The United States, as the sole remaining superpower and the leading power in the world, has an obligation to take bold s...
By eliminating our nuclear weapons arsenal, the United States can realize an additional, 'peace dividend' from which to ...
Today, the United States continues to possess around 7,300 operational nuclear warheads, and the other declared nuclear ...
Senior citizens in my District want the 106th Congress to know that the Social Security and Medicare programs have done ...
I want to focus my own constituents on the immediate problems of Medicare, which runs out of money in 2008.
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...
Mr. Speaker, Senator Tom Harkin and I are introducing the Fair Pay Act of 1999, a bill that would require employers to p...
Mr. Speaker, today, I reintroduce a bill to give the District of Columbia and the four insular areas a privilege the 50 ...
Mr. Speaker, today, I reintroduce the National Urban Watershed Model Restoration Act, a bill to establish a new approach...
I am committed to whatever time and effort it takes to restore the river that runs through the neighborhoods of the nati...
The Anacostia River has been my top environmental priority since coming to Congress in 1991.
To achieve more focused and rapid action, the new program will integrate the various regulatory and non-regulatory progr...
The Anacostia River has been chosen as the pilot river because it is an especially polluted urban river located in the n...
This pilot program, to be administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), will serve as a national model for ...
Under the new program, EPA shall allocate a total of $750,000 per year over the next 4 fiscal years to implement the pro...
First, the proceeds which are generated will be used for the benefit of the Black Episcopal College scholarship and endo...
Mr. Speaker, I ask the House to join me in a tribute to the legacy and spirit of Absolom Jones, an 18th century slave an...
