Lynn C. Woolsey

What they are saying to me is: I am a senior citizen, the majority of people who were there. This is not about me. This is about my kids and their kids. They deserve to have the safety net that we have. And, yes, they need to save on top…

The formula actually ensures that people at the lower wage earnings get a larger percentage of their wages back than people at the higher end. It is very progressive. It is intended to keep people out of poverty. It is not intended to make…

Actually, Mr. Speaker, I scheduled two town halls. We scheduled two town halls. We ended up having three because the second one was out to the street and we just could not pack another person in. So we committed to a third right after the…

the reason it is a majority of women at that low wage is that women earn 77 cents to the dollar that a man earns. Women are out of the workforce for a great part of their earning career because they are having the children and raising the…

What does it mean to support America's troops? Does it mean placing a yellow ribbon on the bumper of your car? Does it mean blindly supporting the wars in which they fight? Or does it mean something else entirely? I believe that supporting…

women comprise the majority of Social Security beneficiaries. They are much less likely than a man to receive pensions or have a retirement savings. And there are more than 24 million women receiving Social Security benefits. And if these…

there are many truths about America's involvement in Iraq. My truth is that our policies there over the last 2 years have been both immoral and ineffective. With nearly 1,500 American troops killed since the fighting began and another…

the Bush's administration national security priorities are so out of balance that it is hard to know where to begin. Between the debacle in Iraq, the failure to address America's true homeland security needs and funding for research on new…

our discussion of the media's responsibility is incomplete without consideration of fairness and without consideration of the fairness doctrine. The public's airwaves are not just a forum for entertainment that might step beyond the bounds…

I am beginning to lose count of the number of reasons why we went to war in Iraq. First it was because Saddam Hussein was closely linked to al Qaeda, the terrorist group that conducted the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11…

President Bush has recently indicated that he will ask Congress to approve another supplemental appropriations bill to fund the ongoing military operations in Iraq. The number is rumored to be somewhere in the $80 billion range; $80…

people around the world were greatly moved by the courage of millions of Iraqis who braved death to cast a ballot on January 30, Iraq's first democratic elections in over 50 years. The Iraqi elections, however, did not justify this…

when we shut our doors to the world we shut the door of democracy. President Bush wants the United States to be a leader in promoting freedom around the world, but we fail at home when we deny freedoms to those who desire the American…

today I voted against H. Con. Res. 6, because I am disappointed with the Boy Scouts of America's exclusionary policies that prevent gay boys and teens from participating in scouting. While the Boy Scouts' positive work within our Nation's…

Mr. Speaker, on Sunday Iraq held democratic elections to nominate legislators to write Iraq's constitution, and I want to congratulate the courageous Iraqi people who voted in the election. My congressional district, Marin and Sonoma…

Mr. Speaker, last November a Federal court said the Federal Government cannot take away a university's funding simply because the school refuses to exempt the U.S. military from its policy, meaning the university's policy, and that…

Mr. Speaker, soon President Bush will unveil the details of his program to cut Social Security. We already know, however, that the President aims to dismantle a program that has been historically successful in our country and incredibly…

the United States invasion and occupation of Iraq violate America's core values of honesty, responsibility, security, justice and freedom. This has been a dishonest war from the word go. The President said he had hard evidence of weapons…

this is the second Presidential election in a row in which serious, well-documented concerns have been raised about disenfranchisement and voting rights violations without any congressional investigation. This is the second time, and this…

when I opened my holiday cards this season, one in particular stood out. It was bigger than the others. It was more colorful. It had several pictures instead of just one. It was from the Matsui family, and just about every picture included…

not all Members of Congress supported the war in Iraq, but we all have to live with its consequences. The global havoc wreaked by this war will affect the world in ways that we can only imagine today. Let us not forget that more than 1,200…

Today we are removing language that allows Appropriations Committee members and their staff to look at citizen's tax returns. This language was in a 3,500 page spending bill, which Members only had hours to review before voting. Privacy…

Next, I rise in opposition to the anti-choice, anti-woman provisions in H.R. 4818. This is a misguided measure which is very dangerous for our health care system as a whole. Let me be clear, this provision is nothing more than a payoff to…

I did not support this bill, H.R. 1350, when it first came out of our subcommittee and then our full committee and then passed the House. But, since then, there has been a lot of bipartisan effort, and now I believe we can achieve what we…

I support this bill, which improves history and civics education, primarily by funding workshops for history teachers. It recognizes the importance of teaching our children history and allows for Federal support for an effective and widely…