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It's to hide the identity of donors, to make it seem as though campaign season ads are speaking for the people when they're really speaking for the wealthy individuals and corporations that fund these super-PACs.
The real scandal, I would suggest, is the fact that political spending by so-called social welfare groups is exempted from taxation and is subsidized by the American people.
It is completely unacceptable that the Israeli people continue to live under the constant threat of terrorist violence.
Clearly, there are several dimensions to the political fight that you are caught in the middle of.
I would urge my colleagues, you know, we met at Senator Markey's request with a delegation that included a gentleman from the Mexican Parliament.
Unless somebody around here wants to repeal the law of thermal expansion, then we are going to have to really address this problem.
It didn't use to be that way; this used to be a Committee where Republicans and Democrats worked together on environmental issues.
It is really hard to compete with that.
It can be a managed transition in which the harm from the transition, the upheaval from the transition is dealt with in a responsible way, or it can be an abrupt transition.
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to particularly thank the gentleman for his extraordinary leadership on this very important issue of forced arbitration, which is denying many, many Americans the right to have their…
Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, at 3:30 p.m., I am hosting a public discussion at the Community College of Rhode Island Lincoln campus to highlight financial aid opportunities for students and the work we need to do in Congress to address the…
Mr. President, this is the 133rd climate speech that I have delivered, and it has been an amazing week. On Saturday, the New York Times posted its cover story about dying coral reefs in our oceans. On Sunday, the cover story in the…
Finally, finally the Congress acted and passed the law that said, no, you must increase the fuel economy standards.
they are acting at a hypocrisy level that is historic in size.
I guess I would say that I am just a little bit sad at what this committee has become.
We have a United States military that in repeated Quadrennial Defense Reviews... has singled out climate change as a problem for the future.
they are the single greatest force fighting the free market in our country.