Lateefah Simon

Congressman Al Green’s protest is not just an act of defiance—it is an act of patriotism.

You cannot fight cancer on a budget…. I know what it was like to rely on a death benefit after my husband died in his early 40s…[and] to rely on SNAP benefits.

They’re cheating Americans out of a functioning budget…willing to cut cancer research…school classrooms with 60 kindergarteners.

they’re cheating Americans out of a functioning budget…willing to cut cancer research…school classrooms with 60 kindergarteners.

I surely don’t want to hear his racist, misogynist rhetoric.

This is our house. The president is a guest.

But I surely don’t want to hear his racist, misogynist rhetoric.

You cannot fight cancer on a budget.

We need a government that is run by and for working people, not billionaires—and that’s what the WFP is fighting for.

But what we are doing in this labor-management provision is bypassing the committee of jurisdiction. I remind the Senator from Arizona--I do not think he was here when I mentioned it--this particular amendment was tried on the…

I have to tell you I do not know much about the history of this at all other than I know we are injecting ourselves into this labor-management dispute, which we should not be doing.

This is the labor-management issue that was added on. And just so there is no misunderstanding, Mr. President, I will introduce for myself and Senator Kennedy the FAA bill with this provision stripped. I am just going to leave it at the…

I am all for the FAA bill. What was put on was neither in the House nor in the Senate on this bill. That can be put on--if you drop this provision, it can be put on the continuing resolution. There are a variety of ways of handling this. I…

While I would differ with her characterization of President Clinton's posture, her praise for Senator Lott as majority leader is right on target. I had the privilege of serving with Trent Lott in the House and now here in the Senate. When…

What we should not do is tack on a major labor-management provision on this thing--without hearings on what is a very controversial provision, I might add.

Senator Murkowski has been one of the leaders in trying to fashion responsible policies toward North Korea. The one area in the world where you have more troops facing each other, with virtually no contact between the two sides in terms of…

I rise to express concern as to what is not in this bill. Thanks to the cooperation of Senator Domenici--on a piece of legislation that is cosponsored by Senator Brown, the Presiding Officer--we did pass legislation authorizing research in…

It will be a great disappointment but I will only speak about 5 minutes on this amendment. I offer this amendment on behalf of Senator Jeffords and myself, an amendment that does not have anything to do with aviation, but we need a vehicle…

I say to Senator Lautenberg, I would like to raise an issue of great importance. The current version of this appropriations bill would not fund the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' [ATF] disability relief program. Under current…

although it is unusual for me to speak from a prepared text, I want to spend a little time providing my colleagues with some of the history and facts regarding an item that appeared in the Republican Party's platform last month. The issue…

first let me acknowledge the leadership of Senator Kennedy. Senator Kennedy has really been, in all these areas of human rights, a distinguished leader. I really appreciate that leadership. I attended a meeting of the Illinois Society last…

We have to make sure that ours is a society that gives opportunity to everyone. I want every page here--I do not care what your sexual orientation or race or religion or what your background is--I want you to have every opportunity. I have…

I disagree with this view of the nature and effect of HUD's antidiscrimination activities regarding property insurance. Republican and Democratic administrations have recognized that without non-discriminatory access to property insurance…

like most bills, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act contains both good and more worrisome provisions. Some of the better provisions, such as portability, are not perfect and others of importance, such as mental health…

When my friend from Virginia, Senator Warner, said the States will protect people, I think of the bill we finally passed when I was over in the House to protect children who wanted to go to school who had disabilities. The States said…