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George Miller is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 7th congressional district from 1975 until his retirement in 2015. During his tenure, Miller was known for his advocacy on issues such as education, labor rights, and environmental protection. He played a significant role in various legislative efforts, including the Younger Americans Act, which aimed to enhance opportunities for youth engagement and development. Miller was also a prominent voice for Puerto Rico's self-determination, emphasizing the importance of educating residents on their status options.
Today the Republicans will put on the House floor a tax bill that will provide the overwhelming amount of benefits to the top 1 percent of the taxpayers in this country, taxpayers earning in excess of $250,000, that will get $27,000 in tax…
The fact is many young families starting out with young children pay more in payroll taxes, Social Security than they pay in income taxes. But the Republican plan will not give them the benefit of the $500 child credit. What does that…
I think the gentlewoman asked the absolutely pertinent question here, what about working middle-class families, and it is pointed out in this morning's Wall Street Journal. What we see is people who were earning $23,000 a year with two…
under the original Contract With America, that police officer was going to get that tax credit. But what they decided this year was they wanted to give more money to the wealthy, so they had to cut that police officer out of their tax…
today is the day when we begin the process where we rearrange the priorities of this Nation, where we rearrange the priorities of this Nation that for many years has taken care of the senior citizens of this country by providing them…
later this week, this Congress will make a choice about the future of America. As we debate the tax bill, we will have to make a choice between the Republican plan that assumes that the rich do not have enough money and that working…
the reviews of the Republican tax bill are pouring in. A bad bill gets worse. A favor-the-rich tax plan. Loophole-filled tax cuts are an economic time bomb. What we are now seeing is, after people have a chance to review the Republican tax…
it is tragic that we now see Members whose districts have been impacted seriously by the floods being put in the situation of a bill that is now unacceptable because it continues to carry riders. One of the most egregious riders in this…
Mr. Speaker, I was reading this weekend an article by Professor William Quirk of the University of South Carolina Law School, and he reminds us that in the year 2002, when the budget is supposed to be balanced, we will owe $450 billion in…
how disappointed the American public must have been on Thursday night when they saw the Republican leadership and the President of the United States come together to work the budget bill so to deny American communities the right to build…
Mr. Chairman, I differ with my colleagues on the other side. I think, in fact, we are here because of the international trade agreements. I believe we are here because there are those who insist that somehow that American environmental…
the question that we have to ask ourselves is simply, when is enough enough? How much longer can we sit here as Members of the House of Representatives and pick up any morning paper in almost any city in the United States and read yet…
while there are many important policy matters addressed in the budget agreement before us today, I would like to take this opportunity to comment on the provisions concerning natural resources, native Americans and the environment. I am…
I cannot tell my colleagues how distressed I was to learn that the Committee on Appropriations did not put in the request by the administration for the full funding of WIC. I have been involved in this program my entire life in the…
If we want to scapegoat the Endangered Species Act, we can, but the mounting evidence is, in these floods, that the Endangered Species Act was a nonfactor. In central California we had 10 times the amount of water come through the river…
I mean the gentleman can stand up in the well and say whatever he wants, but he has some obligation to be accurate. But the fact of the matter is it is a water resources act, so if the gentleman from California does what he wants to do, it…
the gentleman suggested somehow that the Endangered Species Act prevents these projects from going forward.
what happened was the local levee agency, the local flood control agency kept coming back to the Corps and making additions to the levees. Change orders. Those of us who know about military expenditures know the cost goes up because of…
Both in the Chowchilla River and in the San Joaqain there were perfectly annually maintained levees that failed because instead of 8,000 cubic feet, Yuba was more, and that was not about maintenance.
I tried to make the point in general debate, and as the gentleman knows, we have levee failures in our State and we have had them across the country, and there is very little or sketchy evidence, in my opinion, that says it is due to ESA…
the assault on the basic environmental laws of this country is underway once again on the floor of the House of Representatives. Some 2 years ago, it was the ``logging without laws'' rider that legitimized devastating timber practices in…
after 3 years, we need to ask the question: Has NAFTA been fair to the American people? Would its expansion be fair to workers and the environment? Would it be fair to American consumers? Based on the past 3 years, we'd have to say…
I support H.R. 39 which continues funding for the African Elephant Conservation Act through the year 2002. Enacted in October 1988 in response to the alarming decline of African elephants, the act has made a significant contribution to the…
I'm pleased that we are considering House Concurrent Resolution 8 today. The global crisis in coral reef health is an important issue that has received little recent attention in Congress. I commend the Fisheries Subcommittee Chairman, Mr…
when will it ever end? When will it ever end with respect to special interest money and public policy in the people's House. Later today we will learn that Speaker Gingrich will pay his fine for lying to Congress by borrowing it from Bob…
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