The Public Record
when America's troops volunteer to serve our Nation, they do so believing that the government that sends them into harm's way will live up to its promise to care for them when they return home. However, as we have seen from the debacle at…
In response to the last speaker, this bill does not target mom-and-pop grocery stores. You have to sell half a billion dollars of gasoline products. Secondly, the record high prices of oil that we are seeing was not under Jimmy Carter. It…
I thank Mr. Rush for yielding me time. I'd like to respond to the gentleman from Texas and some of the claims he made. First of all, Democrats have only been in the majority for 4 months, and we are looking for ways to end this pain that…
Yesterday we had a hearing on gas price gouging, and the Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission actually came and testified. On page 12 of his testimony, footnote number 24, I would like to quote the following: The statute mandating…
communities across our Nation have felt the effects of the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but rural communities have been hit especially hard. A recent Associated Press story reported that nearly half the casualties in Iraq have…
in 1994 President Clinton, with the help of congressional Democrats, established the COPS program. The COPS program changed the way we fight crime in this country by giving local jurisdictions the support they needed to put over 100,000…
I am down here on another bill, but I felt compelled to say a few words, if I may, on this piece of legislation, which really honors American disabled veterans with this commemorative coin. This will help us raise the money to build this…
I am proud to rise in honoring the Michigan State University Men's Hockey team in winning the Frozen Four, becoming the Men's National Collegiate Hockey Champions. On Saturday, April 7, 2007, a record crowd of 19,432 witnessed Michigan…
In fiscal year 2006, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Office of Management and Budget set new guidelines for maintenance dredging of commercial harbors in their budget for fiscal year 2006. The Corps excluded harbors that move less…
One of the most important sections of H.R. 985 deals with protecting the integrity of the scientific process by shielding whistleblowers who report tampering with government scientific investigations. My amendment would enhance…
I will be brief. I sat for 12 years on the Energy and Commerce Committee, Oversight and Investigations, and I cannot tell you how many times we have dealt with scientists who have come forward under a whistleblower status, or will call us…
I rise today to continue to protect the Great Lakes, as it is the source of drinking water for 45 million people and the recreational and economic livelihood of the region which depends heavily on a healthy Great Lakes. There are a large…