Hilda L. Solis

today I rise to discuss the Fifth Annual Congressional Tri-Caucus Minority Health Summit which will be held this weekend in San Diego. Hosted by the Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County, the event is an opportunity for…

did you know that our planet is showing the disconcerting signs of global climate change? That should serve as a wake-up call to all of us. Scientists have found that 11 and 12 of the warmest years on record have occurred since 1995. The…

tonight I stand here today to honor the contribution of immigrants that have been made to our Nation, particularly defending our Nation in support of comprehensive immigration reform. We need effective legislation that strikes the right…

I strongly support our men and women in uniform who are courageously fighting to defend our freedoms. In my own district, we lost 14 soldiers. My recent trip to Iraq confirmed that to support our troops is to support their redeployment…

Today we will consider the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act. Two Federal commissions, one in 1947 and the other in 2004, recommended to the Congress that the people of Guam have not been made whole despite efforts to rehabilitate…

I rise in support of H.R. 1429, the Improving Head Start Act of 2007. Head Start is a program that has been crucial on the development and academic success of our children for more than 40 years. Since 1965, more than 24 million children…

I have a significant Native American population in L.A. County and there is one center available for them. It is just horrifying to think that people have to travel so many counties just to get there. Lord help them if they have an episode…

a budget is a blueprint of a party's values. This week, Democrats will bring a budget to the House floor that cares for our children and our families without raising taxes. For the first time in 6 years, we have an opportunity to pass a…

just a few weeks ago I visited our servicemen and women in Iraq. My visit confirmed my belief that we must support our troops and redeploy them. That is why I will vote for the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health and Iraq Accountability…

good evening. Mr. Speaker, 2 weeks ago I had the privilege to visit our service men and women serving in Iraq, and I saw for myself what is really happening on the ground. I met with several service men and women from cities that I…

for 6 years, Americans have felt left behind by this administration and a Republican Congress that did not prioritize issues important to many Americans. With the November elections, we had hoped that President Bush would get the message…

today I rise to discuss the need to make access to health insurance for everyone a priority in our country. As you know, 46 million Americans are uninsured, including more than 9 million children in the U.S. One in three people in the San…

on behalf of 70,000 eligible Medicare beneficiaries in the 32nd Congressional District of California, I rise to strongly support this legislation to reduce the cost of prescription drugs through negotiated pricing. As a result of the…

I believe our Nation needs a policy to secure and stabilize Iraq, one that constructively engages in diplomacy and partners with neighboring countries and the region to create a stable and peaceful Nation in Iraq. Unfortunately, President…

Tomorrow the bipartisan Iraq Study Group is scheduled to release its recommendations on how best to proceed with the war in Iraq. While the group is led by one of the Bush family's closest friends, it has not actually given, I think…

the minimum wage, as you know, has not been raised in the last 9 years and is currently at its lowest level in the last 50 years when adjusted for inflation. Yet Republicans have continually refused to raise the pay of these full-time…

I am not reluctant to vote against this bill. I voted against it in committee because it is not the right measure we should be approving today. In fact, I supported some of our alternative amendments that were presented by folks on our…

for 6 months now, President Bush has known that the Iraq war is making our efforts to fight global terrorism more difficult, yet he refuses to change the course. A top secret National Intelligence Estimate concluding that the Iraq war has…

the headlines in the New York Times says it all, ``Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat.'' The top secret terrorism document was completed in April, after receiving final approval from all 16 national intelligence…

I also rise today to discuss H.R. 6131, legislation to make technical corrections to the Energy Policy Act of 2005. We are here today to make these technical corrections because of the hastily drafted Energy Policy Act of 2005. As ranking…

today I rise because America needs a new direction for homeland security. Our Republican colleagues are ignoring our Nation's real security needs. The 9/11 Commission made 41 recommendations on ways to make our Nation safer, but just this…

during rollcall vote No. 440 on H. Res. 994-- 9/11 Resolution, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' ____________________

just when you thought the Bush administration had finally faced reality and admitted that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, President Bush uses a nationally televised speech on 9/11 to once again blur the lines between the war on terror…

five years ago, democracy and freedom were attacked when terrorists destroyed nearly 3,000 innocent lives in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. We mourn the passing of those taken too soon, celebrate the lives of the scores of…

Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Today I would like to talk about the Republican leadership and the fact that they are ignoring the needs of millions of Americans who right now are making minimum wage. They haven't seen an increase in over 10…