Lynn C. Woolsey

It's absolutely appalling that in the year 2012 women still make 77 cents for every dollar earned by their male peers. This isn't just an issue of fundamental fairness. With so many women heading households and being the primary…

Later today I will join a bipartisan group of Members at a panel discussion about the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Joining us as a special guest will be Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis, one Afghanistan veteran who has spoken the devastating…

On May 18, 2012, I was unavoidably detained and was unable to record my vote for rollcall No. 288. Had I been present I would have voted: Rollcall No. 288: ``no''--Rehberg of Montana Amendment No. 59. Amendment No. 111 Offered by Price of…

After 8 long and deadly years, we finally ended the war in Iraq. Hopefully, the war in Afghanistan is drawing to a close, but not nearly as quickly as I'd like. The last thing we can afford is to enter another military conflict that kills…

There are few things more important for us to deal with than the health and safety of our men and women in uniform. For everything they do, for all the courage they've shown and the sacrifices that they've made, we must be absolutely…

The majority is asking poor children, seniors, and women's health needs to make due with less. The same must apply to the Pentagon. Vote ``yes'' on the Lee-Frank amendment. Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I will just note that the President…

I hereby submit the enclosed letters: Project on Government Oversight, Washington, DC, May 15, 2012. Honorable Members, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC. POGO's Picks for More Savings, Security, and Accountability in the…

I want to thank the gentlelady from California for bringing this amendment forward. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of this amendment, and I am proud to be a cosponsor and to show the difference between both sides of the aisle…

During my first term in Congress, I proudly voted for the Violence Against Women Act. It saddens me that 20 years later, in my last term, my Republican colleagues are determined to water down and undermine this landmark legislation. Of all…

If we know this as we have learned from the good charter schools, the successful charter schools, that this is what we need then why are we not doing it?

Every kid in every school in this country should have those opportunities and those privileges.

Tomorrow this body will vote on a Republican budget bill that is nothing short of reprehensible. Once again, my friends on the other side of the aisle are insisting that the poor and working-class families continue to suffer and struggle…

The President of the United States traveled to Afghanistan last week to sign the Strategic Partnership Agreement with President Karzai, and while this agreement is intended to signal the beginning of the end of the Afghanistan war, instead…

In my dictionary, a ``slush fund'' is defined as ``a fund for bribing public officials or carrying on corruptive propaganda.'' Yet, the Speaker of the House used that term, and the chair of the Education and Labor Committee used that term…

I submit the attached letters of opposition to H.R. 4628. A Union of Professionals, April 26, 2012. House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Representative: On behalf of the more than 1.5 million members of the American Federation of…

Last weekend, the United States Government and Afghanistan reached a strategic agreement to define the terms of the relationship between our two countries in the near-term future. First of all, this agreement affirms that our combat troops…

Children die.

In America, we should both invest in the education of our children and not allow student loan rates to double.

I signed the little card. I haven't signed that one, but I'm looking why aren't I on there. I mean, that's how much I support it. Actually, Leader Pelosi has signed the declaration. It's very well received in the Congress.

I'd like to thank the chairman of the Progressive Caucus for bringing this together today to talk about what's so important to the people of the United States of America, our country, and in turn the world. I want to say a few things about…

You're right. They have an influence in the political process, and average working Americans don't realize that that's not them. The families who earn $70,000 a year are taxed on that at a rate of 25 percent.

The Buffett rule seeks to restore balance to families, and the Tax Code would make sure that no millionaire would pay a lower tax rate than middle class Americans. In fact, the Buffett rule is targeted. The legislation will only impact…

Thank you. I believe that it's evermore important that we do something about the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC, which overturns nearly 100 years of campaign finance laws in this country which limit corporation…

In that action by the Supreme Court, big business was given a louder voice than the individual in this country. If we want to protect our democracy, that's what we have to bring an end to, all that money coming into the political system…

I want to add a couple of things about the Buffett rule. There is so much to talk about that, I'm sure, our C SPAN viewers and probably most of the Members of Congress really don't realize. The 400 highest-earning Americans in 2008, who…