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News Releases

  • November 15, 2000 -- Statement on SEC Auditor Independence Rules
  • October 26, 2000 -- "Dingell Releases Treasury Progress Report on Money Laundering Compliance in the Securities Industry"
  • October 18, 2000 -- Statement on Security at DOE Labs
  • September 15, 2000 -- Dingell, McCain: GAO Says Olympic Games Cost Taxpayers $2 Billion Since '84
  • September 8, 2000 -- Statement on Senate Passage of Pipeline Safety Bill
  • June 8, 2000 -- Statement on the Patients' Bill of Rights
  • May 3, 2000 -- Statement on the Introduction of Financial Privacy Legislation
  • April 6, 2000 -- Statement on FDA Tobacco Authorities Amendments Act
  • March 13, 2000 -- Dingell releases General Accounting Office Analysis of Private Medigap Premiums
  • January 12, 2000 -- Dingell commends Richardson for halting release of radioactively contaminated nickel
  • December 21, 1999 -- Final SEC Y2K Response
  • November 18, 1999 -- First Annual SEC Progress Report on Bond Market Transparency
  • November 9, 1999 -- Financial Markets Working Derivatives Report Eunuchs CFTC and Slashes Market-Integrity Protections
  • November 4, 1999 -- Financial Markets Working Group Report Faults Foreign Y2K Progress
  • May 5, 1999 -- FCC's E-Rate Funding Proposal
  • March 12, 1999 -- Satellite-Network Agreement

 

Letters on Current Issues

  • December 4, 2000 -- to several news networks regarding their coverage of the election
  • December 1, 2000 -- to U.S. Comptroller General Walker regarding deficiencies of state insurance regulation
  • November 20, 2000 -- to U.S. Comptroller General Walker, SEC Chairman Levitt, and Ms. Fienberg, NASD Dispute Resolution, Inc. regarding GAO's letter report on Procedures for Updating Arbitrator Disclosure Information
  • November 16, 2000 -- to Chairman Tauzin, Telecommunications Subcommittee, regarding an apparent investigation into the networks' coverage of the election
  • November 14, 2000 -- to Administrator Hash, Health Care Financing Administration, regarding Medicare outpatient prospective payment system
  • November 13, 2000 -- to U.S. Comptroller General Walker regarding Amex listing and screening procedures and an alleged fraudulent scheme
  • November 13, 2000 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, and U.S. Comptroller General Walker releasing the SEC's progress report on investor protections in online trading issues
  • November 9, 2000 -- to Administrator Hash, Health Care Financing Administration, regarding Medicaid Upper Payment Limits
  • November 1, 2000 -- to U.S. Comptroller General Walker regarding the SEC's progress report on the GAO's recommendations in their report "SEC Enforcement:  Actions Reported on GAO and SEC Recommendations Related to Microcap Stock Fraud"
  • October 30, 2000 -- to U.S. Comptroller General Walker regarding the quality of American Stock Exchange issuers
  • October 27, 2000 -- to Ambassador Barshefsky, United States Trade Representative, regarding China's participation in the World Trade Organization (WTO)
  • October 26, 2000 -- to House Appropriators regarding a possible rider on the Labor-HHS appropriations conference report that would interfere with the rulemaking on auditor independence
  • October 25, 2000 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, releasing the GAO's response regarding online trading issues
  • October 23, 2000 -- to Chairman Greenspan, Federal Reserve Board, regarding stock market automation and capacity
  • October 23, 2000 -- to U.S. Comptroller General Walker regarding state regulation of the safety and soundness of insurance companies
  • October 20, 2000 -- to Speaker Hastert regarding a provision in the "Balanced Budget Relief Act of 2000" on the Medicare appeals process (.pdf file)
  • October 18, 2000 -- to FDA Commission Henney regarding reimportation of drugs
  • October 12, 2000 -- to Representatives Obey and Serrano, House Appropriations Committee regarding H.R. 2441, the Fairness in Securities Transactions Act
  • September 29, 2000 -- to FDA Commissioner Henney regarding importation of pharmaceuticals from Mexico
  • September 28, 2000 -- to U.S. Comptroller General Walker regarding Online Trading
  • September 28, 2000 -- to Mr. David L. Sokol, Chairman and CEO, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company regarding the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA)
  • September 26, 2000 -- to Representatives Obey and Serrano, House Appropriations Committee regarding the SEC's rulemaking on auditor independence
  • September 26, 2000 -- to Chairman Tauzin, House Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection regarding hearing on "The Future of Interactive Television"
  • September 18, 2000 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Sodano, Chairman and CEO, American Stock Exchange LLC, and U.S. Comptroller General Walker regarding the AMEX's listing procedures
  • September 18, 2000 -- to Commissioner George Nichols, III, President, National Association of Insurance Commissioners regarding GAO report on Insurance Regulation
  • September 7, 2000 -- to Chairman Rainer, Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission regarding alleged trade practice abuses on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  • August 31, 2000 -- to Administrator Bailey, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, regarding Firestone's tire failure problems
  • August 24, 2000 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding pipeline safety
  • August 23, 2000 -- to Chairman Kennard, Federal Communications Commission, regarding the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on building access
  • August 17, 2000 -- to Administrator Bailey, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, regarding Firestone's recent tire recall annoucement
  • August 11, 2000 -- to Mr. Masatoshi Ono, Chairman and CEO, Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., regarding Firestone's recent tire recall annoucement
  • August 3, 2000 -- to Chairman Rainer, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, and Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, regarding press reports of alleged illegal or unscrupulous trading activities on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  • July 26, 2000 -- to Mr. Timothy Westmoreland, Director, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, HCFA, regarding Medicaid and Federal qualified health centers
  • July 25, 2000 -- to the Hon. Frank E. Loy, Under Secretary for Global Affairs, State Dept., regarding the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change
    bl_arrow.gif (136 bytes)September 5, 2000 response of the Department of State
  • July 24, 2000 -- to Mr. Alan Holmer, President, PhRMA, regarding drug imports and Committee investigation of the sale of drugs on-line
  • July 21, 2000 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, regarding SuperMontage
  • July 14, 2000 -- to Commissioner Henney, Food and Drug Administration, regarding importing prescription drugs safely
  • June 30, 2000 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, regarding GAO report: Mutual Fund Fees:  Additional Disclosure Could Encourage Price Competition
  • June 27, 2000 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, regarding GAO report: Securities Arbitration:  Actions Needed to Address Problem of Unpaid Awards
  • June 21, 2000 -- to Chairman Bliley, Committee on Commerce, regarding hearings on "Summer Energy Concerns for American Consumers"
  • June 21, 2000 -- to Chairman Bliley, Committee on Commerce, regarding his letter of June 22 on DOE security issues
  • June 21, 2000 -- to Commissioner Diane Koken, PA Insurance Department, regarding insurance rating organizations and Reliance Insurance Company
  • June 21, 2000 -- to Chairman Greenspan, Federal Reserve Board, regarding insurance rating organizations and Reliance Insurance Company
  • June 21, 2000 -- to Comptroller General David Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding insurance rating organizations and Reliance Insurance Company
  • June 21, 2000 -- to Chairman Bliley, Committee on Commerce, regarding H.R. 2580, the "Land Recycling Act of 1999"
  • June 20, 2000 -- to Chairman Bliley, Committee on Commerce, regarding the Chairman's letter of June 20
  • June 19, 2000 -- to Chairman Bliley, Committee on Commerce, regarding the prescription drug benefit in the Medicare program
  • June 15, 2000 -- to Secretary Richardson, Dept. of Energy, regarding the latest loss of nuclear weapons information at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • June 14, 2000 -- to Secretary Slater, Dept. of Transportation, regarding GAO report:  The Office of Pipeline Safety Is Changing How It Oversees the Pipeline Industry
  • June 13, 2000 -- to Senator Don Nickles regarding the conference on managed care reform (.pdf file)
  • June 13, 2000 -- to Secretary Richardson, Dept. of Energy, and Administrator Browner, EPA, regarding Midwestern states' gasoline price spikes
  • June 8, 2000 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, regarding GAO report:  Online Trading: Better Investor Protection Information Needed on Brokers’ Web Sites
  • May 23, 2000 -- to Senator Nickles including summary of Democratic offer on liability, scope, and external appeals (Patients' Bill of Rights conference) (.pdf file)
  • May 10, 2000 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, regarding independent accounting standards
  • May 4, 2000 -- to Director Lew, Office of Management and Budget, regarding the EPA's pending rulemaking on heavy-duty engine/low-sulfur diesel
  • April 14, 2000 -- to Secretary Richardson, Dept. of Energy, regarding H.R. 2641, a bill to amend title X of the EPACT concerning the remediation of uranium and thorium wastes at various sites around the country
  • April 14, 2000 -- to Administrator Browner, Environmental Protection Agency, regarding Trans-Cycle off-loading polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs)
  • April 14, 2000 -- to Commissioner Henney, Food and Drug Administration, regarding breast implants
  • April 13, 2000 -- to Administrator Browner, Environmental Protection Agency, follow up on hearing regarding the EPA's budget request for fiscal year 2001
  • April 13, 2000 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding a review of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC)
  • April 13, 2000 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, regarding enforcement actions against the New York Stock Exchange
  • April 11, 2000 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding the system capacities of the major market systems and the SEC's oversight of market automation
  • April 7, 2000 -- to Chairman Bliley, Commerce Committee, and Chairman Bilirakis, Health and Environment Subcommittee, regarding marking up H.R. 3301, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to children's health.
  • April 3, 2000 -- to Commissioner Henney, Food and Drug Administration, regarding FDA's oversight of gene transfer clinical trials (.pdf format)
  • March 30, 2000 -- to Chairman Kennard, Federal Communications Commission, regarding 2.5 GHz band for third generation wireless services (3G) at the upcoming World Radio Conference
  • March 27, 2000 -- to Chairman Kennard, Federal Communications Commission, regarding SBC Communications' application to provide interLATA services in the State of Texas
  • March 27, 2000 -- to Commissioner Henney, Food and Drug Administration, regarding pharmaceuticals purchased over the Internet
  • March 27, 2000 -- to various truck companies regarding   report entitled "Asleep at the Wheel:  The [EPA's] Failure to Enforce Standards for Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks"
  • March 23, 2000 -- to Chairman Bliley, Committee on Commerce, regarding H.R. 1714, the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
  • March 23, 2000 -- to Vice President Gore, regarding the European Union and the ongoing dialogue regarding children's exposure to the class of plastic softeners known as phthalates
  • March 23, 2000 -- to Chairman Bliley, Committee on Commerce, regarding so-called "Committee Report" on EPA's enforcement of diesel pollution standards
  • March 22, 2000 -- to Comptroller General Walker, GAO, regarding the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
  • March 21, 2000 -- to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, regarding reauthorizing the President's authority to operate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (.pdf file)
  • March 17, 2000 -- to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, regarding S. 1287, the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments of 2000
  • March 14, 2000 -- to Commissioner Henney, Food and Drug Administration, regarding pharmaceuticals purchased over the Internet
  • March 9, 2000 -- to Attorney General Reno, Dept. of Justice, and Director Freeh, FBI, regarding allegations of a company illegally profiting from the sale of fetal tissue to researchers
  • March 7, 2000 -- to Comptroller John D. Hawke, Jr., OCC, regarding proposed rules issued by the OCC to implement Section 121 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
  • March 6, 2000 -- to Chairman Kennard, Federal Communications Commission, regarding opposition to the request for waiver of the designated entity and spectrum cap rules for the July 26, 2000 PCS auction
  • March 3, 2000 -- to Comptroller John D. Hawke, Jr., OCC, regarding consumer privacy provisions of Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
  • March 3, 2000 -- to Chairman Pitofsky, Federal Trade Commission, regarding consumer privacy provisions of Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
  • March 2, 2000 -- to Finance Subcommittee Chairman Oxley regarding the hearing on the securities industry's progress on conversion to decimal trading
  • March 2, 2000 -- to the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. regarding GAO's assessment of the securities industry's progress toward implementing decimal trading
  • March 2, 2000 -- to the Nation's options exchanges regarding GAO's assessment of the securities industry's progress toward implementing decimal trading
  • March 1, 2000 -- to Chairman Bilirakis, House Subcommittee on Health and Environment, regarding a possible hearing on fetal tissue research
  • March 1, 2000 -- to the House Committee on the Budget submitting Commerce Committee Minority views on the President's Budget
  • February 28, 2000 -- to Commissioner Kelly, U.S. Customs Service regarding pharmaceuticals purchased over the Internet
  • February 23, 2000 -- to Attorney General Reno, Dept. of Justice, Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Ms. Mary Schapiro, President, NASD Regulation, Inc. regarding allegations of market manipulation on the Nasdaq market
  • February 23, 2000 -- to Secretary Summers, Dept. of Treasury, Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Ms. Mary Schapiro, President, NASD Regulation, Inc. regarding money laundering
  • February 23, 2000 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, regarding GAO report on fraud reporting by accountants under Section 10A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  • February 11, 2000 -- to Commissioner Henney, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), regarding FDA's FY 2001 budget request for online pharmacies oversight
  • February 9, 2000 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, regarding single stock futures
  • February 2, 2000 -- to Chairman Pitofsky, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), requesting an investigation to determine whether certain medical web sites are violating the "unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce" section of the FTC Act
  • January 20, 2000 -- to House Speaker Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Lott requesting public meetings of the conferees on H.R. 2990, the managed care reform bill
  • January 19, 2000 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding SEC and self-regulatory organizations fine collection performance
  • January 19, 2000 -- to Chairman Kennard, Federal Communications Commission, regarding its proposal to create a new low-power FM radio service (MM Docket No. 99-25, Low Power Radio)
  • January 11, 2000 -- to Mr. Glenn Pomeroy, Chairman, Y2K Industry Preparedness Task Force, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, requesting a report on the insurance industry's Y2K transition
  • January 6, 2000 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), regarding SEC and Independence Standards Board action concerning accountant/auditor independence issues
  • January 5, 2000 -- to Attorney General Reno, Dept. of Justice,   Chairman Levitt, SEC, and Ms. Mary Schapiro, President, NASD Regulations, Inc., requesting a report on allegations about a form of market manipulation called "spoofing"
  • January 5, 2000 -- to Chairman Meserve, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, regarding Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) and a contract awarded it in 1999 related to the recycling of radioactive metals
  • January 5, 2000 -- to the Secretary Summers, Dept. of the Treasury, regarding the adoption of anti-money laundering suspicious activity reports (SARs) rules for the securities industry
  • December 23, 1999 -- to Chairman Meserve, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), regarding the NRC's position on the release into interstate commerce of metals and materials radioactively contaminated during the nuclear processes at the country's reactors and weapons plants
  • December 17, 1999 -- Mr. C. Michael Armstrong, Chairman and CEO, AT&T, regarding broadband open access
  • December 17, 1999 -- to Chairman Kennard, Federal Communications Commission, regarding broadband open access
  • December 8, 1999 -- to Secretary Richardson, Dept. of Energy, regarding license issued by State of Tennessee to Manufacturing Sciences Corporation that would allow unrestricted release of radioactively contaminated nickel into interstate commerce
  • November 18, 1999 -- to Chairman Kennard, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), regarding the FCC's proceeding to allocate radio spectrum located at 746-806 MHz
  • November 16, 1999 -- to Chairman Levitt, SEC, and Ms. Mary Schapiro, President, NASD Regulation, Inc., regarding Summit International Investment Corporation, Monitor Investment Group, and related parties -- money laundering
  • November 16, 1999 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office,  regarding the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC)
  • November 16, 1999 -- to President Clinton regarding position on issuance of "declaration" on subsidy and dumping rules at Seattle WTO meeting
  • November 10, 1999 -- to Chairmen Jeffords, Hatch, Bliley, Hyde, Bilirakis, and Coble, regarding the General Accounting Office review of the Food and Drug Administration's approval of 'pipeline drugs'
  • November 10, 1999 -- to Schering-Plough, SmithKline Beecham, Searle, Bracco Diagnostics, Inc., Bayer Pharmaceuticals Division, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals regarding the General Accounting Office review of the Food and Drug Administration's approval of 'pipeline drugs'
  • November 10, 1999 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding pediatric organ transplantation study
  • November 5, 1999 -- to House Speaker Hastert requesting the convening of the conference on H.R. 2990, the managed care reform bill
  • October 25, 1999 -- to Chairman Dicus, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, regarding agreement states licensing the release of products containing radioactive byproduct material into interstate commerce
  • October 13, 1999 -- to the House Appropriations Committee regarding a telephone company accounting practices provision in the bill making FY 2000 appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary and related agencies
  • October 5, 1999 -- to Chairman McIntosh, House Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, Committee on Government Reform, regarding the Clean Air Act
  • October 1, 1999 -- to Chairman Dreier, House Committee on Rules, regarding the rule for consideration of H.R. 2723, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act of 1999
  • September 28, 1999 -- to Chairman Young and Ranking Member Obey, House Committee on Appropriations, and Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Serrano, House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, regarding C-Block bankruptcy provision in the bill making FY 2000 appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary and related agencies
  • September 20, 1999 -- to Chairman Kennard, Federal Communications Commission, regarding In re NextWave Personal Communications Inc., et al, Chapter 11 Case No. 98 B 21529 (Jointly Administered) (ASH)
  • September 16, 1999 -- to President Clinton regarding U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty laws under fast track procedures
  • August 30, 1999 -- to Secretary Albright, Dept. of State, regarding Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
  • August 23, 1999 -- to Chairman Kennard, Federal Communications Commission, regarding pending application by Lockheed Martin to be designated an "authorized common carrier" pursuant to the Communications Satellite Act of 1962
  • August 6, 1999 -- to Comptroller of the Currency, John D. Hawke, Jr., regarding insurance claims
    bl_arrow.gif (136 bytes)August 31, 1999 response from the OCC
  • August 6, 1999 -- to Chairman Dicus, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, regarding radioactive waste
  • August 5, 1999 -- to Secretary Richardson, Dept. of Energy, regarding radioactive waste
  • August 2, 1999 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding re-authorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act and reform of the Shad-Johnson Accord
  • July 30, 1999 -- to Chairman Greenspan, Federal Reserve Board, regarding H.R. 10 and insurance regulation of banks
    bl_arrow.gif (136 bytes)September 13, 1999 response from the Federal Reserve Board
  • July 30, 1999 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding securities fraud, specifically section 10A of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
  • July 23, 1999 -- to Secretary Daley, Dept. of Commerce, regarding transfer of responsibility for Internet domain name registries and registration to ICANN
  • July 23, 1999 -- to Chairman Kennard, Federal Communications Commission, regarding pending applications to communicate with the satellites of New Skies Satellites N.V.
  • July 21, 1999 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding Insurance Solvency and Martin R. Frankel Fraudulent Activities
  • July 15, 1999 -- to Ambassador Barshefsky, USTR, regarding the U.S.-Japan Insurance Trade Agreement
  • July 15, 1999 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding pipeline safety
  • July 14, 1999 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), regarding SEC's Third Report on the Readiness of the United States Securities Industry and Public Companies to Meet the Information Processing Challenge of the Year 2000 (June 1999)
  • July 12, 1999 -- to Chairman Dicus, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, regarding FUSRAP
  • July 12, 1999 -- to Chairman Barton, House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, regarding electric industry restructuring
  • July 8, 1999 -- to Secretary Babbitt, Dept. of the Interior, regarding the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and Alyeska
  • July 1, 1999 -- to Mr. Carmen Catizone, Executive Director, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, regarding its Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS) program
  • June 29, 1999 -- to Chairman Pitofsky, Federal Trade Commission, regarding investigation pertaining to the sale and distribution of pharmaceutical products over the Internet
  • June 18, 1999 -- to Director Lew, Office of Management and Budget, regarding telecommunications provisions contained in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
    bl_arrow.gif (136 bytes)June 23, 1999 response from the OMB
  • June 14, 1999 -- to Chairman Pitofsky, Federal Trade Commission, regarding Commerce Committee's investigation of issues pertaining to the sale of pharmaceutical products over the Internet
  • June 14, 1999 -- to Attorney General Reno, Dept. of Justice, regarding Commerce Committee's investigation of issues pertaining to the sale of pharmaceutical products over the Internet
  • May 18, 1999 -- to Secretary Rubin, Dept. of Treasury, Chairman Greenspan, Federal Reserve Board, Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Comptroller of the Currency Hawke regarding GAO report: Year 2000:  Financial Institution and Regulatory Efforts to Address International Risks
  • May 18, 1999 -- to Mr. Glenn Pomeroy, Chair, Y2K Industry Preparedness Task Force, National Association of Insurance Commissioners regarding GAO report: Year 2000:  State Insurance Regulators Face Challenges in Determining Industry Readiness
  • May 6, 1999 -- to Vice President Gore regarding the pending merger between SBC Communications, Inc. and Ameritech Corp.
  • April 28, 1999 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Chairman Zarb, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. regarding GAO report:  Securities Regulation:  Actions Taken to Improve Nasdaq Listing Procedures
  • April 27, 1999 -- to Attorney General Reno, Justice Department, Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Chairman Zarb, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. regarding problems reported on the American Stock Exchange
  • April 15, 1999 -- to Administrator Browner, Environmental Protection Agency, regarding the GAO's report assessing the progress under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act corrective action program
  • April 15, 1999 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding online investing and day trading
  • April 15, 1999 -- to Chairman Kennard, Federal Communications Commission, regarding pending applications for transfer of control resulting from the proposed merger of SBC Communications, Inc. and Ameritech Corp.
  • April 13, 1999 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office (GAO), regarding GAO's September 1998 report: SEC Enforcement: Actions Reported on GAO and SEC Recommendations Related to Microcap Stock Fraud
  • March 25, 1999 -- to Commissioner Henney, Food and Drug Administration, regarding pharmaceuticals sold over the InternetMarch 24, 1999 -- to Senator Warren Rudman, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, regarding the bipartisan review of security threats to the U.S. nuclear weapons laboratoriesMarch 17, 1999 -- to Commissioner Henney, Food and Drug Administration, regarding imported food safety
  • March 11, 1999 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding an assessment of the Year 2000 readiness of U.S. insurance firms
  • March 4, 1999 -- to Commissioner Henney, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), regarding the FDA Modernization Act
  • March 4, 1999 -- to Chairman John Breaux, National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare
  • March 2, 1999 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding pharmaceuticals sold over the Internet
  • February 25, 1999 -- to Dr. Dan Crippen, Director, Congressional Budget Office (CBO), regarding CBO's letter on "A Preliminary Review of the Premium Support Model as a Foundation for Medicare Reform"
  • February 25, 1999 -- to Secretary Shalala, Dept. of Health and Human Services, regarding S. 324, the Drug Addiction and Treatment ActFebruary 25, 1999 -- to Mr. Edwards O. Fritts, President and CEO, National Association of Broadcasters, and Mr. Charles C. Hewitt, President, Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association, regarding the Satellite Home Viewer Act
  • February 11, 1999 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding online investing and day trading
  • February 11, 1999 -- to Mr. Philip A. Feigin, Executive Director, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., regarding online investing and day trading
  • February 11, 1999 -- to Chairman Kennard, Federal Communications Commission, regarding local television ownership rules
  • February 9, 1999 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, regarding financial modernization (includes link to referenced SEC response)
  • February 5, 1999 -- to Comptroller of the Currency Hawke, regarding insurance activities of national banks (includes link to referenced OCC response)
  • February 4, 1999 -- to Chairman Levitt, Securities and Exchange Commission, regarding online trading
  • February 2, 1999 -- to Chairman John Breaux, National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare,regarding proposals for fundamental changes in the Medicare program
  • January 27, 1999 -- Letter to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding investigation of the Olympic Committee site selection process
  • January 27, 1999 -- to Chairman Kennard, Federal Communications Commission, regarding the release of findings related to audits of the continuing property records of the Regional Bell Operating Companies and GTEJanuary 22, 1999 -- to Chairman Kennard, Federal Communications Commission, regarding its Notice of Inquiry under Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
  • January 21, 1999 -- to Comptroller General Walker, General Accounting Office, regarding marine pollution by cruise ships
  • January 19, 1999 -- to Secretary Shalala, Dept. of Health and Human Services, regarding the implications of the Year 2000 issue on the government's Medicare-related computer systemsJanuary 13, 1999 -- to President Clinton regarding steel import crisis
  • January 11, 1999 -- to Speaker Hastert regarding committee ratios

 

Statements
  • December 15, 2000 -- Floor Statement on H.R. 5660, the Commodity Futures Modernization Act
  • October 31, 2000 -- Remarks On Motion To Instruct Conferees on Adequacy of Payments Under Title XIX
  • October 31, 2000 -- Floor Statement in Support of S. 1880, the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000
  • October 26, 2000 -- Floor Statement on the Conference Report on H.R. 2614
  • October 25, 2000 -- Floor Statement on H.R. 5551, the Basic Access to Secure Insurance Coverage (BASIC) Health Plan Act
  • October 24, 2000 -- Floor Statement on H.R. 3514, the Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act
  • October 19, 2000 -- Floor Statement on H.R. 4541, the Commodity Exchange Act Reauthorization
  • October 19, 2000 -- Floor Statement on the Conference Report to Accompany the bill H.R. 4635
  • October 19, 2000 -- Floor Statement on H. Con. Res. 271, "Expressing the Support of the Congress for Activities to Increase Public Awareness of Multiple Sclerosis"
  • October 19, 2000 -- Floor Statement on H.R. 2592, "Transferring Responsibility for Electric Bicycles from the NHTSA to the CPSC"
  • October 17, 2000 -- Floor Statement on H.R. 4281, the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000
  • October 11, 2000 -- Floor Statement on H.R. 4461, Agriculture Appropriations for FY 2001 Conference Report
  • October 11, 2000 -- Extension of Remarks, Agriculture Appropriations for FY 2001 Conference Report
  • October 10, 2000 -- Floor Statement on H. Res. 163, "Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to Post-partum Depression"
  • October 10, 2000 -- Floor Statement on H.R. 762, the Lupus Research and Care Amendments
  • October 6, 2000 -- Subcommittee hearing on the Future of Interactive Television
  • October 5, 2000 -- Floor Statement on S. 2311, the Ryan White Care Act Amendments of 2000
  • October 5, 2000 -- Full Committee Markup
  • October 2, 2000 -- Floor Statement on H.R. 4049, the Privacy Commission Act
  • September 28, 2000 -- Extension of Remarks regarding H.R. 4733, the Energy and Water Appropriations conference report
  • September 27, 2000 -- Floor Statement on H.R. 4365, the Children's Health Act of 2000
  • September 27, 2000 -- Subcommittee Hearing on the Future of Interactive Television
  • September 21, 2000 -- Joint Subcommittee Hearing on the Firestone Tire Recall
  • September 19, 2000 -- Subcommittee Hearing on Improving Insurance for Consumers
  • September 13, 2000 -- Subcommittee Markup on H.R. 3011, the Truth in Telephone Billing Act of 1999; and (2) H.R. 4445, the Reciprocal Compensation Adjustment Act of 2000
  • September 7, 2000 -- Subcommittee Hearing on Foreign Government Ownership of American Telecommunications Companies
  • September 6, 2000 -- Joint Subcommittee Hearing on the recent Firestone tire recall action, focusing on the action as it pertains to relevant Ford vehicles
  • July 27, 2000 -- Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 2420, the Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act
  • July 26, 2000 -- Full Committee Markup of H.R. 4541, the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 and H.R. 3250, the Health Care Fairness Act of 1999
  • July 20, 2000 -- Subcommittee Hearing on "Improving Insurance For Consumers"
  • July 20, 2000 -- Subcommittee markup on H.R. 4541, the Commodity Futures Modernization Act
  • July 19, 2000 -- Subcommittee hearing on the Balanced Budget Act of 1997:  A look at the current impact on providers and patients
  • July 19, 2000 -- Subcommittee hearing on H.R. 4758, the Spectrum Assurance Resource Act
  • July 18, 2000 -- Floor Statement regarding H.R. 2634, the Drug Addiction Treatment Act
  • July 18, 2000 -- Floor Statement regarding H.R. 3113, the Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act
  • July 17, 2000 -- Extension of Remarks in support of reauthorizing programs administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA)
  • July 12, 2000 -- Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 4541, the Commodity Futures Modernization Act
  • July 11, 2000 -- Subcommittee Hearing on Weaknesses in Classified Information Security Controls at DOE's Nuclear Weapon Laboratories
  • July 11, 2000 -- Extension of Remarks of the Honorable John D. Dingell regarding Importing Drugs Safely
  • June 29, 2000 -- Floor Statement of Congressman John D. Dingell regarding H.R. 1304, Quality Health Care Coalition Act
  • June 27, 2000 -- Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 4019, the Telecommunications Merger Reform Act
  • June 26, 2000 -- Before the Rules Committee on Appropriations for Energy and Water for FY 2001
  • June 26, 2000 -- Before the Rules Committee on the Democratic Substitute to H.R. 4680
  • June 22, 2000 -- Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 4445, the Reciprocal Compensation Adjustment Act of 2000
  • June 21, 2000 -- Extension of Remarks of the Honorable John D. Dingell, S. 761, the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
  • June 21, 2000 -- Floor Statement of Congressman John D. Dingell regarding H. J. Res. 90, Withdrawing Approval for the WTO Agreement
  • June 20, 2000 -- Floor Statement of Congressman John D. Dingell regarding H.R. 4201, the Noncommercial Broadcasting Freedom of Expression Act
  • June 15, 2000 -- Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 3125, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 1999
  • June 14, 2000 -- Full Committee markup of H.R. 3113, the Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail Act
  • June 14, 2000 --   Subcommittee Hearing on Modernizing Medicare for the 21st Century
  • June 8, 2000 --   Subcommittee Hearing on Counterfeit Bulk Drugs
  • May 25, 2000 -- Subcommittee Hearing on the Status of Broadband Deployment
  • May 23, 2000 -- Floor Statement, H.R. 2498, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000
  • May 23, 2000 -- Before the Committee on Rules regarding H.R. 3916, to Repeal the Excise Tax on Telephones and Other Communications Devices
  • May 18, 2000 -- Subcommittee Hearing on Biomedical Research: Protecting Surplus Chimpanzees
  • May 17, 2000 -- Full Committee Markup of H.R. 3383; H.R. 3906; H.R. 3852; S. 1236; H.R. 4446; H.R. 4201; H.R. 3489; H.R. 2498
  • May 17, 2000 -- Floor Statement on H.R. 1291, to Prohibit the Imposition of Access Charges on Internet Service Providers
  • May 16, 2000 -- Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 2335, S. 422, S. 1937, and H.R. 4288
  • May 11, 2000 -- Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 3250, the Health Care Fairness Act of 1999
  • May 10, 2000 -- Full Committee Markup of H.R. 1291, to Prohibit the Imposition of Access Charges on Internet Service Providers
  • May 9, 2000 -- Floor Statement regarding H.R. 4365, the Children's Health Act of 2000
  • May 9, 2000 -- Floor Statement regarding H.R. 4386, the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act
  • May 9, 2000 -- Full Committee Markup of H.R. 2498, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000
  • May 4, 2000 -- Subcommittee hearing on FASB Exposure Draft on Accounting For Business Combinations--Should Pooling Be Eliminated?
  • May 3, 2000 -- Subcommittee hearing on H.R. 4202, "Internet Services Promotion Act" and H.R. 1291, "Internet Access Charge Prohibition Act"
  • April 11, 2000 -- Subcommittee hearing on the Status of Broadband Deployment
  • April 6, 2000 -- Subcommittee hearing on the Report of the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce
  • March 30, 2000 -- Full Committee Markup regarding H.R. 3439, the "Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act" and H.R. 3615, the "Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act"
  • March 21, 2000 -- Floor debate regarding S.1287, the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2000
  • March 15, 2000 -- Full Committee Markup regarding H.R. 1089, H.R. 887, and H.R. 1954, and contempt report against Dr. Miles Jones
  • March 14, 2000 -- Subcommittee hearing regarding safety and security oversight of the new National Nuclear Security Administration
  • March 14, 2000 -- Subcommittee hearing on the "Telecommunications Merger Reform Act"
  • March 9, 2000 -- Floor debate regarding the Conference Report to S. 376, the "Communications Satellite and Privatization Act"
  • March 9, 2000 -- Subcommittee hearing on "Fetal Tissue:  Is it being bought and sold in violation of federal law?"
  • March 2, 2000 -- Patients' Bill of Rights
  • March 2, 2000 -- Conference on Managed Care Reform
  • March 2, 2000 -- Subcommittee hearing on National Implementation of the Reformulated Gasoline (RFG) Program
  • March 1, 2000 -- Subcommittee hearing on Public Access to the National Practitioner Data Bank
  • February 29, 2000 -- Conference Meeting on S. 376, the "Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications Act"
  • February 15, 2000 -- Subcommittee markup of H.R. 2441, the Fairness in Securities Transactions Act
  • February  9, 2000 -- Subcommittee hearing on media anti-drug campaign
  • December 21, 1999 -- GAO Report on Federal Spending on the Salt Lake City Olympics
  • November 4, 1999 -- Floor Statement on H.R. 1554, the Satellite Home Viewer Act Conference Report
  • November 4, 1999 -- Floor Statement on S. 900, the Financial Modernization Conference Report
  • November 4, 1999 -- Subcommittee hearing on WTO 2000:  The New Round
  • October 28, 1999 -- on Medicare
  • October 27, 1999 -- Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 2944, the Electricity Competition and Reliability Act of 1999
  • October 14, 1999 -- Conference Committee Markup of S. 900, the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999
  • October 13, 1999 -- Commerce Committee Markup of H.R. 2580, H.R. 2634, H.Res. 278, H.R. 2418, H.R. 2260, and H.R. 11
  • October 7, 1999 -- Houghton Substitute to H.R. 2723, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act of 1999
  • October 7, 1999 --   "Coburn-Shadegg" Substitute to H.R. 2723, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act of 1999
  • October 7, 1999 --   Boehner Substitute to H.R. 2723, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act of 1999
  • October 6, 1999 --   General Debate on H.R. 2723, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act of 1999
  • October 5, 1999 -- Opening at the Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 2944, Electricity Competition and Reliability Act
  • September 30, 1999 -- Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 1070, Amending Title XIX of the Social Security Act
  • September 30, 1999 -- Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 2418, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Amendments of 1999
  • September 30, 1999 -- Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 2634, the Drug Addiction Treatment Act
  • September 30, 1999 --  Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 11, Implementation of the Reformulated Gasoline Program in California
  • September 29, 1999 -- "In Support of the Towns Substitute", Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 2580, the Land Recycling Act of 1999
  • September 29, 1999 -- Opening at the Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 2580, the Land Recycling Act of 1999
  • September 28, 1999 -- Conference Meeting on H.R. 1554, the Satellite Copyright, Competition, and Consumer Protection Act of 1999
  • September 28, 1999 -- Subcommittee Hearing on Prescription Drugs:   What we know and don't know about seniors' access to coverage
  • September 22, 1999 -- Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 2418, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Networks Amendments of 1999
  • September 10, 1999 -- Before the House Committee on Rules regarding its hearing on Congressional Oversight of the Executive Branch
  • September 15, 1999 -- Subcommittee Hearing on the Balanced Budget Act of 1997:  Impact on Cost Savings and Patient Care
  • September 15, 1999 -- Subcommittee Hearing on Broadcast Ownership Regulations
  • August 5, 1999 -- Full Committee Markup of H.R. 1714, H.R. 1858, H.R. 486, H.R. 2630, H.R. 2130, and H.R. 2506 (Telecommunications and Health related bills)
  • August 4, 1999 -- Floor Statement on the CJS GAAP Amendment
  • August 4, 1999 -- Subcommittee Hearing on Medicare+Choice:   An Evaluation of the Program
  • August 4, 1999 -- Subcommittee Hearing on Legislation to Improve the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Brownfields)
  • August 3, 1999 -- First Meeting of House-Senate Conference Committee on S. 900, the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999
  • July 22, 1999 -- Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 1117 (Natural Gas and Kansas ad valorem tax)
  • July 29, 1999 -- Subcommittee Markup of various telecommunications bills specifically H.R. 1714, H.R. 1858, H.R. 486, and the NTIA Reauthorization Act
  • July 22, 1999 -- Subcommittee Hearing on various bills relating to electric restructuring
  • July 21, 1999 -- Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 1070, the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act of 1999
  • July 21, 1999 -- Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 1714, the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (Title III of the bill)
  • July 21, 1999 -- Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 1858, the Consumer and Investor Access to Information Act of 1999
  • July 20, 1999 -- Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 2384, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Authorization Act of 1999
  • July 15, 1999 -- Extension of Remarks, H.R. 10, the Financial Services Act of 1999
  • July 13, 1999 -- Subcommittee Hearing on "On-Line" Consumer Privacy
  • July 13, 1999 -- Subcommittee hearing on the Restructuring of the Department of Energy
  • July 1, 1999 -- Floor debate on the Rule for H.R. 10, the Financial Services Act of 1999
  • July 1, 1999 -- Introduction of the "Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act"
  • June 30, 1999 --  Before the Committee on Rules regarding H.R. 10, the Financial Services Act of 1999
  • June 30, 1999 --  Subcommittee Hearing on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Authorization Act of 1999
  • June 23, 1999 --  Full Committee Markup of H.R. 850, the Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act
  • June 22, 1999 --  Senate Hearing on Report of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
  • June 17, 1999 --  Extension of Remarks, Lobbyist Language on H.R. 1400, the Bond Price Competition Improvement Act
  • June 17, 1999 --  Subcommittee hearing on H.R. 1828, the Comprehensive Electricity Act
  • June 16, 1999 --  Subcommittee Hearing on America's Health: Access to Affordable Health Coverage for the Uninsured
  • June 14, 1999 --  Floor Statement regarding H.R. 1400, the Bond Price Competition Improvement Act
  • June 9, 1999 --  Subcommittee hearing on H.R. 1714, the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
  • June 8, 1999 --  Subcommittee hearing on the Kansas Ad Valorem Gas Tax Refund
  • May 27, 1999 --  Full Committee Markup of H.R. 10, the Financial Services Act of 1999
  • May 27, 1999 --  Subcommittee Hearing on Medical Records Confidentiality in the Modern Delivery of Health Care
  • May 25, 1999 --  Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 850, the Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act
  • May 20, 1999 --  Subcommittee Hearing on Electricity Competition: PURPA, Stranded Costs and the Environment
  • May 19, 1999 --  Full Committee markup of the Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
  • May 19, 1999 --  Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 1790, the Chemical Safety Information and Site Security Act of 1999
  • May 12, 1999 --  Subcommittee Hearing on Electricity Competition: Role of the Federal Electric Utilities
  • May 11, 1999 --  H.R. 1183, the Fastener Quality Act Amendments Act of 1999
  • May 11, 1999 --  The Community Revitalization and Brownfields Cleanup Act of 1999
  • May 11, 1999 --  Subcommittee Hearing on NTIA Reauthorization Act of 1999
  • May 6, 1999 --  Subcommittee Hearing on Electricity Competition: Market Power, Mergers, and PUHCA
  • May 6, 1999 --  Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 11, Implementation of the Reformulated Gasoline Program in California
  • April 28, 1999 --  Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 10, the Financial Services Act of 1999
  • April 27, 1999 --  House Floor debate on H.R. 1554, the Satellite Copyright, Competition, and Consumer Protection Act
  • April 22, 1999--  Subcommittee Markup Hearing on Electricity Competition:  Reliability and Transmission in Competitive Electricity Markets
  • April 21, 1999 --  Full Committee Markup of the Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act
  • April 21, 1999 --  Full Committee Markup of H.R. 1400, the Bond Price Competition Improvement Act
  • April 21, 1999 --  Full Committee Markup of H.R. 45, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999
  • April 20, 1999 --  Subcommittee Markup on the Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
  • April 20, 1999 --  Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Hearing on Security at the DOE's Laboratories:  The Perspective of the GAO
  • March 25, 1999 --  Full Committee Markup of H.R. 851, the Save Our Satellites Act of 1999
  • March 24, 1999 --  America's Health:  Protecting Patients' Access to Quality Care and Information
  • March 23, 1999 --  Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
  • March 18, 1999 --  The GAO Report on Nursing Home Enforcement and Quality of Care
  • March 18, 1999 --  Introduction of the Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
  • March 17, 1999 --  Women's Health: Raising Awareness of Cervical Cancer
  • March 17, 1999 --  Reauthorization of the Federal Communications Commission
  • March 16, 1999 -- Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare
  • March 12, 1999 -- Subcommittee opening statement on the Department of Energy's Nuclear Waste Repository Program
  • March 4, 1999 -- Subcommittee opening statement on H.R. 851, the Save Our Satellites Act of 1999
  • March 3, 1999 -- Subcommittee opening statement on the Market Impact of the President's Social Security Proposal
  • March 2, 1999 -- Full Committee opening statement on H.R. 450, the Nursing Home Resident Protection Amendments of 1999
  • February 24, 1999 -- Subcommittee opening statement on the Reauthorization of the Satellite Home Viewer Act
  • February 24, 1999 -- Extension of remarks upon introduction of H.R. 830, "Imported Food Safety Act of 1999"
  • February 11, 1999 -- Subcommittee opening statement re: H.R. 540, the "Nursing Home Resident Protection Amendments of 1999"
  • February 11, 1999 -- Full Committee opening statement re: markup of H.R. 514, "Wireless Privacy Enhancement Act of 1999" and H.R. 438, "Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999"
  • February 11, 1999-- Full Committee opening statement re: the Commerce Committee's Operating Budget for the 106th Congress
  • February 10, 1999-- Subcommittee opening statement re:  the internet posting of chemical "worst case scenario" data
  • February 10, 1999-- Subcommittee opening statement re:  H.R. 45, "Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999"
  • February 3, 1999-- Subcommittee opening statement re: natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety
  • January 7, 1999 -- Committee Organizational Meeting
Speeches

 

Dear Colleague Letters
  • November 3, 2000 -- "Cosponsor Medicare/Medicaid Give-Backs Bill, H.R. 5612" (.pdf file)
  • October 6, 2000 -- "Labor Opposes The Senate Pipeline Bill" (attachment) (.pdf file)October 4, 2000 -- "Patients' Bill of Rights Won't Jeopardize Coverage --Recent Census Data Show Opponents' Claims Aren't True--" (.pdf file)September 25, 2000 -- "Vote No.  Oppose H.R. 5175"
  • September 18, 2000 -- "Vote "No" on S. 2438!" (.pdf file)
  • July 27, 2000 -- "Keep U.S. Telecom Competitive and Secure:  Say No To Foreign Government Monopoly Takeovers"June 19, 2000 -- "Save Educational Television.  Oppose Effort to Undermine Public Broadcasting"May 22, 2000 -- "Poll Shows Public Supports FDA Regulation of Tobacco"March 20, 2000 --  "Oppose S. 1287, Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2000"November 2, 1999 --  Motion to Instruct Conferees on the House passed Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement ActSeptember 14, 1999 --  "Environmental Accountability WEAKENED Under DOE Reorganization Plan"
  • September 13, 1999 -- "Small Business Supports Managed Care Reform"
  • September 13, 1999 -- on H.R. 2723, "Business Roundtable Myth #5: ..."
  • September 13, 1999 -- on H.R. 2723, "Business Roundtable Myth #4: ..."
  • September 13, 1999 -- on H.R. 2723, "Business Roundtable Myth #3: ..."September 13, 1999 -- on H.R. 2723, "Business Roundtable Myth #2: ..."September 13, 1999 -- "Support States' Rights & Protect The Environment, Oppose the DOE Reorganization in S. 1059"
  • September 13, 1999 -- on H.R. 2723, "Business Roundtable Myth #1: ..."
  • August 23, 1999 -- "Let's Pass Bipartisan Managed Care Reform"June 30, 1999 -- "Medical Records Provisions of H.R. 10 Would Be Harmful To Health Care Consumers"June 30, 1999 -- "Vote For Bipartisan Amendment To Save Insurance Consumer Protection Laws"
  • June 30, 1999 -- "H.R. 10 Is A Bust For Consumers"
  • June 29, 1999 -- "Let's Close The Peephole" To Private Financial Records Support the Markey-Barton-Dingell-Inslee-
    Stupak Amendment During Upcoming Rules Committee and Floor Deliberations on H.R. 10"