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H.R. 4181 is one of the fundamental tax equity issues that will come up in this Congress. We are talking about extending and making permanent the relief that we have extended to working couples and end permanently the marriage tax penalty…
I rise tonight without any messianic pretensions to urge my colleagues to cast a vote for our seniors and support improved health care by voting for this bipartisan Medicare bill. Mr. Speaker, today we have the best, and perhaps the last…
I must say, though, I think the record needs to be made clear and this resolution needs to be put in context. It is more than a weak exhortation; it is an expression of support for the administration's efforts at a very critical time to…
sometimes great nations are called on to assume great responsibilities. As the greatest Nation on earth and as the target of fundamentalist terror on 9/11, we have been obliged to assume the mantle of leadership in a global war on…
Mr. Speaker, since we first overhauled this country's failed welfare system back in 1996, some three million children have risen out of poverty. Today I rise to support this legislation as an important transition to the full…
Mr. Speaker, it has been painful for me to sit here and listen to some of the partisan rhetoric, which I think has trivialized a very serious issue. If this is about compassion, the House has already gone on record in a very compassionate…
Mr. Speaker, as I have listened to the debate I am afraid that the speakers on the other side from over and over again overlooked some basic points. First, they talk as if the House had not acted, but the House in timely fashion has acted…
I recognize that as a very important parting shot, because that provides, I think, a greater level of protection and transparency by requiring any changes go through congressional oversight and the full legislative process. I thank the…
can the administration add products to the ISI list as it sees fit without congressional approval and oversight?
I believe they have been examined with a fine degree of concern, particularly for their impact on the manufacturing and agricultural sectors. I feel very strongly that what we have here is the best kind of treaty that we can have to expand…
unlike any of the speakers on the other side, I was also in the room. I saw what was said. I saw what was implied. And I saw the behavior of the chairman close up. May I say what is embarrassing the House today is not the behavior of the…
I really wish more of the American public were watching this debate because they would be able to fully appreciate how marginal the left has become to any serious debate about the problems facing this country. What we are going to be doing…
I particularly welcome the opportunity to come to the floor and invite my colleagues to support this extension on a bipartisan basis. We have seen partisanship creep into the debate on welfare reform, and I think it has detracted from the…
I must say having been in western Pennsylvania, when you have been reading the headlines, looking at the economic statistics, things are indeed bleak out there. We are in a recession even if many within the Washington beltway do not fully…
Today, Mr. Speaker, the House has the melancholy responsibility to take up a resolution memorializing one of the great leaders of the Pennsylvania State legislature who passed recently. I am referring to former State Speaker of the House…
the bill before us is perhaps the most important bill for our economy that we are going to be voting on this year, and I strongly support it because it is a measure that provides a powerful tonic for economic growth and job creation. We…
It is a real honor to be able to participate in an action which would recognize the value of the long public service that Jim Merry provided as a community leader and as a member of the State legislature, serving in his last 2 years as…
more than 800,000 unemployed workers throughout the U.S. and over 35,000 in Pennsylvania alone are faced with the grim reality that their unemployment benefits will end just 3 days after Christmas. With the economy in such bad straits and…
in this body our first and highest responsibility is protecting our homeland, and that responsibility may from time to time require us to embrace unpopular policies and justify them to our constituents when we recognize a transcendent…
while I congratulate the other side on their valiant, but unsuccessful, partisan attempt to change the subject, I rise on behalf of this rule as an opportunity to put the House on notice and put the House on record that we need to move…
Mr. Speaker, this is landmark legislation that provides solid benefits to workers and communities facing the challenges of globalization. At a time of record trade deficits, this legislation gives the President the authority to conduct…
when I came to Congress, the welfare system was in crisis--a record number of families were on welfare, dependency on the system was enormous and caseloads were rising. But in 1996, in the face of fierce ideological resistance, we reformed…
this is a critical issue. I came to the floor prepared to give a lengthy and detailed speech, and, instead, I will simply submit that for the record. I would like to take 2 minutes to speak from the heart on what I think is an absolutely…
I wish to lift this debate above the grotesque ad hominem quality we have been hearing too much on the floor today and focus instead on the real direction this budget takes us in. I have to say, Mr. Chairman, it is important that people…
allow me to take a moment to applaud President Bush for standing tall in favor of our domestic steel industry. He has, at a very critical moment, stood up for steel. If we have a domestic steel industry in coming decades, I believe it will…
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