U.S. State Attorneys General

There are critical times in a child's development when positive intervention makes a real difference.

The bottom line is that it will give protections to people who need it.

Why not just push ahead with this legislation?

I know that you are familiar, Ms. Fornarotto and Mr. Allen, with NTSB's four recommendations.

One size fits all is not what we need to be doing.

The evidence is in and we understand what we need to do.

I appreciate your efforts to examine the United States government's treatment of Latin Americans of Japanese descent during World War II.

I introduced H.R. 42, the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act.

There is just not enough access, especially to primary care physicians.

I think that one of the real questions as we proceed with this legislation is whether or not it is effective, does it really work, what are the metrics we would apply to determine whether it works, how do we know if this effort is working?

It should not be the other way around.

We should rest it on a few fundamental pillars.

Thank you for that explanation.

So I am very confident that this is the most honest budget that has been presented to the Congress in a very long time.

I think it is as absolutely as honest as I have seen a budget in my 16 and a half years in Congress.

President Obama's commitment to initiate a new partnership based on mutual respect and mutual interest is a groundbreaking olive branch to the 1.5 billion Muslims in the world.

Let me say, just like you have been there day in and day out, talking about peace, bringing our veterans home, we are going to be here week after week doing a Special Order with the progressive message. We are going to be encouraging…

That's right. So this is the progressive message, this 1-hour Special Order that the Progressive Caucus comes to the American people to talk about what is really happening, Mr. Speaker. We have been fortunate to have the chairperson of the…

And expecting a different result. Deregulation and tax cuts got us into this mess. But fair regulation and shared prosperity is going to get us out. And that's why the Progressive Caucus is here tonight, talking about the progressive…

This is not finished. And the fact is that the job losses that we are looking at--3.6 since when the recession started in December, 2007. Something must be done. We have to act now. Anybody who knows anything about economics knows that…

And you know, the other party got in and they took care of that surplus real quick. But the 2001 recession dipped us down. We lost the volume job loss relative to the peak month. This is way down. Now, the current recession is off the…

A good, livable wage, green jobs. Let me say that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which is moving its way through Congress at this time, different House and Senate version, 90 percent of it overlaps but there are some important…

I think that this is a really good time for the FAA to review the safety needs at this airport.

I would encourage FAA to make that requirement.