today the Republicans in Congress are considering proposals which will cut Medicare funding by billions of dollars, causing large reductions in Medicare services which will have a devastating effect on our senior citizens. We cannot allow…

In our society, especially in America, there are certain words that we do not like to use such as discrimination, segregation, set-aside, preferences, goals, and I do not know why people want to always avoid using those words. To me if the…

This country has an obligation, this Government has an obligation to set the tone for the direction in which this country should go. And oftentimes we do that through laws. In many instances we leave it up to the States and in those…

the children of Alabama, like those of the rest of the Nation, depend on the food programs of the Federal Government. Some come from very needy families who cannot afford to feed their children. In my district, one of the poorest in the…

today I rise and ask the American people to take a look at what has been done today in Congress. We want to make sure that we will continue to put cops on the street where they belong, where they can be of use. Our dear friends on the…

during segregation, blacks were excluded from organized baseball. To play baseball, black players and supporters organized the Negro Leagues. These leagues not only gave black players an opportunity to play, but they were an important part…

today I rise to challenge my colleagues not to forget about a constituency of this Nation that looks to us to fulfill our obligation to them. This obligation is the preservation of the Medicare program. All of us, as citizens, owe a debt…

haste makes waste. Mr. Speaker, I addressed the Committee on Rules in an attempt to get an exemption to the balanced budget amendment considered. That exemption would have provided that Aid to Dependent Children would have been exempted…

I rise today to recognize the 15th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979. In 1978, the United States reached a crossroads in United States-Asia relations with its decision to recognize the Communist Government of China. The…

in the days of legalized Jim Crow laws when segregation reigned supreme, as hope within the African-American community was dim, the only government institution which stood up for the rights of our people was the Supreme Court. Today it is…

Martin Luther King was truly an American. He was a loyal American. He took the difficult side. He took the dark side and brought light to it. He enlightened all of America on the evils. He enlightened all of America on the worst part of…

many years ago, in the very early 1960's, when I was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, I met a man who was a preacher from Montgomery, AL, Dr. Martin Luther King. This man changed my life and the lives of millions of Americans…