We spend an enormous amount of our time in this body trying to restrict women's access to the best and safest reproductive health care. If we can channel this energy into more productive activities, maybe we can find more money for the…

I refer for the record to the Consumer Alert issued by the Federal Trade Commission warning consumers of exactly the situation that this amendment addresses, the fraudulent advertising, the kind of advertising that sucks consumers into a…

Mr. Chairman, this bill, as reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, already does require credit card issuers to tell consumers on every monthly billing statement that making only the minimum payment each month will increase the amount…

Since this is going to be challenged, let me again say for the Members who may be listening that this is a Debtor's Bill of Rights. It strengthens this bill. It responds to a very serious concern that the Federal Trade Commission has…

Mr. Chairman, if I may briefly sum up my argument, which is simply that so-called debt relief agencies that are coming out with this kind of deliberately misleading advertising suggesting even that they are government sanctioned…

there are three reasons why it is legitimate, why our actions in Yugoslavia should be authorized by this Congress: Number one, the strength of NATO; number two, our experience with Milosevic; and number 3, the alternative of doing nothing…

I do know that. In fact, I spoke to that when the tax bill came up to that very provision. It was the Matsui provision, as I recall, on capital gains. We had to change that because it applied to small capitalized companies. But in the next…

Mr. Speaker, this provision should be defeated, for three reasons. One, it is an exercise in hypocrisy. Secondly, history has shown that it does not work. And thirdly, it may mitigate against this Congress making the kind of very difficult…

This is a neat, wonderful concept, and it is something that we can agree on, which also says a lot as well. We ought to be looking for more of these ideas. It is a testament to the strength of the human spirit, this program. It has taught…

boy, this discussion has been heartening, because what I hear on the other side of the aisle is that they agree with the thrust of the Democratic budget resolution, which is that no net tax cuts or additional spending should be passed…

Mr. Speaker, not only does this Republican budget resolution not fund military pay raises, but on a party line vote they refused to treat civilian Federal employees the same as military employees as has been done for 50 years. It breaks a…

if this was our parents making this decision, they would not be giving themselves an $800 billion tax cut. They would be providing for the retirement security of their children, they would pay down the debt that they incurred, they would…

I have to rise in opposition to this resolution. There are several reasons why I think this further complicates the peace process. For one, it does not condemn unilateral acts by both Israelis and Palestinians, but only the Palestinian…

I rise in support of the District of Columbia Court Employees Whistleblower Protection Act of 1999 (H.R. 858). My colleagues, this is important legislation. It deserves strong bi-partisan support. As my good friends Tom Davis and Eleanor…

it is in our interest to engage in Kosovo. It is in our interest because the reason we enjoy world peace and domestic prosperity is that we gain from worldwide peace and prosperity more than any other nation in the world today. If there…

I wanted to speak to this because King Hussein's passing should not go unrecognized by any of us, because he made a difference with his life and he left a legacy that will shine brightly in the history books. He was a kind and gentle man…

the Bateses were constituents of mine. They were dedicated to this institution and, most importantly, what they knew this institution can do for this country. They were terrific people, fully involved in their community. They gave and they…

This is the culmination really of years of determination and dedication on the part of the delegate and gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) and of the chairman of the D.C. authorizing committee, the gentleman from…

history has taught us that unchecked ignorance, intolerance and hatred always yields violence. The fact that we have not yet learned this lesson was made strikingly clear this week with the brutal beating and murder of Matthew Shepard, a…

I rise in strong support of bankruptcy reform. I am a lead sponsor of this measure because the system is broken, and it is up to us to fix it. What was once the option of last resort is becoming the preferred option of choice. A…

I would like to share a few of these children that this bill that these gentlemen, along with the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith), who was the principal sponsor on the Committee on International Relations, have cared for who would…

I rise in support of the VA, HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations bill. I urge my colleagues to support this measure and I would like to express my appreciation to Chairman Lewis and Mr. Stokes for crafting a bill that is both…

the critical vote on this issue occurred yesterday with the rule, because what we did was to vote to break our own budget rules. It is those budget rules that enabled us to achieve a balanced budget, to turn a projected $300 billion…

I am very grateful to the ranking member not only for yielding me this time but particularly for his leadership and the leadership of the chairman of our Committee on Armed Services, the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Spence). There…

Mr. Chairman, I am going to support this amendment, but I hope that it is the last time that I or any of us have to do this. This provision has been the Congress' response to a difficult complex issue year after year, and yet we see no…