I rise in support of the McGovern amendment. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman for his commitment, particularly in light of what Congress looks like it may do on prescription drugs, for his commitment to this issue. I think it is…

this November, representatives from 135 Nations are meeting in Seattle to decide the all-important global trading agenda for the World Trade Organization. Unfortunately, these trade bureaucrats and their army of attorneys are not going to…

as incredible as it sounds, the bureaucrats from the United States Trade Representative's Office are once again preparing to give their comrades in the People's Republic of China membership in the World Trade Organization. We saw the same…

I urge its adoption.

This amendment is simple and straightforward. It would reduce fiscal year 2000 funding for the International Military Education and Training Program from $50 million to $45 million, and increase fiscal year 2000 Child Survival and Disease…

10 years ago this week China's Communist dictatorship sent its tanks and armored carriers crashing through the prodemocracy protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Hundreds of innocent protesters were crushed to death, hundreds more were…

In closing, I think, Mr. Speaker, the commitment for all of us, all four of us that have been here tonight, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Deutsch), the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Green), the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone) is…

I want to add that the leadership of the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), especially in his efforts to fight Republican efforts to privatize Medicare, have been very, very important in our so far successful efforts to do that. One…

I am joined tonight by my friends, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Deutsch), the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Green), the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone). For the next hour we are going to talk about efforts that the majority party…

Preventive care for prostate cancer, for breast cancer, for osteoporosis, for diabetes, a whole host of new preventive care programs paid for by Medicare all in the last 2 or 3 years. That is something people should certainly take…

I think that both the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Green) and the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Deutsch) both touched on the history of Medicare and who really was responsible for this program, and I think it begs the question of whom do we…

many in Congress have been on a campaign to scare America's seniors into believing that Medicare is going bankrupt. They say Medicare must be privatized in order to save it. Once again, Medicare privatizers and their Mediscare campaign are…

conservatives in the Republican Party are proposing that Congress privatize Social Security, turning it over to Wall Street, even though Social Security will be solvent at least until 2034. Privatization in many parts of government has…

we received good news 2 weeks ago when the Medicare and Social Security trustees reported that both programs will be solvent significantly longer than projected. For Medicare, the trustees reported that the Medicare trust fund will remain…

the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare is poised today to vote on a proposal that would end Medicare as we know it. The Commission's charge was to come up with a scheme for putting Medicare on solid financial footing…

the Medicare Commission is expecting to hold its final meeting today. The commission's leaders are advancing a voucher plan called premium support that will end Medicare's guarantee of equal health care to the wealthy, the middle class and…

in October of every election year the Republican leadership says they support public education. The other 11 months they try to dismantle the Department of Education, they try to cut Head Start and school lunches, they try to weaken the…

9 months ago the President and House Democrats laid out an education agenda for the 21st century. The American people are still waiting for Congress to act. Democrats want to help local governments modernize schools and help build and…

The only part of this bill that is a new authorization deals with research in heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases in women. During a women's health seminar, a program that my office put on in Medina, Ohio some time ago…

I rise to oppose the martial-law rule. Almost every week for almost 10 months this Congress has come to Washington, held a few committee hearings, done a little bit of work, cast a few votes and then recessed for a long weekend. Now, the…

While President Clinton was visiting China, scores of Taiwanese children just across the straits were continuing to fight for their lives against a new, deadly virus. Unfortunately, the doctors treating this illness do not have access to…

the message we send to the world today by voting no on fast track is crystal clear. The primary focus of the next generation of trade policies will be in support of worker rights, strong environmental laws and solid food safety…

this year we have a great opportunity, a once-in-a-generation chance to really save Social Security. We can take our budget surplus and begin to pay back the IOUs into our Social Security system. Unfortunately, though, Republicans are…

tomorrow Speaker Gingrich has promised that he would bring the fast track legislation to the floor of the House of Representatives. Some years ago, this Congress passed the North American Free Trade Agreement, a disastrous trade agreement…

last spring, the Canadian Province of Ontario approved a permit that would have allowed the Nova Group, an Ontario-based company, to divert 3 billion liters of water from Lake Superior over the next 5 years and sell that water to…