I rise to comment on President Bush's decision to levy up to a 30 percent tariff on steel imports coming into the United States. I am glad the President took a step forward, something that we hoped he would do, but he did much less than we…

recently the National Governors Association passed a resolution calling for action to prevent the brand-name drug industry from blocking access to lower-cost generic drugs. It turns out that the drug industry is cheating consumers out of…

in the first 6 months of 2002, 2 million American workers are expected to exhaust their unemployment benefits. Even when we account for growth in the workforce, this means more workers are expected to exhaust their benefits in the next 3…

on Monday President Bush called the Medicare program old and tired. He said he wants to give seniors better options like those available in the private sector. He said he wants to overhaul Medicare. He wants to overhaul Medicare and…

Last year Congress passed a bill sponsored by my friend and colleague from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), a valuable member of the Subcommittee on Health, to allow organ procurement organizations to better obtain their recertification. Current…

There is, Madam Speaker, a nursing shortage in this country. It is jeopardizing health care access and quality, and it is getting worse. It is not a theoretical problem; it is a fact.

Mr. Speaker, a study from the Department of Health and Human Services in a January, 2001, ``Status Report to Congress,'' the Food and Drug Administration, within Health and Human Services, wrote that ``the impact of the lack of lower-cost…

Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, the legislation we are considering today, named the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act, is not about children; it is about money. It is about the most influential industry on Capitol Hill co-opting an…

we remember following the horrific events of September 11, several gas stations around the country raised their prices to $4, $5 and $6 a gallon. Most called that war profiteering, but the overwhelming majority of Americans came together…

3 months ago today, as we all know, was September 11. That afternoon, gas stations, some number of gas stations all over the country raised their prices to $4 and $5 and $6 a gallon. We all remember that. Most of us would call that war…

The events of September 11 and the recent spate of anthrax attacks have significantly underscored the importance, to be sure, of our Nation's public health infrastructure. We need to pay far more attention to the first responders to a…

Mr. Speaker, 2 months ago Republican leadership and the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas) promised us if we voted for money for New York City, then they would help unemployed workers. They never did. Then Republican leadership and the…

In the first year of the Bush Presidency, we have lost 1 million manufacturing jobs. We are officially in a recession. The stock market has dropped precipitously. This body has done little for the economy, and this body has done nothing…

Reclaiming my time, during the NAFTA debate in 1993, we stood in this hall, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Strickland) and I, for much of the summer doing discussions like this and into the fall and into November. And when the vote was held…

Let me shift for a moment to an issue that we have all talked about before, and I would like the last 10 minutes or so to discuss for a moment and that is the issue of food safety. We see in this country 5,000 people a year die from…

In Ohio, we are threatened right now with losing 3,000 jobs at LTV Steel. People say, well, the economy will change. If they lose their jobs, they will find another job. They clearly will not find another job close to what they are making…

Even people that support Trade Promotion Authority acknowledge that that is what that provision does. When it was put into NAFTA in 1993, when this Congress in a very narrow vote passed NAFTA in November of that year, people did not quite…

The correct interpretation in this case, it is very possible that a steel company in Mexico or Canada might sue the U.S. Government for passing a provision like that, saying that is an unfair trade practice, and might be able to get the…

When we talked about articulating our values and representing those values, I think about what the President's Trade Representative, Robert Zoellick, has been saying the last month or so. He has been really saying that those of us, whether…

At the same time, we have the ability to raise standards around the world. We have a choice tomorrow when we vote for or against Trade Promotion Authority, so-called Fast Track, we can continue to dismantle our standards, to weaken our…

one interesting thing that my friend, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Solis), said, people who are supporting these trade agreements said if we do these trade agreements, it is going to lift up living standards in Mexico and in China…

before the gentlewoman from Texas answers, here is an additional question. Is anybody even going to know the names of the people that sit on that panel?

Trade and economic activity did not bring freedom to Nazi Germany, to Fascist Italy. It has not brought freedom in any way, all the trade and supposed prosperity, to Communist China. And, as my colleague points out, it has not brought…

As my friend, the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), says, the biggest reason that wages have been stagnant in this country, understand for the 10 or 20 percent on top, salaries have gone up, but for most of the public, in the last 10…

I was a little disappointed a moment ago when my colleague, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor), spoke on this floor in support of the Trade Promotion Authority. We all, including viewers of these proceedings, Members of Congress in…