Lynn C. Woolsey

today we're going to reauthorize Head Start and reaffirm, through this conference report, our commitment to this very, very valuable program. When I came here 15 years ago, I was insisting that my married children make me a grandmother…

it's clear that the Alternative Minimum Tax, AMT, needs to be fixed. Year after year, we play this game of ``chicken'' with the end of the year, leaving millions of hard working American families fearful that they will be captured in a tax…

I rise in support of H.R. 3685. Before I came to Congress, I was a human resources executive, and even then, during the 1970s, my company had a policy that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation. It boggles my mind that it…

when the President invaded Iraq in 2003, the American people were warned that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction posed a great threat to peace. We were told that launching a preemptive war would not make life harder for the Iraqi people…

the first national protest demonstration against the Vietnam War occurred 40 years ago this month. About 100,000 Americans came to Washington in October 1967 to protest that foreign policy disaster. Vietnam was a war of choice. We invaded…

for the past 5 years, the administration has underfunded the No Child Left Behind Act to the tune of more than $50 billion. This has robbed millions of children of the education they will need to succeed in the 21st century, and it is…

before the invasion of Iraq, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was interviewed on television by George Stephanopoulos. Mr. Stephanopoulos asked Secretary Rumsfeld what invading Iraq would cost. Rumsfeld answered, ``Under $50 billion.''…

when General Petraeus testified before Congress last month, there was a lot of happy talk from the administration about how much improved things had gotten in Iraq. From the way they talked, you would have thought that Iraq had become a…

it is past time to hold this administration accountable for its actions in Iraq and for its actions throughout the region. Our standing in the world and throughout the Middle East is at an all-time low. And our standing in popularity has…

it's disappointing that the Administration and many Republicans can't get their priorities in order and support an expansion of SCHIP. The Administration's veto of H.R. 976, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act, shows just how…

all too often we've seen this administration turn a blind eye toward the priorities of our very country. While the administration has consistently failed to demonstrate restraint when it comes to escalating the occupation of Iraq, it has…

Today marks a sad and tragic day in American history. Today is the fifth anniversary of the House joint resolution which authorized the use of American Armed Forces against Iraq. I was among the 133 Members of the House who voted ``no'' on…

the amendment I offer today simply says that the organizations receiving grant money from the trust fund may give consideration to first responders, public safety officers, teachers, other public employees whose incomes have kept them from…

after the administration promised to bring liberation to the people of Iraq, they have, instead, brought insecurity and despair. Every day a new report emerges about the horrible living conditions in Iraq. One of the latest stories comes…

Every parent, every parent, whether living in the United States or in Iraq, wants only the best for their children. They want their kids to feel safe and to have the very best of everything. And every parent wants their child to get a…

American contractors in Iraq have lived by their own rules for far too long. While American taxpayers fund the equipping and training of these private military contractors, companies like Blackwater continue to escape accountability to…

the military announced yesterday that the number of monthly U.S. combat deaths fell to the lowest point in a year. Military and administration officials touted this as a success. Is this the way we're measuring success in Iraq these days…

There seem to be adequate protections in this bill to ensure small businesses are the ones getting these contracts and that they aren't unfairly influenced by large capital firms.

Madam Chairman, there has been a concern expressed from some voices in the small business community that title V of this bill will open up small business Federal contracts to be taken advantage of by large corporations and venture capital…

earlier this week, the World Health Organization released a report that can only be called shocking and appalling. Cholera is on the rise in Iraq and spreading to urban areas like Baghdad and Basrah, and some of the northern provinces as…

we have learned in the last few days and weeks about terrible new threats to our national security and the safety of the American people. On August 29, a B-52 bomber accidentally flew six nuclear warheads across the country with a combined…

this amendment ensures that OSHA can continue to slow-walk a final rulemaking on diacetyl exposure for all workers. Hundreds of workers are exposed to diacetyl, and they've fallen ill with this debilitating lung disease that, as the…

I rise tonight to draw attention to the surge, or escalation, of the occupation of Iraq. This time it is not an escalation of troops; it is the escalation in spending to continue this senseless, apparently endless occupation. Recent…

this week, we heard reports that private military contractor Blackwater has been ordered out of Iraq and had its license revoked after a shootout that took the lives of at least eight Iraqi civilians. This didn't happen in the ``wild…

last week, the President called for an enduring relationship with Iraq, a relationship that extends beyond his administration. He did not tell us exactly how long this would last, but we have to have a good idea, because the White House…