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since the President first proposed his $87 billion supplemental appropriations package last month, I have worried that the President's plan for bringing stability to Iraq lacks fiscal accountability and a clear plan for bringing our troops…
Tonight, Mr. Chairman, we have talked about the lack of accountability of this administration, the poor wisdom of unilateral action, and the lack of a plan on the part of this administration, but I want to spend the few minutes that is…
There must be dozens in this bill today. Yet, you do not want to make the exception for a bill for our military retirees for their disability, their disability payments.
when I was a college student over 40 years ago, I was one of the first Freedom Riders in Mississippi. With fellow students, we went to jail to spotlight for Americans the injustice and inhumanity of racial segregation. Last week as a…
I want to add my voice to urge all of our colleagues to listen to the voice of our veterans. Find it in your hearts once and for all, this unjust disabled veterans tax. A resident of my congressional district, the 51st in California, in…
I rise today in support obviously of the rule, but also of the underlying bill, and especially the manager's amendment which authorizes a water-related infrastructure project of great interest and need in my district and to my constituents…
Mr. Speaker, you would think that we would have learned from the experience in Vietnam and Agent Orange, which the gentleman from Illinois (Marine Corporal Evans) taught us as he led the charge to uncover what happened with Agent Orange…
We simply have before us a bill that is inadequate to the needs of our Nation's veterans. There are a lot of reasons that have been advanced, and there are a lot of understandings of the parameters which we have to work with, but that is…
Madam Speaker and colleagues, I rise today in support of guaranteed funding for veterans' health care as found in H.R. 2318. This bill replaces the current "discretionary" funding process with a reliable, predictable, and rational way to…
I represent a district that borders Mexico. In fact, I have the entire California-Mexico border in my district of South San Diego. I want today to address a problem that affects all border districts, that is, emergency healthcare for…
I come with a small amendment that has rather big ramifications on our southern border with Mexico. I represent all of the California-Mexico border. As the President of the United States and his Secretary of Homeland Security agreed with…
Mr. Speaker and collagues, I rise to voice my opposition to H.R. 760, the so-called Partial Birth Abortion Ban. This is a bill that immediately provokes strong feelings on both sides of the abortion issue. No one is in favor of abortion. I…
there they go again. When the Republicans are faced with a choice of helping millionaires with tax credits or giving low-income people some help they need with the same tax credits, they choose the millionaires every time. Once again, the…
I rise to express my concern for the men and women of our armed services who will be returning and are returning from Iraq. My colleagues are aware that our troops were funded during the period of fighting last month at the rate of about…
I rise today to oppose this Energy bill. Rather than emphasizing conservation and renewable energy sources, this bill focuses on destroying our natural resources and using fossil fuels to meet our energy needs. Supporters of this bill…
I rise to voice my concern about the budget resolution before us today. As a Member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, I am especially concerned about the amount of funding included in the budget resolution for our Nation's…
I do represent the entire California-Mexico border, so I am a border Congressman; and I must say, we have some difficulties with the proposed legislation. The gentlewoman from Ohio, and I am sorry that it had to take someone from the…
Mr. Speaker, just quickly, the fact that this legislation does not say anything about the merged boards of BECC and NADBank, you could have said something about it. Just because you did not, do not criticize the fact that this is a…
Mr. Speaker, clearly the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act is a very important piece of legislation. It is to make sure that our veterans who are receiving service-connected compensation benefits and their survivors who…
I rise today to protest the half-baked drug scheme that the GOP has jammed down Congress' throat. I find it a particular affront to our system of democracy that the Republicans blocked consideration of a plan that would easily cover all…
The majority means that the gentleman has the responsibility of setting the agenda and running this floor. As I understood what the gentleman just said, he does not have a majority on his side to raise the debt limit. I want to know, where…
I rise today in support of a true prescription drug plan that would cover all the seniors in America. Under Medicare, a Democratic prescription drug benefit would be voluntary and universal. Every senior would have access, no matter where…
I rise today, though, to point out an irony and hope to get support from my colleagues for law enforcement officers in our Federal agencies. I hope that those who are on the floor today know that there are law enforcement officers…
Mr. Speaker, we have heard about how necessary this construction is for the VA and how critical the construction needs are for our health facilities. There has been a gross underfunding of VA facilities for the past decade, and this is…
we have had in this Nation in recent weeks several high-profile train accidents, one in Southern California and one in Florida. In light of these accidents and in light of ongoing problems with railroad safety, I have asked the chairman of…
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