DENNIS A. CARDOZA

one of the things that my constituents ask me when I go home is how we got into this mess, and they say, well, it was just a few years ago in 1997, we actually started paying down the national debt. Then when Mr. Clinton left office in the…

I just want to highlight that there is precedent to doing it a different way. During World War II, then-Senator Truman formed a commission that actually did an audit and went after wartime profiteers and, in fact, did a great job at…

In answer to the gentlewoman from California, it is my intention that there would be an expedited review. If there is 120 days, and a State requests a shortened period of time because they believe that a particular problem has, and let us…

when the Bush administration learned that the American people wanted to allow the United Arab Emirates to operate U.S. ports, they were outraged. That outrage should be extended to this administration's pathetic record on securing our…

Any criticism should be directed towards the lack of support from our federal government who has designated our agency to be a primary agency to provide assistance to these individuals that have been displaced from the hurricane without…

It's outrageous that we're not breaking through those regulations to get the job done. Five months after the disaster. It's just unacceptable.

it seems like our country, or at least the Republican leadership and the leadership in the Senate and the White House, has totally turned what our priorities should be as a Nation on its ear. We are not balancing the budget. That is the…

I would be happy to, Mr. Ross. Number 12 is to make Congress do a better job keeping track on government programs that it passes. As Mr. Tanner said earlier, we have basically abdicated our responsibility in this one-party form of…

Thank you, Mr. Ross. You know, what you just spoke about is a matter of priorities. It is what I spoke about earlier when I was talking about the foster care system and was there not a better place to cut. Number five on our planks of the…

As you were taking about that, it reminded me that there was another fellow from your district by the name of President Clinton who had inherited this same kind of problem once before. In his 8 years in office he took an annual debt and…

Well, I do, Mr. Ross. In fact, I have two children that were adopted out of foster care. My wife and I are blessed to have two children from foster care. I just cannot believe that we cannot find a different place to cut. I know after…

That is right, Mr. Ross. Not only does it cut those two populations but it is done to pay for tax cuts, to pay for additional tax cuts.

before I begin my presentation, I want to just say I cannot believe the comments from the gentleman who just spoke. Today, the national debt stands at over $8 trillion. That is more than $27,000 for every man, woman, and child in America…

I thank Mr. Ross. He is a fabulous Member who has led this effort in the House for a number of years, and I am very pleased he is leading this discussion here tonight. I am pleased he brought down a copy of our debt clock that sits in…

that is incredible. That is an unbelievable number. Really we could call this not the Reconciliation Act but the college student tax act because that is what we are going to be doing, we are going to be increasing the tax on those who can…

just 2 weeks ago, the national debt passed the $8 trillion mark. This unfortunate milestone was the direct result of policies put in place by the leadership of this Congress and the Bush White House. Now our friends on the other side of…

along with all 36 members of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition, I have a sign in front of my office that is updated daily to reflect America's national debt. Just 2 weeks ago, I was deeply dismayed to see that the national debt…

I yield myself 1 minute to engage in a colloquy with the gentleman from California (Mr. Pombo). Mr. Chairman, I believe it is critical for us to make sure we do not change the regulatory landscape on property owners regulated under…

I rise at this point to make a clarification and to, again, speak to my opposition to the substitute. The first clarification is that when the Fish and Wildlife Service compensates an owner for a restriction on his property, it is done…

when are Washington Republicans going to listen to the American people? At the beginning of this year, President Bush unveiled a general plan that would lead to the privatization of Social Security. When his plan was met with a lukewarm…

the Democrats on the Committee on Resources support the passage of H.R. 1797, which will provide a fair and equitable financial settlement for the Spokane Tribe of Indians. H.R. 1797 will provide the Spokane Tribe of Indians with…

the authors of the Congressional Republican Social Security privatization plan are not being straight with the American people. The Republicans claim that the plan that they introduced last month includes a lockbox that prevents the use of…

I rise today, in support of the Baca- Hinojosa amendment to the agriculture appropriation bill to increase funding for Hispanic serving institutions. This increase would grant additional funding for 193 of our Nation's Hispanic serving…

I rise today once again to express my disappointment with the lack of attention to our Nation's fiscal crisis. The system is broken, plain and simple. We need to focus our efforts on finding a cure for our addiction to deficit spending in…

I am pleased to support the passage of H.R. 2828 today. Calfed reauthorization is an issue that Congress has debated for years and years and today--as a result of numerous parties working together--we are making significant strides toward…