Doug Ose: “I fully support many of the reforms in H.R. 522 but must, once again, raise some concern with one particular section…”

I rise today to reluctantly voice my opposition to H.R. 2028, the Pledge Protection Act. As a cosponsor of the original legislation, I am disheartened to see changes that have removed necessary civil rights protections. In the course of a…

Some of the revenues that were used in this program in effect were used to buy food that had spoiled. We paid people to deliver food under this program that was spoiled. And Saddam collected commissions or levies or tariffs or something on…

I do not serve in the Senate. I serve in the House. My district goes up and down the center part of California. And while I am very respectful of what the fine Senators in the other body might have to do or say, maybe two of California's…

I feel like Churchill up here when I hear the 52 to 2 vote. Mr. Speaker, I do want to say, one of the things that the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Kelly) mentioned was the impact on, in particular, rural communities, where we have such…