Lynn C. Woolsey

as if we haven't done enough damage to the cause of global peace and security in Iraq, today the President has continued to make the world a more dangerous place with his misguided agreement on nuclear energy with India. If this deal is…

one cannot doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed. Those are not my words. They were written last week by William F. Buckley, the godfather of modern American conservatism. In a column entitled, It Did Not Work, Mr. Buckley…

I don't need to remind anyone in this Chamber of the saying that all politics are local. This budget has real effects on the local level, especially in my home State of California. As a former welfare recipient, I am concerned with the…

in a difficult week, well, weeks, following September 11th, Congress passed the U.S. PATRIOT Act in an effort to comfort and protect a shocked and grieving Nation. Yet even in the face of all that, Congress found 16 of the PATRIOT Act's…

last night, Cindy Sheehan was evicted from this Chamber and arrested. Her crime? Wearing a T-shirt that highlighted the number of dead soldiers in Iraq and asking, ``How many more?'' Since when is free speech conditional on whether or not…

merely hours after the Bush administration was celebrating the Iraqi election as a triumph for human freedom, what did we discover courtesy of the New York Times? That our own government, through the National Security Agency, is secretly…

today, without a doubt, we should congratulate the Iraqi people for what appears to be a successful, high-turnout election. For the third time this year, courageous Iraqi citizens have enthusiastically exercised their democratic rights…

American workers know that a defined pension plan is a promise from their employer, a promise that, when they retire, they will receive a benefit they can rely on. In fact, they have planned their retirement future on that promise. This…

with the holidays upon us, some Members of this body have been working really hard to divert attention from much of the pressing issues that we should be working on in this Congress. They have been doing this by complaining about some kind…

nobody enjoys Christmas more than I. But today we have roughly 160,000 men and women in Iraq putting their lives on the line for an immoral, senseless war. Here at home many of our vulnerable citizens will face a cold, bitter winter…

as the saying goes, it is time for a lot less talk and a lot more action. The other side of the aisle talks a good game on protecting our oceans, but they control the Resources Committee. They control the House floor schedule. They control…

the White House is fast approaching a new low when it comes to smearing those of us who oppose the disastrous Iraq War. Before the Thanksgiving recess, Vice President Dick Cheney declared that suggesting the administration deceived the…

the good news, I suppose, is that nearly 3 years into the Iraq war, the Bush administration has seen fit to share with the American people their war plan. The bad news is that there is no ``there'' there. The ``national strategy for…

the budget and appropriation bills that we pass here in the House are reflective of our values as leaders in this country. H.R. 3010 reflects very poorly on this Congress. Four years ago, when we passed the No Child Left Behind Act, we…

if there was any doubt that the Bush administration has it Iraq's policy totally wrong, the actions taken yesterday in both Houses of Congress shattered that notion. In the Senate, 79 Senators voted in favor of an amendment designating the…

I was pleased to join my Subcommittee Chairman, Mr. Castle, and many other Republicans and Democrats, in introducing this resolution to commemorate the upcoming 30th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. In 1975…

first, I need to say I did not know Congressman Edward Roybal; but if he did nothing more than bring his daughter, Lucille Roybal-Allard, into this world, he brought a gift to all of us. I honor him for that. Mr. Speaker, I was struck by…

the irony could not be thicker or, for that matter, sweeter. Today, the day before Veterans Day, the Republican leadership failed to gather the necessary votes to pass a shameful budget reconciliation bill that will, among other things…

the Federal budget is about priorities. And with this budget, Republicans have their priorities all wrong. As an example, The Washington Post reports that young people from rural America are shouldering a disproportionate burden of the war…

usually, when I speak on the House floor each evening, I voice my concern about some of the Bush administration's woeful policies in Iraq. Trust me, there is no shortage of material to speak about. But tonight I want to boast a little bit…

Yogi Berra once told us that ``When you arrive at a fork in the road, you should take it.'' Well, the United States has reached a fork in the road when it comes to torturing other human beings, and it is time we took it, once and for all…

I am the cochair, along with Barbara Lee from Berkeley, California, of the 62-member Congressional Progressive Caucus. Our progressive promise includes a fair and balanced budget that represents all people in this country. So I am pleased…

I am appalled by the cruel and short- sighted leadership the Republican Party is giving us in planning to ram through this reconciliation next week. They want to provide an additional $70 billion to $100 billion in tax cuts for the…

Scooter Libby was arraigned this morning, and the Bush administration defenders continue to insist that the administration of the CIA leak was ``much ado about nothing.'' They say that the crime of perjury and obstruction of justice are…

the Republican's budget priorities are clear, and they are shameful. To provide $70 to $100 billion in new tax cuts for the powerful and the privileged, they are going after every single mother and their children in this country, every…