Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to an extraordinary advocate and organizer, Michael McKee, who has worked tirelessly on behalf of New York City tenants for over three decades. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the reception honoring him, so I hope to honor him now. A veteran housing activist, Mr. McKee has made fighting on behalf of tenants his… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this legislation, which we have already considered in this Congress, poses a real threat to the lives and health of young women. It would require a minor who is pregnant, possibly as a result of parental abuse, incest, to carry the parental notification laws of her home State on her back to another State and hold… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, it is growing very tiresome to hear Republicans rewriting history and blaming all the ills of our society on the 1990s and the Clinton administration. The gentleman from Oklahoma said the Army was too small, that in the 1990s it was reduced from 15 divisions to 10. Maybe so, but, you know, we have had 6 years of the Bush administration and 6 years of the Republican… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.    Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Texas has a complaint, but his complaint is not against the American Civil Liberties Union, nor is it against section 1983 of the Code. His complaint is against the first amendment of the United States Constitution. The authors of this bill do not like the protection the courts… Read more »

Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I have two questions about this bill that are completely aside from the merits. One is, why are we doing this bill? We passed the bill earlier. We passed essentially this bill earlier this session, the Senate passed a bill, and now we are passing a bill that isn't the same as the Senate bill. Why? So… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, as I said before, some States have chosen to enact parental consent and notification laws, others haven't. There is a case against parental notification laws and consent laws because basically there are a certain number of parents, certain families where you can't ask the young girl to confide in her… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I think we all agree that the Constitution's protection of property rights must be preserved. Let us be clear. This bill has nothing do with the Kelo decision, though they keep mentioning that. It has nothing to do with eminent domain procedures. Separate issue. The Constitution provides for just compensation when Government takes property for a public purpose;… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, first of all, we are told that this is a terrible situation because under current law, given Supreme Court decisions, you have to go to State court; you cannot adjudicate your Federal constitutional rights in Federal court. You can always appeal any final court State decision. If you claim that the Supreme Court of… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Penn South Program for Seniors for an outstanding 20 years of service to the naturally occurring retirement community in and around the Penn South cooperative on Manhattan's West Side. When President John F. Kennedy dedicated Penn South in 1962, he said, ``It is the task of every generation to build a road for the next generation. This housing… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, it is altogether fitting that we adopt the resolution commemorating the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the United States and specifically against the World Trade Center in my district on September 11, 2001. The attacks were unprovoked, dastardly and a notice to us all that we are not, at our choosing, at war. Since that day, this Congress has taken… Read more »