Lynn C. Woolsey

yesterday the House voted on the Defense appropriations bill for the year 2007, and once again, we missed a golden opportunity. We missed an opportunity to pass a bill that strengthens our national security, while at the same time…

last week in his surprise visit to Baghdad, President Bush was full of happy talk. ``The progress here in Iraq has been remarkable when you really think about it,'' he said. But as usual, with this administration, there is a side of the…

it has been almost 39 months since our troops were sent to Iraq; and today, more than 37 months after the President declared their mission accomplished, they are still there, still fighting a guerrilla war for which they weren't properly…

many of us voted against this war from the very beginning. In fact, 60 percent of the Democrats voted ``no'' to the war in Iraq. Since then, we have hosted informal hearings, we have founded the Out of Iraq Caucus, we forced a debate and…

Americans woke up yesterday morning to the news that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in an air raid in Iraq. Even though he was a vicious man, who had contempt for every single thing America represents, I do not believe his death signals a…

a few days ago, President Bush said that we had reached a turning point in Iraq. Given that he declared ``Mission Accomplished'' and the end of major combat operations more than 3 years ago, I would say it is about time we reached a…

it is like a broken record. The majority is trying to drill our way to energy independence. Last week, they were trying to drill off our coasts, and this week, it is ANWR. Even the big oil companies know that oil in ANWR would only fill…

the Secretary of State was on the talk show circuit this past weekend and said something extraordinary about the reason we invaded Iraq. These are Secretary Rice's words: ``I understand that Americans see violence on their screens. They…

the majority party believes that if we just keep drilling for more gas and oil then our energy crisis will be over. Unfortunately, they are not looking for a solution to our energy crisis and a solution to our rising gas prices. They are…

this Congress had a great opportunity today to pass a defense authorization bill that is good for the American people, a bill that reflects the very best of American values. Foremost among those values is our desire for peace, our capacity…

the so-called war on terrorism has been going on for more than 4\1/2\ years, and it looks like terrorism is winning. The U.S. Government released its annual survey of global terrorism two Fridays ago. Of course, they always save the bad…

exactly 3 years ago yesterday, President Bush gave his speech about the military operations in Iraq and said they had become ``Mission Accomplished.'' Why was this speech important? Because in a single stroke, it revealed more about the…

just a few hours ago, I heard moving testimonials about the impact of the Iraq war on real people, real families and real communities, both American and Iraqi. I organized a forum precisely to get beyond the statistics, the strategy, and…

the carnage and the bloodshed continue in Iraq. Things are getting worse, not better. April is indeed the cruelest month for 63 American soldiers who won't be making it home. In fact, it is the deadliest month so far in the year 2006. We…

the notion that the Iraq war is all about building freedom and democracy across the broader Middle East has been a staple of White House talking points for nearly as long as we have had our troops in harm's way. But a few weeks ago…

last month the House surprised us all by unanimously agreeing to an amendment to the Iraq supplemental spending bill declaring that the United States has ``no intentions of maintaining a permanent military presence in Iraq.'' Who knew this…

we need to put sanity back into the Nation's fiscal policies, and this Republican budget just does not do that. In fact, we continue with their policies to fill the pockets of the defense contractors while leaving only pennies for nearly…

when you have a budget like this Republican budget, a budget where those who have the least are being forced to live on even less, less help with student aid, less protection for children's health, less food assistance and less child care…

with this Congress blindly passing each and every one of the President's requests for more money for the war in Iraq, which is soon to exceed $300 billion in total costs, the time is long overdue for a little common sense about how we…

the bill before us is mistitled the College Access and Opportunity Act. It ought to be called the Reducing College Access and Missed Opportunity Act. Last month, the Republican Congress passed and the President signed a $12 billion cut in…

for a President whose party controls both Houses of Congress, the Supreme Court and, of course, the White House bully pulpit itself, George W. Bush has certainly had an awful lot of explaining to do lately. With all the power at his…

with today marking the 17th anniversary of the accident at Three Mile Island, this seems like an appropriate opportunity to discuss the dangers posed by nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. As I have said from this floor many, many times…

this weekend will mark the third anniversary of the Iraq war, and I am still wondering, more importantly the majority of the American people are wondering, why we went there, and what we are still doing there. Remember, we were told this…

there haven't been any front-page articles in the newspapers about it. Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News and World Report haven't covered it either. And the big news channels are pretty much silent. But the fact that a group of courageous…

at a time of declining morale, when we are barely able to maintain a volunteer force, the sign on the Army recruiter's door might as well say: ``Openly gay Americans need not apply.'' Here is the military, struggling to meet its…