Earl F. Hilliard

We welcome Reverend Walter Solomon to this Chamber. We are very appreciative of his leadership in Birmingham, Alabama, and indeed in this Nation. His work on the national level with the National Baptist Convention is extraordinary. Many…

I wish to send best wishes and congratulations to His Excellency Chen Shui-Bian, President of the Republic of China, and all the citizens of Taiwan on the occasion of their 89th National Day.

I would like to recite the Birmingham Pledge: I believe that every person has worth as an individual. I believe that every person is entitled to dignity and our respect, regardless of race or color. I believe that every thought and every…

I commit myself and my vote to increasing spending on diabetes to an amount which will be sufficient for our scientists to accomplish this high goal.

At this point in the process, we need to make an absolute commitment to this struggle to end this devastating disease.

We have made many strides in the treatment of diabetes, but much more needs to be done.

This devastating disease affects every family in America--my own brother is a victim of diabetes.

This may have been a civil war. But it was also a civil war in Bosnia. And the European countries got involved, and this country got involved; and we have had troops there, and we still have got troops there.

This is an example of what was happening. Here is a baby that was hacked to death, as my colleagues can see, its limbs hacked off. This is one genocide site. And people went to seek shelter and refuge in churches and in schools because…

The gentleman, by the way, I believe, had been a member of that church for some 93 years; he was that old. He takes credit for bringing Dr. King there, and indeed, he deserves the credit. But he also deserves the credit for changing the…

Basically I want to make one point. That the results of our government's action or inaction, whether intentional or unintentional, has caused continuous discrimination against African- American farmers to the detriment of their very…

Does it not go further than that? Does it not show that our government is really maneuvering and trying not to keep their word, not to compensate these people for the wrongs that have been heaped on them?

But he received that, which meant that, theoretically, he was supposed to pay taxes on that for the year 1997.

And the devastating part of what our government has done and will do, if it takes another 5 years, is in effect eradicate the few farmers of African-American descent that are left. After all, if we look at the period of the last 15 to 25…

I am not so sure they can legally invoke the statute of limitations at this point. You see, what happened, it had been set up by our government according to the law, a procedure, and now the government, because of what it had done in…

If I may, Madam Chairlady, let me even go further. This was a part of an agency or a department of the Agriculture Department that had the power to look into these grievances and these complaints and make a finding. It was set up sort of…

Mr. Speaker, to the Speaker, the minority leader and the majority leader, let me say that this is a bill with an amendment. The bill, in essence, seeks to transfer from the control of the Federal Government to the State of Alabama the…

The right-wing radical Republicans seem to always take the side of the rich and privileged in America. They act as if they really care about America and working families and the middle class. There is no better case in point than Medicare…

I would like to use just one-half of my minute to say that I had a very sad meeting on Monday of this week. I spoke to four ministers; each one of their churches had been set ablaze. There have been nine burnings in my district, more than…

The Republicans are not cooperating or attempting to work out a compromise to protect Medicare for seniors. I hope all voters remember these facts in November. The Republicans have repeatedly voted for deep cuts in the Medicare Program…

The Republicans have our citizens facing the largest education tax cuts in history. The Republican right wing extremists in Congress seem to enjoy the prospect of bringing public education in this country to its knees. The Republicans have…

After only 1 day of hearings, the Republicans have finally released their plan to kill Medicare. The American people know exactly what the Republicans are doing. The Republican plan is to cut $270 billion out of Medicare to pay for a tax…