Key to this college competition is the valuable role Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments has played in first establishing, then strengthening college sports programs for women.

Victory is wonderful, and victory is to be commended. But as long as we pursue excellence in our lives, as the U.S. national team has demonstrated time and time again, we can all be champions.

But, the Women's World Cup and the U.S. national team in particular showed us that women's soccer and women's sports can be just as captivating, just as athletic, just as powerful, and just as competitive as men's sports.

Thirty-six years ago today, President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act.

I am pleased to join eleven of my colleagues in introducing the Consumer Credit Report Accuracy and Privacy Act of 1999.

Mr. Chairman I rise in strong support of H.R. 4296, the Assault Weapons Ban. In fairness to legal gun-owners, it exempts 2,650 types of firearms created for hunting or homes protection and bans 19 types of deadly, semiautomatic assault…

I am pleased to join my freshman colleagues in this important discussion of welfare reform and to outline the framework we feel is crucial to creating positive and lasting reform. Our discussion is based on the premise that human dignity…

I rise to acknowledge the personal and professional achievements of our First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton. She is an accomplished and passionate advocate for children's rights and public education who has now taken the leadership position…

The bilingual education programs reauthorized in H.R. 6 are critical to promoting equal education opportunities for public school children. Many limited English-proficient students simply cannot learn and compete in the classroom without…

I rise in support of moving swiftly in providing emergency disaster assistance to the victims of the recent southern California earthquake. The January 17 Northridge earthquake was a disaster of EPIC proportions. It is estimated that the…