From winter, plague and pestilence, good Lord, deliver us!'' wrote Thomas Nashe in 1600, in ``Summer's Last Will and Testament,'' to which I add a hearty, ``Amen!'' At last, this Saturday, March 20, spring arrives, both by calendar and…

Yesterday, Bloomberg reported what Moody's has been saying all year. Moody's once again reminded the United States that we are moving ``substantially'' closer to losing our AAA credit rating due to the rising cost of our debt service. The…

Thank you. You know, one of the things that I'm proud of is the fact that it's not just conservative women that have been at the forefront of this debate. As we all know, this debate, as I said before, began in 1792, and when Mrs…

As we go back out into the hall and we look at that statue of the women who gave us the opportunity to be able to be here on the floor today, not only did they give us the right to vote, they gave all children the opportunity to have the…

To continue with Women's History Month and to focus on pro-life women, I want you to imagine, Mr. Speaker, what it was like to be an American woman in the 1700s and 1800s. It surprises me to have to say this, but at that time women could…

Today, we really want to focus this next hour on women in history because this is the month for women in history. Toward that end, we really want to focus on women in history who were pro-life. I would like to begin by talking about the…

And I think it's interesting that as we continue to debate this since Roe v. Wade, sometimes the media inadvertently sends a pro-life message. There was a movie a few years ago which captured Hollywood's attention, and it was called…

this week, March 1 through March 7, is National Peace Corps Week. It marks the 49th anniversary of this unique and important government agency. When proposing the creation of the Peace Corps to Congress, President John F. Kennedy declared…

Americans are hurting. One year ago, this Congress passed a $787 billion stimulus bill which was supposed to keep unemployment under 8 percent, but since its enactment more than 3.5 million jobs have been lost. The national unemployment…

Last Friday, almost 500,000 folks gathered at the Capitol to remind us once again that all life is precious and that the unborn are guaranteed the right to life. While abortion has been allowed in this country for the past 37 years…

Thank you to my good friend from New Jersey. One of my family member's favorite movies is ``It's a Wonderful Life.'' It is a story about George Bailey, who thinks he's losing the family bank, played by Jimmy Stewart, and Clarence Oddbody…

I just want to say a couple of things about the Planned Parenthood organization in my district. As of record, there have been two cases of underage children that have received abortions without parental--well, in one case it was a father…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to talk about this issue. I'd like to take a few minutes to not only say that this is the 37th anniversary of one of the most dark days in the U.S. history, but to talk about the ramifications of what that act did. To…