Edolphus Towns

What is the plan to repay the American people, and does it have a realistic chance of working?

They want to believe that this Federal bailout is necessary, but they wonder whether the money is being used wisely.

I mean, if they see something like that, my observation is, from a distance, they have been very aggressive about that.

esteemed colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I stand before you today, one happy man. I am happy that I have the opportunity to vote in favor and hopefully bear witness to the passage of this momentous bill, the State Children's Health…

as we begin a new Congress and a new Presidency, it is time to move away from the policy of secrecy. The President-elect has spoken of a desire for more openness in government. We in Congress share that goal, and this bill is an important…

our President-elect has talked a lot about transparency. He's really interested in transparency. So improving transparency of donations to Presidential libraries, as this bill does, will assure the American people that their Presidents are…

H.R. 35, the Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2009, will restore public access to Presidential records. Identical legislation was introduced in the last Congress and passed the House with strong bipartisan support. The Presidential…

We look at the fact that there has been a 5-year trend of record oil profits under this administration. In 2007, the big five oil companies raked in a profit of $127 billion. That's ``B'' as in ``boy.'' It is simply unacceptable that…

And it also has gas price gouging and market manipulation included in that legislation.

It affects a lot of things. First of all, when you look at young people and you talk about the gas prices and what it costs for them to go to work, it prevents them from purchasing a home. They can't afford to buy a home and pay all of…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3033, the Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008, will help give Federal contracting officials the information they need to award contracts to most deserving companies. The Federal Government must…

H.R. 3928, the Government Funding Transparency Act of 2008, will provide more information about executive pay at large organizations that get almost all of their revenue from Federal taxpayers' dollars. It closes a loophole in the current…