Steve Kagen

If I may ask a question, because I really appreciate your legal acumen, it is good to have roommates that are attorneys. So what you are explaining to us is that I have a right to my own phone records. That the records the phone company…

Millions of people are thinking to themselves right now, and have been, gee, I haven't done anything wrong. What have I got to be worried about? What have they got to be worried about?

I think it's only fitting that on this Valentine's Day we begin to have a discussion about health care in America. It's a heartwarming day. It's a day of friendship, a day of conversation between one's loved ones. When I was sent here by…

I think what people in Wisconsin are telling me in Green Bay and Clintonville, everywhere I go throughout my district, is they want their country back. I was walking in a parade and a lifetime Republican pulled me over and said, hey, Doc…

I thank our leadership for offering an opportunity, not just this evening, but during this next month for our Nation to begin to answer the question of our time, and that question is this: What kind of Nation are we when we turn our back…

whose side are we on? The Hard Working people in northeast Wisconsin want to know. This measure is not difficult to understand--someone has to pay the bills, and democrats believe in paying-as-we-go, and we do want to pass off our bills to…

as a cosponsor of this resolution, I rise in strong support of its passage. Next week, on Veterans Day, our Nation will pause to honor the many sacrifices made by veterans who have served in the defense of our country. And I appreciate the…

Louis Griese served with honor, with courage and skill; and last week on October 31, he lost his life while serving his third tour of duty in Iraq. Please join me in honoring his memory. He leaves behind a wife, Stephany, and 4-month-old…

kindly join me in honoring the memory of Naval Chief Petty Officer Patrick Wade from Manawa, Wisconsin, who perished in combat on July 17, 2007. Pat Wade was a true American patriot. While some people spend their time talking about what…

the war to end all wars, World War I, ended on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1911. In these words, Armistice Day became our Nation's day to give our gratitude to all, to all of our servicemen and women, as President Wilson proclaimed…

our Nation's values are reflected in how we spend taxpayers' hard-earned money. Yesterday, rather than encouraging us to invest in the good health of our children here at home, the President asked for permission to spend $200 billion in…

I don't want anyone in this Chamber or anyone in America to misunderstand the situation. We present this bill. It's already a compromise. We passed a bill that cared not just for children but for our senior citizens on Medicare. Medicare…

Tomorrow, this House will consider and answer the question, the most essential question of our time, What kind of Nation are we and which direction shall we move? Shall we guarantee access to health care to our Nation's children, who need…

I don't want anyone to mistake my position on this. I am not in favor of government-run health care. We don't need socialized medicine in these United States. We do have a VA system that was in disarray until we got here. This class of…

I would say it is a smokescreen, like many of the attempts of this administration to cloud the issues and kick up some smoke, to confuse the American people. The State of New York asked for a waiver to cover those people under $83,000 of…

I think that we are beginning to air out some of the smoke that has been filling up this chamber and some of the misinformation coming from the bully pulpit down the street. But I don't think that message of confusion is confusing anyone…

So let me review and see if I get this straight. These funds come from the Federal Government in the grant form. It's capped in this expense. It goes to every State, and every State that we have in the Union fashions their own program…

But it isn't just Governors, both Democrat and Republican, that support children's health care. It isn't just the overwhelming majority of Senators. It isn't just the majority of Congresspeople. It's groups like Easter Seals, the March of…

Well, I think you get it and I think the American people are beginning to understand that it takes officeholders with good judgment. People in Wisconsin have been writing to me and sending me postcards and e-mails, and I'll just quote from…

I used to think it was doctors and nurses that really determined who would live and who would die. But really, it's politicians like you and I. It's politicians that will determine whether or not Cassidy has access to health care that she…

it's not such a difficult question to ask, Whose side are you on? Are you on the side of Cassidy and her mother, Wendy? I am. I know my colleagues are. Whose side are we on? We will answer that question tomorrow.

Well, when an attorney asks me a question, I have to give a short answer, yes. You're right. In more detail, and quite seriously, every study that's ever been performed has proven that preventive health care, that disease management, saves…

last evening I introduced you to a young girl that I had the honor of representing in northeastern Wisconsin. This is 3-year-old Kailee Meronek. Kailee and her family live in a trailer home just north of Appleton, and she receives care…

I thank Chairman Peterson and thank Ranking Member Goodlatte for allowing me to participate on a bipartisan committee, a committee whose example should be followed by the remainder of this Chamber. It has been a great pleasure for me to…

we've been talking the last several weeks here in Congress about the SCHIP, the State Children's Health Insurance Program. This is the SCHIP face I'd like to show America. Before I discuss with you in the next several minutes the SCHIP…