Today, the United States continues to possess around 7,300 operational nuclear warheads, and the other declared nuclear powers--Russia, Grea...
By eliminating our nuclear weapons arsenal, the United States can realize an additional, 'peace dividend' from which to fund critical domest...
The United States, as the sole remaining superpower and the leading power in the world, has an obligation to take bold steps toward encourag...
I rise today to ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating National Older Americans Month in the District of Columbia.
I intend to assure the seniors of the District of Columbia that I will have no greater priority than preserving Medicare.
Senior citizens in my District want the 106th Congress to know that the Social Security and Medicare programs have done more to make their s...
I want to focus my own constituents on the immediate problems of Medicare, which runs out of money in 2008.
Mr. Speaker, Senator Tom Harkin and I are introducing the Fair Pay Act of 1999, a bill that would require employers to pay equal wages to wo...
Mr. Speaker, today, I reintroduce a bill to give the District of Columbia and the four insular areas a privilege the 50 states achieved last...
I am committed to whatever time and effort it takes to restore the river that runs through the neighborhoods of the nation's capital.
Mr. Speaker, today, I reintroduce the National Urban Watershed Model Restoration Act, a bill to establish a new approach to restoring urban ...
To achieve more focused and rapid action, the new program will integrate the various regulatory and non-regulatory programs of the EPA with ...
This pilot program, to be administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), will serve as a national model for the restoration of u...
The Anacostia River has been chosen as the pilot river because it is an especially polluted urban river located in the nation's capital that...
Under the new program, EPA shall allocate a total of $750,000 per year over the next 4 fiscal years to implement the provisions of the Model...
The Anacostia River has been my top environmental priority since coming to Congress in 1991.
Mr. Speaker, I ask the House to join me in a tribute to the legacy and spirit of Absolom Jones, an 18th century slave and join the 1999 Absa...
Secondly, the celebration will include recognition of a person whose life and work in the church and community exemplifies the legacy and sp...
