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I think we have before us a choice between science and stigma. Stigma is the biggest barrier to us making sure millions of Americans gain access to what is fundamentally a physical illness. You do not need to take my word for it. You have…
I too want to join any colleagues in saying how important a bill like this is, and I only hope this Congress recognizes how critical the kind of aid that is provided through legislation like this is in a time where we are trying to combat…
I rise to thank Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Sabo for their hard work on this legislation. It is an immense challenge to be in charge of the funding of this Nation's homeland security . . . and they have done the best that they can…
I'd like to commend the leadership and hard work of Chairman Hunter and Ranking Member Skelton in producing this Defense Authorization. I'd also like to thank my distinguished colleague from Washington, Congressman Baird, for offering this…
so much is in the news these days, it is hard for us to keep sight of any one thing; but as a great Nation, we ought to be able to do more than one thing at one time. One of the things we ought to be doing is taking care of our people in…
As the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Cannon) mentioned, there are over 100,000 veterans living in my State of Rhode Island; and we are proud to support a few veterans from World War I and almost 40,000 from World War II. Rhode Island has close…
I want to join him in saying that I think we need to do a lot more within the Older Americans Act, not only in the congregate meal site and the Meals on Wheels, but, as you pointed out, the support for family members, many of them I know…
Head Start works. Despite the warnings from the National Academy of Sciences that, under this bill, the poorly designed tests of young children can have a negative impact on their education, under this legislation the Head Start Bureau is…
I rise in support of the BioShield legislation, and commend the committees for their diligence in meeting the challenge of bioterrorism. While this bill is an important step in ensuring our nation's preparedness for bioterrorism, I am…
And let me say to the people what this bill does in terms of child labor. We always complain when we see those stories about that 5-year-old, that 12-year-old over in some part of this world that is weaving together a rug that will be sent…
I want to commend both sides for working out a good bill that passed unanimously from the committee. I want to commend the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Burns), my good friend and colleague, and his office for working very closely with all…
Obviously the gentleman understood what I was saying. There are hardly any. Ask any of your friends, and they will say there is a fraction of a percent in this country.
once again I would just say, as my good friend has just said, the reason that doctors are not trained in identifying mental illness is that we still are living in a country where mental illness is not regarded as part of the body. In other…
right now we have no child psychiatrists in this country because there is no reimbursement because we have a discriminatory health care system that does not acknowledge mental illness as a health matter at all. So how we expect a very…
on rollcall No. 79 I was receiving a briefing on the war in Iraq with Secretary Rumsfeld and General Meyers. That occurred simultaneously with this rollcall. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
I voted for the resolution authorizing the forcible disarmament of Iraq, and I continue to agree with the President of the United States that we should disarm Iraq by force, if necessary, in order to protect American lives. But I also…
the resolution before us requires us to make an enormously difficult decision. There are many cases to be made against Iraq and Saddam Hussein, but the only one that justifies this debate is the danger Iraq's weapons of mass destruction…
I rise today as vice- chairman of the Native American Caucus to express my support for the Kildee-Hayworth amendment, and encourage my colleagues to strike this measure from the bill. Mr. Chairman, let me say that since I was first elected…
I just want to rise to commend the chairman, the gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis), and the ranking member, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha), for their excellent work on this bill. I look forward to working with them on the…
I believe the war is not free and there must be shared sacrifice, and for us to have shared sacrifice we do not cut the top marginal rate on the wealthiest of Americans and put the bill on the future generations to pay for this bill.
I think the point we are trying to make is we do not want those soldiers used for your agenda. We do not want your agenda to be piggybacked and attached to your special interest.
this week, on the other side of the globe, the world celebrates the creation of a new democracy, the Democratic Republic of East Timor. I congratulate and honor the people of this island nation for their perseverance and for the triumph of…
I rise in support of the Cardin substitute and against the leave-the-millions-of-children-behind act that is currently before the House of Representatives. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the substitute legislation. We have done a…
we recognize today, one of the most tragic atrocities that the twenty-first century has witnessed, occurring eighty-seven years ago. The Armenian Genocide, which began on April 24th, 1915 began with the systematic killings of 200…
I am deeply saddened by the passing of Joe Moakley, who was a wonderful man and a great leader for his constituents of Massachusetts and for our Nation. He was an easy-going, good-hearted gentleman with a great sense of humor that I will…
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