Spencer Cox

everyone in this body knows why pregnant mothers cannot find doctors to deliver their babies, why emergency room and trauma centers are closing and why physicians are leaving their practices. The health care liability crisis has been…

our economy needs new jobs. That is why I so strongly support President Bush's proposal to promote job creation and economic growth. One provision of that plan will lead to the creation of over 400,000 new jobs by the end of next year, and…

we are here today to commemorate the birthday of President Reagan. As you know, he turned 92 just a few days ago, and as you know, Mr. Speaker, we were delayed in honoring him here on the floor because of the Space Shuttle Columbia…

I rise in strong agreement with all of the essential premises of the Spratt resolution and urge a ``no'' vote because of its conclusion. The Spratt resolution, like the Lee resolution before it, spells out precisely all of the reasons that…

as was so horribly demonstrated on September 11, the greatest threat to our country today comes not from the world's greatest powers but, rather, from unstable and dangerous individuals scattered across much of the world with nothing more…

It is fitting that we are here paying tribute to someone who is standing with America in tough times... His whole life has been devoted to service to his country. We can see in this unique combination of good manners and high honor on the…

The truth is that 36 million married taxpayers, low and middle income taxpayers, deserve to be treated fairly. Americans should not be taxed more because they are a working woman. When a woman goes to work, her husband goes to work, she…

What we are talking about doing here is making sure that all of us who have agreed to pay the cost of this system through the insurance system, we all pay for it; that is where the money comes from, to make sure that we all agree that we…

Mr. Speaker, we are here because of patients. Patients are not getting care. Trauma centers are closing. Emergency rooms are closing. OB-GYNs are leaving their practice. Women are without health care. That is why we are here. On June 30 of…

I would observe in response to the previous speaker that the House has acted on prescription drugs. We have passed a prescription drug bill here to add a prescription drug benefit for Medicare beneficiaries. The President has said he will…

today is Memorial Day for the victims and the heroes of September 11. It is a time to honor the people who have died and the people who still live. It is important as we grieve for the victims that we keep in mind how many people are alive…

This amendment will specifically include cybersecurity as a function of the Department of Homeland Security. The amendment is supported by the Bush administration, and it was crafted with the assistance of the Committee on Energy and…

Fraud and unfair dealing are the enemies of the free enterprise system. And as we can see from the turmoil in our markets, our country is paying a very high price because of the corporate fiduciaries who have broken faith with their…

very shortly, we will see the anniversary of September 11. At this point, reflecting back on the events of last year, we can take comfort that the entire civilized world has joined us in condemning the acts of terrorism committed here in…

Well, certainly the scope of this legislation on both the House and the Senate side gives ample opportunity to do other things, to reinforce these criminal law provisions; but the motion to instruct that is before us is addressed only to…

I am certainly familiar with those provisions, and that is accurate as well. The gentleman might also point out that not only were the provisions of H.R. 5113 adopted almost unanimously by this House just a few days ago, not only are those…

as a conferee, I certainly would urge, and I believe it is the general intent of all of the conferees in the House to urge, as the House position in this conference when it comes to criminal changes, criminal law changes, to urge the…

the dilution is moving from the House position of 20 years maximum sentence for shredding of documents and for obstruction of justice to 10 years.

I rise this evening to bring to the attention of the House the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Michael A. Newdow v. United States Congress. This case, Mr. Speaker, even though it was decided by the Ninth…

I have been waiting for this day since 1993 when I first introduced the bill to repeal the death tax. The following year by 1994, we had some 29 sponsors, over 100 sponsors in the next Congress, over 200 sponsors in the following Congress…

First, it was not the 1995 Republican Act. It was passed overwhelmingly by Democrats and Republicans, including such well-known Democrats as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Chris Dodd from Connecticut, who supported this…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the preceding speaker for pointing out how urgent it is for the Democrats in control of the other body to approve the some 100 judges that President Bush has nominated that are being held hostage to politics. That is…

The sons and daughters of Illinois have a great deal to be proud of as we recognize once again President Reagan on his birthday. He has had a lot of them. At 91, he is America's oldest President ever. No President has lived to the age of…

I particularly wish to thank the gentleman from Ohio (Chairman Oxley), the gentleman from Louisiana (Chairman Baker) and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Chairman Sensenbrenner) for putting together such an important bill for us to move…

when Chairman Jerry Solomon died last Friday, America lost one of freedom's great friends. Jerry had been leading the congressional charge to put the last nail in the coffin of Soviet communism for many years when I began working with him…