I rise today in support and to offer an amendment that will correct a discrepancy and a disparity that has been overlooked in this bill, Mr. Chairman. Let me begin by, first of all, thanking the very able ranking member of this…

A lot of them are coming home now, and they are watching this debate, and they are asking a very basic question: Why is this House even assessing the question of Head Start? Why is this House even talking about dismantling Head Start, when…

My party would not have reached into the pockets of hardworking Americans to get to a $350 billion cutoff number. My party would not leave veterans out of a package that purports to help people. And my party would not have to depend on a…

This legislation is a good bill. It is outstanding legislation, and I want to compliment the leadership of this committee. A number of people have extolled the virtues of this bill as far as efficiencies are concerned. A number of people…

we have heard a lot of heated debate about this issue all morning, but I think there is a basic undisputed fact that frankly should rise above the fray: there was no effort to limit this tax break until the end game of the conference…

The strength of our system is nothing less than its capacity to absorb the worst impulses in our character. ... We do not count on amendments, we count on the best angels in our nature.

However, it is my opinion that what we do and say today will not permanently go unnoticed. There will be a time when the attention of our constituents comes back home to the shores of the United States of America. When that time comes, I…

I have the distinction of representing the Seventh District of Alabama which, as so many people should know if they do not, is the home of the civil rights movement in this country. It is the battlefield where so many of the battles were…

I rise tonight on behalf of the 635,000 citizens in my congressional district, which is one of the three poorest congressional districts in the United States of America. As we focus on this budget and all the pressing economic needs in our…