and reality of bioterrorism, they are on the front lines treating exposure to biological and chemical agents as well as a surge of…

Mr. Speaker, I was a nurse for over 30 years before I came to Congress and the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Capps) and I talk about it. We are still nurses. We just happen to have a side job as being a Congressperson. That is the way…

a scandal-weary American people awoke this morning to more unpleasant news. WorldCom, an employer of 60,000 people, $107 billion in assets, announced that it would seek bankruptcy court protection. Millions of Americans have watched their…

After years of rumors and whispering, numerous current and former baseball players have recently alleged that a substantial number of major league players are using, or have used, illegal anabolic steroids to enhance their performance on…

This appears to be a very worthwhile bill, as it amends the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 to extend through fiscal year 2006. The Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program provides for admission into…

blatant acts of fraud and misgovernance by executives of some of America's largest companies, most of them large contributors to President Bush, have destroyed the retirement accounts of millions of Americans. But rather than focus on…

it has been a week since President Bush went to Wall Street to restore investor confidence in our capital markets. Unfortunately, the response from investors has been dismal. Since the President's trip, the two major stock indices have…

the fact that the Bush administration has close ties to industry is not, in and of itself, a problem. Part of the administration's job, to be sure, is to support American business as long as doing so coincides with what is best for the…

this morning in Birmingham, President Bush gave another speech aimed at restoring investor confidence at the same time the country's equity markets were well on their way to a sixth day of losses. Why is that? Could it be because so many…

it has been almost a week since President Bush went to Wall Street to present his plan to curb executive greed and corporate misgovernance. The response, unfortunately, has been pretty underwhelming. The markets dropped by several hundred…

on Tuesday of this week President Bush gave a major speech on his administration's plans to curb executive greed and corporate misgovernance in America. Why, one should ask, was the President's speech so poorly received? Why did the market…

almost every day we hear about another major U.S. corporation sell out its stockholders, lay off workers, destroy pension funds for those workers. Almost every day we see my Republican friends do the bidding of another corporate interest…

on Tuesday of this week, President Bush gave a major speech on his administration's plan to curb executive greed and corporate misgovernance in America. Why was the President's speech so poorly received? Why did the markets drop by several…

yesterday, President Bush gave a major speech on his plan to curb executive greed and corporate misgovernance. Someone should tell the President, actions speak louder than words. Responding to his corporate contributors, President Bush…

later today President Bush is scheduled to give a major speech, it is billed, on corporate responsibility. His advisers have told us he is going to get tough on corporate wrongdoers. He is even calling for jail time for those who defraud…

today, President Bush gave a major speech on corporate responsibility. He tells us he is going to get tough on those who have misled and defrauded shareholders in violation of Federal law. This could be a tough sell, considering the…

earlier today President Bush gave a major speech on the administration's plan to curb executive greed and corporate misgovernance in our country. This plan could be a tough sell, considering the President's own record as a businessman and…