Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time, and first let me begin by noting that the case just alluded to by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot), that in the case where a young woman was held coercively, was threatened if she did not go through with an abortion she would not be able to get home, would seem to violate the laws against kidnapping and half a dozen other… Read more »

Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. The gentleman from New York had said that the issue of sexual abuse never came up in the committee hearing. If you look at page 84. Mr. NADLER. I never said that. I said it did not come up with respect to my amendments. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Simpson). The gentleman from Georgia controls the time. Mr.… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, it is very difficult to keep my temper when I listen to the sophistry of the distinguished, and I use that word advisedly because of protocol only, Chairman. First of all, it is not true that the minority had a chance to see these comments. The distinguished chairman is very well aware that we do not see the majority views of the committee until after we hand in the… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, to show the egregious nature of the misconduct engaged in by the committee report, I have here the reports from the 107th Congress, the 106th Congress, and several other Congresses on these same amendments. In the 107th Congress, an amendment was offered prohibiting H.R. 476 from applying with respect to conduct by a grandparent or adult sibling of a minor; 106th Congress,… Read more »

Mr. NADLER. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. What is the basis for the objection to a request for insertion into the RECORD of material? The SPEAKER pro tempore. It takes unanimous consent to place extraneous material in the RECORD. An objection was heard to such a request; therefore, unanimous consent was not obtained. Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, is it not customary as a normal… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, this bill is the worst giveaway to special interests, the worst rip-off of the public, of the middle class than I have ever seen in my public life. The people who understand how bankruptcy law functions in the real world, the scholars, judges, trustees and lawyers, whether they represent… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join hundreds of thousands of young people across the Nation to ``break the silence'' surrounding the scourge of anti-gay bullying and harassment in our schools. In more than 4,000 schools in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, students have taken a day-long vow of silence to peacefully and poignantly draw attention to the abuse routinely faced by their… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I did indeed say that there can be Federal court review of due process, obviously. That has happened here. And the Federal court said, ``Not only has Ms. Schiavo's case been given due process in State court, but few if any similar cases have ever been afforded this heightened level of process.'' The difference in this bill is not that it is a review of State… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, this bill is a dangerously reckless way to deal with one of the most serious issues we will ever confront. There is no way to make these judgments easy, even when the express desires of the patients are clear and unambiguous. Where there is disagreement on the medical facts or on the wishes of the patient, these… Read more »

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise to oppose this bill because it is a dangerously reckless way to deal with some very serious issues. The Committee on the Judiciary was supposed to have a hearing to examine this legislation, or rather another piece of legislation on this subject. This bill was introduced only a few hours ago. That… Read more »