Roland Gutierrez

when I came here in 1993, the Republican majority, then the Republican minority, spoke about a balanced budget amendment and that we had to balance the budget not on the backs of future generations. We no longer hear about a balanced…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate today the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez and to recognize his passion for empowering workers and for defending the rights of the disadvantaged. The legislation we are considering today, H.R. 925, would…

I am grateful that my bill, the Support Scleroderma Research bill (H. Con. Res. 320) has been scheduled to be considered in the suspension calendar today. The speed with which this bipartisan bill has traveled from the committee mark-up to…

I want to come to say that the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde) and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Jackson) have done a wonderful job. Obviously, people underestimated their ability last Monday. No one is underestimating their ability…

I come here thinking this is really a good bill, and at the same time, knowing and understanding that we had a better bill until last night, a bill which balanced the needs of our immigration policy; a bill that said 245(i) would be part…

At this moment, all Americans--regardless of our backgrounds, regardless of our political affiliations, and regardless of the languages we speak--all of us speak with one voice. As this resolution demonstrates, all of us speak with one…

I would like to recognize both the chairman and the ranking minority member for their continued support for medical and prosthetic research in the Veterans Health Administration. It is in great measure due to their support and commitment…

Let me just say that it would be nice to do what is possible, but let us get one thing very, very clear. There was a vote on this House floor in 1997, after the program was eliminated, and the House voted affirmatively not to extend but to…

when we talk about real Latino and immigrant fairness, whom are we talking about? We are talking about legislation crucial to immigrants from all backgrounds, from all countries, to every American who understands that our country was built…

I rise to do my share of duty to history. Today I rise to celebrate the life of Roberto Clemente and to recognize his enormous contributions to humankind. I am very honored to do so. In this particular case, I respectfully think that I…

we are debating today a concurrent resolution that states that it is the sense of Congress that ``the President should not have granted clemency to terrorists.'' The resolution uses the word ``terrorist'' 10 or 15 sometimes. I have heard…

this amendment restores Brownfields appropriations to the current $25 million level by transferring $5 million from NASA's Human Space Flight account into HUD's Brownfields Redevelopment account. In fiscal year 2000, the very least we…