Edolphus Towns

The Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act, H.R. 3393, provides the Federal Government with the tools needed to prevent mistakes and overpayments in the first place and recover funds that are paid in error. The bill requires…

The Office of Management and Budget recently reported the Federal Government made $98 billion in improper and overpayments last year. This is a staggering amount and completely unacceptable. No family or business in this great country…

I want to commend the members of the Autism Caucus for their outstanding work that they're doing. I also hope that this resolution will bring about awareness and support for autism. We know that more research is needed, and I think that…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 1104, commemorating National Crime Victims' Rights Week and its theme, ``Fairness. Dignity. Respect.'' I would also like to reflect upon a topic that is of deep concern to me: violence…

Let me thank the gentleman from Memphis for yielding to me, because I had an opportunity to work very closely with Dr. Hooks. I recall we moved the NAACP to Brooklyn, and he was the president of NAACP at the time we moved them to Brooklyn…

I would like to clarify several points in Section 1334 of H.R. 3590, regarding the Office of Personnel Management's authority to provide oversight and set premiums of multi-State plans. OPM, of course, has administered the Federal…

Today the House of Representatives is preparing to vote on historic health insurance reform legislation, H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act. We have spent more than a year debating this important bill…

I think that when you work together, you can come up with strong legislation that can truly make a difference. I also would like to thank the staff who worked on this legislation as well. I think that when we look at electronic records…

The use of plain language is a commonsense approach to saving the Federal Government money, and small business owners time, effort, and money. This legislation makes good sense, it is good government, and I encourage my colleagues to…

This is Sunshine Week, and this is sunshine legislation. This bill requires government documents to be in plain writing. The bill defines plain writing as writing that the intended audience can readily understand and use because it is…

I cannot believe that we're sitting here in the United States House of Representatives when we can do something about a problem that has existed for many, many years, and we are still telling people to wait. I don't think that you can…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to support H. Con. Res. 227, as amended, a concurrent resolution that designates the second week of February as National Urban Crime Awareness Week. This occasion provides an opportunity to…