Gerald Kleczka

I rise today to strongly object not only to the legislation before us, but to the tactics being used to push this bill through the House. On October 8, the Ways and Means Committee, on which I serve, passed by voice vote this bill to…

I will not pursue the amendment, I will withdraw it at a later time, but I would like to establish for the record the situation that the amendment seeks to address. Mr. Chairman, last summer the INS instituted a designated fingerprinting…

let me start out by indicating not only my strong support for the legislation, but also my pleasure in working with the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Archer]. Not only is the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Archer] very knowledgeable about the Tax…

But what the Republicans are not telling Debbie and Bill and other Americans is about a provision in this bill which will have a devastating impact on workers, men and women alike, and their benefits. The provision I am about to talk to is…

I rise today to voice two major concerns regarding H.R. 2014, the reconciliation tax legislation before the House today. I understand that section 1053 of this bill is Republican payback against the unions who mainly supported Democrats in…

included in this budget package is a provision which severely threatens every American who seeks medical treatment. Under the Ways and Means Medicare Title we are considering today, noneconomic damages in medical malpractice suits will be…

I rise today to point out how our children's privacy is being violated. Last week the Wall Street Journal told how a jelly bean manufacturer uses its Web site to pump kids for personal information. Lured by a free sample of jelly beans…

last week the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Franks] and I introduced H.R. 1813, the Personal Information Privacy Act, a bipartisan bill to safeguard individual privacy. This legislation is a companion to the Feinstein-Grassley bill, S…

This is a correction bill. Back in 1987, we passed the legislation on nurse aide training. I think in this one area we went too far. This bill provides States with the flexibility to continue needed nursing aide training, even though the…

I rise today on behalf of 750 retirees in my district who were betrayed by their employer, and on behalf of retirees across the country who are increasingly victimized by corporate irresponsibility. Last month in Milwaukee, the Pabst…

I rise in support of the welfare proposal put forth by the majority today. I commend my colleagues on their decision to remove the poison pill of Medicaid from this bill. And I commend my colleagues for the substantial steps they have…

Not only does the bill provide priority health care for those veterans who were exposed to a agent orange, but also broadens the definition for the veterans who served in the Persian Gulf. I think a more important portion of the bill…

No. In fact there have been, I believe, nine submitted for approval and all nine have been expedited. So the question before us is not whether or not these waivers are going to be granted or whether or not they are going to be expedited…

Does the gentlewoman mean to tell me that she is going to be asked to vote on a major, major piece of legislation today and she has never read what she is voting on?

Let me reclaim my time and indicate to the membership, who know better than I do, that substitute amendments to legislation coming before the House are rare this session under Republican control. The best we can do is a motion to recommit…

Let me try to bring the debate back to the issue here. The issue before us is not to rehash or redo the State legislative enactment; that is the law of the land in the State of Wisconsin. What we are trying to do here, what we are talking…

My response was that for the Democrats to get an opportunity to offer a substitute amendment comes so infrequently and is so rare that we thought if we did a lot of animation, we would have a rule that would provide for a substitute…

let me further the point that was made by the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Sensenbrenner]. If, in fact, the majority party continues along the line like it is doing with the welfare reform bill, and, that is, moderating it to some…

The gentleman asks a excellent question. A lot of talk has been had today about how the State legislature of Wisconsin went out, had public hearings, and they debated the bill. This is a bill just like the Wisconsin Legislature debated…

would the majority leader give the Members of the body some feel as to what these waivers include? I am told that there are 75 separate waivers. Could the majority leader possible share with the Members what some of them might be?

I think what is at issue here is under current law there is a 30-day comment period. Those members of the public who are interested in the proposal can come forward to either support or to oppose. In my office, I have received numerous…

we have heard a lot about studies today. Let me give my colleagues the benefit of my own study. Years past, I owned a small business. We employed up to eight people. They all received the minimum wage. Those who were with us longer…

today, in honor of Mother's Day, I am introducing a bill to improve health protections for new mothers and their babies. We have all heard the stories from mothers we represent about the difficulties and tragedies that can result from a…

I would like to express my serious reservations about the elimination of the service coordinators authorization under H.R. 2406, the U.S. Housing Act. The service coordinators program was established in 1992 in response to a desperate need…

Well, Mr. Speaker, it seems surprising to me that the gentleman from California, who serves on the Committee on Rules, was supporting a provision although he supported pulling it out of this resolution. If I had known that was the opinion…