 Finally, the House is working to require a comprehensive federal review of IRS regulations with a follow-up report to Congress on possible actions to reduce the tax paperwork burden imposed on small businesses. |
| Japan continues to work closely with the United States on the issue of the North Korean nuclear crisis and has played an important and constructive role in the Six-Party talks. |
| I realize the answer is not to create wilderness and walk away. |
| It's crucial to keep in mind that the hundreds of millions of dollars now spent on prescription drug advertisements are ultimately paid for by consumers in the form a higher drug prices. |
| Recent demonstration projects have shown that with some Federal support, a little funding can go a long way toward ensuring that low-income children have access to good oral health care. |
| As I travel around Idaho and visit with seniors, I hear almost universal concern about the rising cost of health care, particularly the cost of prescription drugs. |
| We must take action now, by permitting re-importation, to ensure that health care and prescription drugs remain accessible and affordable for everyone. |
| The old approach of sacrificing the needs of one group to benefit another just won't work. |
| The goal of re-importation is to provide American consumers with access to drugs at the world market price - not the inflated price now paid only by Americans. |
| While American taxes pay for much of the research and development that goes into creating the new, life-saving drugs, American consumers continue to subsidize the cost of the drugs for consumers across the world. |
| History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state. |
| The solution is to first create an integrated economic development and recreation plan that addresses the needs of the people who live and recreate in central Idaho. |
| Pharmaceuticals have become an increasingly important part of modern medicine, and our seniors shouldn't have to worry about whether they can afford the medicines they need to stay healthy and maintain their independence. |
| For a variety of reasons, I believe, the time is right to resolve many of the long standing and thorny land use, recreation, and wilderness designation issues in Central Idaho. |
| While nothing is certain, I firmly believe our nation is on the verge of a nuclear energy renaissance. |
| The original PATRIOT Act greatly increased our nation's ability to share intelligence information, made better use of technology, and provided terrorism investigators tools that have long been available in cases involving illegal drugs and organized crime. |
| I have long believed these types of collaborative agreements are a far better approach to federal land management than the contentious battles that too often sidetrack proper resource management. |
| Estimates show that small businesses contribute 60-80 percent of the net new jobs annually. |
| There is no disputing the fact that American consumers pay 30 to 300 percent more for the same prescription drugs as our counterparts in Canada, Europe, and the rest of the world. |
| While most Americans have access to the best oral health care in the world, low-income children suffer disproportionately from oral disease. |
