Jackie Speier

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Con. Res. 244, a bill recognizing the work of our Nation's long-term care physicians. Millions of Americans with disabilities or chronic illnesses require long-term medical care. The medical…

And I would like to just say to the gentleman from Georgia, as much as we are talking about the great work of long-term care physicians, it is important to note, as he expresses his disdain for the health care reform measure, that the…

I rise in support of H.R. 4840, a bill designating the United States Postal facility located at 1979 Cleveland Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, as the Clarence D. Lumpkin Post Office. Mr. Clarence Lumpkin was born in 1925 and spent years as a…

I rise in support of H. Res. 1040, recognizing the life and work of Donald Harington. Mr. Harington was born December 22, 1935, in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he spent much of his childhood. It was there as well as in the town of Drakes…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 1174, a bill supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month. This resolution was introduced by my distinguished colleague, the gentlewoman from California, Representative Lynn…

I also want to thank Congresswoman Woolsey for her impassioned and principled leadership not only on this issue but so many issues facing Americans. To loosely paraphrase Judy Collins, We have looked at health insurance reform from both…

I just want to say how proud I am to be associated with all of you tonight, because this is one issue that has gotten very little attention in this health care debate--the bald-faced discrimination against women in health care--and it's…

It's time for us to stop talking in generalities and gibberish. It's time to start talking about real people and their real experiences. One thing all of us can agree on is that we trust our doctors. I just received a letter from a doctor…

My mother, Nancy Kanchelian, was born in 1915 in Fresno, California, the same year the Ottoman Empire began its systematic killing and deportation of millions of her fellow Armenians and members of her own family. A year ago this week, my…

Anthem Blue Cross should be ashamed of itself for raising premiums in California by 39 percent. People in my district have complained of increases as much as $2,400 a year. How can anyone afford that kind of an increase? This at a time…

In Bob Marley's iconic anthem he describes the plight of the Buffalo Soldiers as "fighting on arrival, fighting for survival." No troops in American history have given more and received less in return than the African American regiments…

Americans' thirst for real change did not end with the election in 2008. Across this country, people are mad, mad that the rampant speculation in our financial markets which led to the current economic meltdown and the double-digit…

There are people who want to see the TARP fail, they want to be able to say I told you so.

I just want to get a clear answer, will you or will you not make public how the money that has been received by these banks in TARP have been spent?

I want to thank each of you for being true public servants and incredible guardians of the American taxpayers.

I find that absolutely unbelievable and irresponsible that one agency of government has been able to access information.

It is important to us I think to maximize profits to compensate for the ones that are clearly going to be underwater forever.

Our first and only goal should be maximizing the profits for the taxpayers.

I will be very pleased to meet with him.

The taxpayers have spent more than $2 trillion to turn around an economic crisis that had its foundation in the insatiable appetite of Wall Street for the high yields provided by mortgage-backed securities and the fees that went with them.

If we have learned nothing else in the last few months, it is that there wasn't the vigilance at the SEC.

We can't have that happen again. And I want your advice on what we should do to make sure that your agency becomes the toughest, most scrupulous cop in the Nation.

It is far too generous to say that financial institutions were simply opportunistic for selling exotic mortgages to working people and pushing credit cards on students who were unlikely to be able to repay.

I disagree with my distinguished chairman, Mr. Kanjorski, who does not believe as I do that State regulation is really where insurance regulation should take place.

The proposal for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency that we are talking about today is, I believe, one of the most important reforms to come out of this economic meltdown.