this resolution before us today is a sham. This resolution is a political tool, not an economic tool. If this resolution was really about improving our economy, it would proclaim the need to protect Social Security and Medicare and not ill…

I am proud to stand with him today to add my voice to those who are extremely alarmed by the budget problem, the budget crisis that we find ourselves in. The charts that the gentleman has been describing, the points that he has made in his…

I rise in support of H.R. 3295, the Help America Vote Act of 2001. The 2000 presidential election demonstrated the need for reform of the nation's electoral system. There is no doubt that tens of thousands of voters were disenfranchised in…

Mr. Speaker, it is very appropriate for this Congress to be granting specific authority to the President to use all necessary and appropriate force against the terrorists that attacked America this week and against those that harbored the…

there is a lot of oil under the North Slope of Alaska. Right now we can drill in 95 percent of the North Slope of Alaska. We are saying protect 5 percent, the coastal plain of ANWR. There are other opportunities. Seventy-five percent of…

Mr. Chairman, for 25 years, this country has not permitted the commercial reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. We have said that the reactor waste generated around this country at reactors shall not be reprocessed, for the very sound reason…

For 25 years this country has prohibited the commercial reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. We have prohibited reprocessing because it creates plutonium, and plutonium is the raw material of nuclear bombs. We do not want to proliferate…

I hope that FEMA has $1.3 billion. It is going to need every penny of it to respond to Allison; every penny is going to be needed and then some to respond to Allison. In Upper Moreland Township in my State, 10 inches of rain fell in less…

This amendment would add new flexibility to the Federal funds provided in this bill in the enhancing education through technology program to clarify that our school districts on their own initiative can use these funds to provide for the…

I support sending this bill back to the Committee on the Budget. There is so much work the conference committee still has to do. I say with respect to the gentlewoman who talked about missing pages, there are more than just pages missing…

Mr. Speaker, those of us in Pennsylvania are very proud of Bill Goodling. I would simply like to add my best wishes to him and my congratulations to him for his long and illustrious career and note in particular with my support and…

Mr. Speaker, what is this House going to say to Earl and Irene Baker, who came to my town hall meeting and told me about the 21 pills that Earl takes every day and how Irene cannot fill her prescription drugs because she figures her…

I congratulate the Borough of Conshohocken on its 150th anniversary.

I rise in support of H.R. 3244, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. The illegal trafficking of women and children for prostitution and forced labor is one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in the world. Globally…

Today I congratulate the township of Lower Merion in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on its 100th anniversary.

Mr. Chairman, the budget resolution in front of us today has a misguided focus. It double counts. It cooks the books. It does not have enough debt reduction. It has unrealistic assumptions in terms of cuts and domestic programs. It has…

I want to thank the Faith & Politics Institute and Doug Tanner for his leadership and for bringing us together. It was remarkable to visit the civil rights movement landmarks that I had never seen in person before, to learn more about the…

The legislation before us, Mr. Speaker, is an attempt to stem the flow of weapons technology into Iran by authorizing the President to impose sanctions on nations and individuals that provide this weapons technology to Iran. The sanctions…

Agriculture is Pennsylvania's number one industry and Pennsylvania has one of the largest rural populations in the nation. There are 45,000 farms in the state and Pennsylvania is second in the nation in the number of acres of farmland…

The Serrano-Ramstad-Delahunt amendment would avoid a devastating 53 percent cut in Federal support for the Legal Services Corporation. This money is desperately needed in our communities, and we must support the Serrano amendment. I heard…

we must pass the Patients' Bill of Rights. Our system of HMOs has run amok. As evidence, I offer a survey of doctors conducted by one of the newspapers in my district, the Reporter, in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Most of the doctors responding…

Mr. Chairman, the NATO mission in Yugoslavia has prevailed over the brutal dictatorship of Slobodan Milosevic. NATO has shown tremendous resolve, tremendous persistence, throughout this crisis. Now that this diplomatic resolution has been…

I oppose the unilateral withdrawal of American forces from Yugoslavia. This is a wrong idea at a wrong time. This effort represents a modern day isolationism that would be wrong for America, just as wrong as isolationism was at the First…

I rise in support of the Maloney amendment to H.R. 472, the Local Census Quality Control Act. The Maloney amendment would allow local governments to get involved in reviewing census plans in their area in a fashion which will allow the…

Mr. Speaker, today I will vote for H.R. 4, which declares that it is the policy of this country to deploy a national missile defense system. I am concerned that this bill is too narrow and could have been much better. I believe, in…