Of course we can do it. It's all about whether we have the will. We can even allow Big Oil to continue to have some little subsidies, or equalize the subsidies that we are providing there and take that other money, take $6 billion…

Thank you, Congressman Garamendi, and thank you for your leadership in this area and for recognizing the next generation. Marianne Larson will be part of that next generation that is going to be asking the question: Did we do enough? The…

I thank the gentlewoman for her outstanding comments in protecting the seniors of America. I now yield to my good friend and colleague from the great State of California (Ms. Richardson) as much time as she will use.

I encourage my colleagues to join me in supporting H. Res. 1347, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Speier) that the House suspend…

Again, I would like to urge my colleagues to support this measure honoring the 100 years that RVs have been in production, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the…

The Democratic Caucus feels very strongly that seniors in America count and, in so doing, created a Seniors Task Force cochaired ably by Congresswoman Schakowsky of Illinois and Congresswoman Matsui of California. And we thought it was…

When you were referring to credit cards, I was reminded that, in 1980, a credit card application was one page long, about 700 words. Today, a credit card application--and, indeed, a contract--is closer to 30 pages. Imagine if senior…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 1073, a measure supporting the goals and ideals of RV Centennial Celebration Month. This measure was introduced by my colleague, the gentleman from…

I thank the gentlelady from California. The numbers of seniors in our country is growing exponentially, in part because some of us who are baby boomers are growing older and reaching that age ever so quickly. But I note that while there…

I thank the gentlelady from Ohio. You know, it would be great for us to focus for just a minute on the prescription for Wall Street reform for the 40 million seniors in America and just kind of list out the protections that are in the Wall…

I thank the gentleman from Florida for his passionate commitment to seniors. I'd like to address this whole issue of mortgages. You know, so many Americans have seen their homes being foreclosed on over the last 2 to 3 years. The numbers…

You know, the Army Corps of Engineers had a saying during World War II: ``The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little longer.'' In 1993, President Clinton tried to do the impossible by lifting the decades-long ban on gay…