Bart Stupak: “In this era of devolution of social programs, the Federal Government has an increasingly critical responsibility to…”

Yes, it did. We were shocked he would bring it up in the first meeting, and then second meeting we had with them.

It was because of safety, yes. And safety concerns continue yet today.

Democratic congressman Bart Stupak, when offering the critical vote that enabled the health care bill to become law, reaffirmed his belief in the President's assurances that the conscience rights of Americans would be secure.

I ask the Congress to recognize the generous contribution of the City of Marquette and urge the Coast Guard to perform this land transfer at no cost to the city. The city has already borne significant cost by transferring a new parcel of…