Edolphus Towns: “Madam Speaker, I rise today as a proud New Yorker to call upon this resolution honoring the New York Yankees.”

Let me thank Congresswoman DeLauro and, of course, Congressman Farr, for the work that they're doing. Here we go again. I rise in strong opposition to the underlying bill. This bill reduces the amount of funds awarded to public nutrition…

First of all, I would like to thank the Members who worked very hard to make this a reality, and I want to take the opportunity to applaud the leadership and its commitment to the Members of Congress who have worked so hard on this…

I am proud to stand with President Obama, who included this in his jobs proposal because of the opportunity it offers to assist with deficit reduction, something that we all are concerned about.

As the ranks of the unemployed continue to swell, all eyes have been focused on the plight of the middle-income working Americans. Many of their fortunes have changed dramatically for the worse. Many have lost their homes to foreclosure…