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as an immigrant, as a Member of Congress, as one who won her second race by a very small minority, I want to say that I am appalled that new voters, and especially voters who have Hispanic surnames, are being targeted by the attacks on the…
I am joining the gentleman from California [Mr. Riggs] to support continued funding for the Northwest Emergency Assistance Program. The Hire the Fishers Program has been successful in providing jobs for over 300 displaced fisher families…
That is why I rise in support of the Castle amendment, which makes sense, and oppose the Istook amendment, which makes absolutely no sense. Why does it make no sense? I believe that the Istook amendment will actually increase teen…
like my co-chair, the gentleman from Washington [Mr. Nethercutt], I want to see that this budget contains good news for 16 million Americans, 16 million Americans who suffer from diabetes, including my own beloved daughter, Amanda. Thanks…
I am very interested in all this discussion about small farmers. I am probably one of the few small farmers in this body. I have a small farm. I sure do not get whole lots of Federal subsidies or insurance agents. I never heard of this…
I am a sponsor of this amendment and, obviously, I rise in strong support of the Porter-Kennedy amendment. It would end taxpayer subsidies for the construction of logging roads in our national forests. People said it is not a subsidy? USA…
I supported the budget agreement, and the bill that is on the floor does not contain some of the provisions which I thought were very good and which led me to support the legislation in the Committee on Commerce. And those good provisions…
What we felt was that we needed a private-public partnership, that Government cannot do everything, private industry cannot do everything, but together we can attempt to reach those 10 million children. It is a disgrace, it is a disgrace…
I rise in support of the Luther-Ramstad amendment. We can safely reduce our fleet of Trident submarines to 10 and that will make us save $344 million. I would say that nuclear weapons are becoming obsolete, but that is not important. What…
for a number of years now I have been deeply concerned about the militarist government in Burma and by its repression of human and civil rights of the citizens of Burma. In particular, I have protested the many years of house arrests…
I want to commend the Clinton administration for having decided to impose new sanctions on Burma because of the increasing repression of the people of Burma. A recent article in the Washington Post points out that hundreds of university…
Mr. Chairman, I am rising in opposition to H.R. 408. I think this is truly an issue of labeling. The American public demanded and came to accept the fact that tuna with the tuna safe label was tuna where dolphins were not harmed. H.R. 408…
tomorrow I am introducing a very important piece of legislation, and I am joined by 14 of my Democratic women colleagues. This legislation is called the Children's National Security Act, and I want to spend a few minutes this evening…
I thank the gentleman for caring about the kids of America. We really must keep them front and foremost in our minds.
Or if you have two people working at minimum wage. You know, my goodness. We struggled so hard last year to get a minimum wage increase, you know, against so much opposition to that; but just think if you are working on minimum wage, yes…
As a parent, and I know the gentleman is a parent of small children, I am a grandmother, what we know is that we do not sleep well at night if we know that our children do not have that security. It is security, it is the knowledge that if…
I am from a State that was very hard hit by flooding this past winter. As a result, I am very concerned about anything that might be responsible for costly damages my constituents had experienced. So I called Oregon's Governor's office. I…
furthermore, is it the gentleman's understanding that no provision of this legislation is intended to prohibit Federal funding for health coverage that includes services or items related to physician-assisted suicide, provided the portion…
I want to speak to the women of America: You are the ones that this bill will harm. Ask yourself this question. What will it be like if this bill passes? When you go to your doctor's office, who will make the medical decisions? Will you…
You know, as a former South African, I have seen great history made, history made by people who refuse to bow down to the horrors of apartheid, and with many of my colleagues in 1994 in Pretoria, South Africa, we saw the wonder of…
in my first Congress I served on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. Chairman Studds demonstrated that under his leadership it was possible to legislate in a manner that puts the public interest first, rather than the personal…
Yesterday a Congressman tried to stop Congress from forbidding sale of guns to child abusers. Shame. Yesterday in Portland, OR, my town, a man opened fire in a church, injuring four people, including a pregnant woman. The NRA opposed the…
I want to refer to the conversation that took place earlier regarding the crack situation, the articles of crack cocaine being brought in to fund the Nicaraguan war. There are two points I would like to make: One, that did not just happen…
Members of this Congress are hired to do a job. We are not hired to get reelected. When one is in the majority, one of the jobs they have to do is, they have to get bills to the floor on time. Now there are few things more important to…
last week there was a historic meeting here in Washington. All the organizations who are working to end diabetes came to Washington for a call for action. The reason for this event was to celebrate that there are now 234 cosponsors of H.R…
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