that provision certainly was influenced by the pharmaceutical industry. Basically, they are putting into law a prohibition on the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who is supposed to be representing the American people. They are…

If my friend, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), will continue to yield, I keep going back to the fact, how long are the American people going to tolerate this situation? We can go to Canada, we can go to Mexico, Belgium…

I want to thank my friend. I was there and, as the gentleman knows, the next day we worked all day long and all night long; and we finally passed out a bill which only provides coverage for a person who has a prescription drug need of $400…

we need to tell the full truth about veterans and prescription drugs. This administration has raised the co-pay for medications that veterans get at our VA facilities from $2 to $7 per prescription, a $250 increase. That is the fact. Mr…

the Republican prescription drug bill is a sham, and the unfair rule that brings it to the floor exposed this partisan and shameful process for what it is--a political masquerade designed to convince Americans that we have answered the…

for much of the twentieth century, our great steel companies churned and poured out the material used to build our nation creating the skeletons of our battleships, military equipment and installations. Today, during floor consideration of…

the House is confronted with a major decision this week, and that is, whether or not to provide a prescription drug benefit for our senior population, and if we are to provide a benefit, what that benefit will look like. In my district in…

I stand here today to urge those Members who are undecided about how to vote on this rule to consider the hundreds of thousands of steelworker jobs that have been lost since the steel crisis began in 1998, all due to the flood of steel…

I rise today to honor correctional officers and employees of correctional facilities across this country. This past weekend, correctional officers came here to Washington to celebrate National Correctional Officers and Employees Week…

we oftentimes speak glowingly in here of our respect for our military personnel and of our appreciation for what our veterans have done for us, but oftentimes our words are inconsistent with our behavior. Many in this Chamber do not…

we hear lots of lofty words and phrases uttered in this Chamber when it comes to honoring our military men and women and paying our debt of gratitude to our veterans who have served this country so nobly. But I have found that talk is…

I think all of us honor our veterans in this Chamber, but what veterans are really interested in is having adequate health care. Just a few days ago, this administration changed the $2-per-prescription copay or deductible that veterans…

the Torricelli language allows Federal candidates to buy premium air time at a dirt cheap price. Some say that if ad time costs less, campaigns will spend less. To the contrary, they will spend more. If my colleagues think people are sick…

I rise today to say when it comes to the way we treat our veterans in this country, talk is cheap, but actions speak louder than words. Why do I say that? Mr. Speaker, I have in my hands this afternoon a document from the Department of…

I am pleased that the substitute offered in committee helps to ensure that cleanup activities at the three uranium enrichment sites in our country do not suffer a setback as we increase funding available for the thorium processing site…

I think veterans across this country would be upset to learn that at a time when we are giving multi-billion dollar tax breaks to wealthy corporations, we are in fact contemplating increasing the cost of prescription medications available…

I believe when an American consumer goes to a supermarket to buy food or fresh produce they have a right to know where that food comes from, and I believe we need labelling of country of origin. I believe American consumers, if they are…

I was just thinking very recently, in fact, just a few days ago, we were able to get an amendment in the defense bill that would require that any steel used in the military apparatus that would be purchased with funds in that bill would…

I mean, to think that we in this body as representatives of the people could come together in a deliberative process, make a decision that we collectively feel is in the best interests of the health and safety of our Nation, and then to…

Currently, a veteran who receives prescription medications as an outpatient for a service-connected disability is charged a $2 copay per prescription, and the Veterans Administration is contemplating increasing that copay from $2 per…

Absolutely. They want to talk about the modest increase in exports, but they do not want to talk about the multiple thousands of jobs that have been lost as a result of the flooding of imports. As we go to the shopping malls to buy our…

I will be very brief. But I think it is important for those who are listening to us to understand why we are here tonight, and it is because we are going to be called upon tomorrow to cast a vote, and we are going to cast a vote that will…

We have been talking among ourselves in a bipartisan way about the crisis facing the steel industry in this country. The President himself has said that maintaining a domestic steel industry is a national security issue. I believe it is…

the fact is that we do represent common areas of our Nation, areas where there has been strong manufacturing in the past and where people are now losing their jobs and where there is great distress. Sometimes I wonder how long the American…

I want to say quickly that I think the American consumer deserves information. When they go to the grocery store, as a consumer they deserve the right to know where that food has come from. I was talking with one of my constituents over…