I must say that I find the arguments being made against the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) to be very, very curious indeed. Frankly, I think the American people will find it very difficult to understand how we as a Nation cannot…

I will withdraw my amendment, Mr. Chairman, with the hope that all of us can focus on a major crisis that exists all over this country, perhaps most clearly in rural America, and with the hope that we can work together to begin effectively…

But the point here is that the bad news, by and large, is that those drugs that were developed at taxpayer expense were given over to the pharmaceutical industry with no assurance that American consumers would not be charged outrageously…

Mr. Chairman, I had an amendment that I am going to withdraw because I appreciate the work done by the chairman and ranking member on this issue. But I think when we talk about health care, it is important to raise the point about an…

I would hope that at conference committee time an effort could be made to expand funding or add funding to that in order to make sure that low-income kids in this country do not continue to have teeth rotting in their mouths.

Those of us who come from rural America and those of us who know family farms are touched emotionally by this issue. We know that our farmers are some of the very best people in our States. They love the land. They protect the environment…

I do not know if my colleague saw it, but we have very strong supply management components in the legislation.

Mr. Speaker, during the last 10 days, the American people and Members of the Congress have been in emotional shock from the terrible loss of life and tragedy that struck. We are all together struggling and trying to determine the most…

Mr. Speaker, as you know, under the authority of the War Powers Act the President already has the legal right to use force when this country is attacked--as was the case on Tuesday when some 5,000 Americans were killed in an unspeakable…

Mr. Chairman, what this debate is about, really, is the priorities of this country. Several months ago it was the wisdom of the President of the United States and a majority of the Members of the Congress that we were a rich enough Nation…

I just wanted to mention to my friend that between 1985 and 1995, the workforce, the American workforce of General Electric went down from 245,000 to 150,000, precisely because it is the policy of General Electric to take American jobs to…

let me be very blunt. In my opinion, our current trade relations with China are an absolute disaster and are based on an unholy alliance between corporate America and the corrupt Communist leadership in China. As part of this trade…

Mr. Chairman, this tripartisan amendment is offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley), the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), the gentleman from California (Mr. Rohrabacher), and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Paul). It…

Mr. Chairman, whether the idea comes from a Republican or an Independent or a Democrat, who is trying to lower the outrageously high cost of prescription drugs in this country, there goes the pharmaceutical industry again, which has spent…

this is a place holder for the Senate and the conference committee to do what we did last year in developing a comprehensive bill and doing away with the pricing loopholes.

even the New York Yankees sometimes lose, and it has been known that on occasion the Los Angeles Lakers lose a ballgame. But, Mr. Chairman, one organization never loses, and that organization has hundreds of victories to its credit and…

As my colleagues may know, tragically millions of American citizens cannot afford the outrageously high costs of prescription drugs in this country. Some of these people die, others suffer, and still others take money from their food…

I want to tell a story tonight about what happens when an industry with unparalleled greed operates and spends huge sums of money, with the result that they are destroying the health and well-being of millions of Americans. And the…

It is true, this would take some money from fossil energy. For instance, Chevron, whose profits last year were $5.2 billion, up from $2 billion in 1999, that is a $3 billion 1-year increase, they will get $5 million or more under this bill…

According to the Republican Committee on the Budget, the fossil fuel research program is largely corporate welfare and ineffective. According to the CBO, let me quote, ``The appropriateness of Federal Government funding for such research…

My friends, of course, are right. We do take money from the fossil fuel energy research and development program in order to fund weatherization, in order to fund energy conservation, in order to fund the long overdue efforts to bring PILT…

This tripartisan amendment is cosponsored by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee) and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Quinn). It would provide $2 billion in advance funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, LIHEAP…

Mr. Chairman, what I wish to say to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young) and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), I hope in conference committee and in my colleague's work with the Senate, can we have some assurance from the…

That is, remember, people with a minimum income of $373,000. Meanwhile, one could be a mother raising two kids making $22,000 a year. Do Members know what that tax cut is? Zero, not one nickel. So it seems to me not only is the Bush tax…

Let me just pick up on the point of the gentleman from Oregon. All over this country people are driving to work. In the State of Vermont, we are one of the most rural States in the country. People put a lot of miles on their car, and what…