Bart Stupak

I have decided to vote in support for H.R. 3550 or the TEA-LU highway/transit reauthorization bill, but with reservations and with the hope that it will be addressed during the House-Senate conference. I am pleased that this highway and…

I hope my colleague is right on that issue because we are concerned about it in Michigan. We look forward to my colleague's leadership on that issue to make sure we preserve our sugar industry in Michigan.

Our sugar producers and the Michigan Farm Bureau have come out against it because we do not have that big of a sugar industry. It is only a $500 million industry. But they feel with it coming in, and my colleague is right, over 15 years…

I come from the State of Michigan. We have already lost many, many jobs in Michigan, about 128,900 manufacturing jobs. Michigan is known as a manufacturing State because of the auto industry. But we have a total job loss of about 336,000…

Michigan has one of the highest unemployment figures in the country, and that figure continues to rise. Michigan's unemployment rate is 7.6 percent, the Upper Peninsula's jobless rate is 8.6 percent, and Northeast Lower Michigan's jobless…

I am proud of the valiant service from our men and women in our Armed Services. That's why I am disappointed that the House leadership decided to present this toothless resolution rather than provide real assistance for our troops. They…

the Committee on Rules has denied me and other Democrats the opportunity to offer amendments that are vital and directly relevant to the debate on eliminating indecent content on the public airwaves. Americans should look at the link…

I rise tonight in support of rural veterans and in support of H.R. 2379, the Rural Veterans Access to Care Act of 2003. No veteran should ever have reason to doubt America's gratitude for his or her service to the Nation and to the cause…

as I mentioned throughout this Special Order today, Michigan has lost so many manufacturing jobs, more than any other State. We actually got together, the congressional delegation, and the Democrats in particular, along with our governor…

I was really surprised that the President never mentioned the urban areas of this country. About 60 percent of the people in this country live in cities. He did not articulate any type of a plan or approach to help those areas that are…

the gentleman spoke a little bit about the trade agreements. Now they are trying to push the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas. In the past year we have done the Chilean Trade Agreement, Singapore. We have done a number of them, but yet…

for several Congresses now we have had hearings and markups in the Energy and Commerce Committee on the nuisance of spam, but no progress has been made. I am pleased that a bill has finally come forward that looks headed for passage into…