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Today is the 100th birthday of a great lady and Tennessee icon, Sarah Moore Greene. Ms. Greene has been both a national leader and a leader in our hometown of Knoxville. By the way, she still attends many events, and is always dressed like…
I want to join all my colleagues in calling for jobs legislation that will get our people back to work and asking for a health care reform bill that will be affordable and accessible to all Americans. But, Mr. Speaker, I rise also to ask…
I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for yielding me this time. I also want to thank all of the previous speakers: the gentleman from Michigan, the original author of the resolution; the gentleman from New York; and especially the…
Last week marked the first year of the trillion dollar spending bill claimed to produce jobs, but The Island Packet at Hilton Head Island reports the fact that more than 4 million jobs have been lost. With 7.5 million jobs lost since…
Unemployment is still at double digits across the country; and in my home State of South Carolina, it is at a record high of 12.6 percent. Families are hurting, loosing jobs. With this dismal backdrop, why would the administration propose…
In his State of the Union address last week, the President stepped up his rhetoric about fiscal responsibility. But just yesterday the President presented a budget reminiscent of last year's that spends too much, taxes too much, and…
Yesterday, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office announced that the cost of the President's spending plan has jumped another $75 billion. Stephen Dinan at the Washington Times reported that ``the country faces giant budget deficits…
Where are the jobs? This is the question I continue to ask the liberal majority, since they persist pushing legislation killing jobs. Families are hurting, particularly in South Carolina, where the unemployment rate recently jumped to a…
1 year ago today, the President was sworn into office, giving Democrats full control of Congress and the White House. After promising the American people a misnamed stimulus plan to keep unemployment under 8 percent, we see 10 percent…
I thank Chairman Rangel for yielding me this time. I want to thank you and Mr. Camp for bringing this legislation forward. I want to thank the minority whip, Mr. Cantor, for joining with us in making this a truly bipartisan effort. I also…
Congress and this administration continue pushing a job-killing health care takeover. Brokered in back rooms, the bill includes $518 billion in new job-killing taxes that will hurt small businesses, and squeezing Medicare threatens senior…
In South Carolina last week, I met with people making a difference promoting jobs by visiting the OneStop employment centers across the district. I visited the directors and staff, desk to desk, in Columbia, Lexington, Aiken, Barnwell…
On Sunday, I was pleased to see The New York Times acknowledge Afghanistan and Iraq as the central front in America's struggle against Islamic extremism. It further cites how the United States is making progress turning security efforts…
Is it pretty clear that elements of the Iranian Government are actively involved in killing American soldiers?
Senator Graham, this is not double down; this is all in.
The public is going to break against us big time.
I believe that is all we have. The reason we are not sending 31,500 is we just cannot get them.