Lynn C. Woolsey

exactly 1 year ago the first bombs blasted in Baghdad and the United States christened a shameful new military doctrine, the preemptive war, against a regime that for all its vicious cruelty had not provoked the United States or our…

I rise to oppose this bill, and I question how this body could even consider a proposal as dishonest as this one. This bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing, a proposal to undermine reproductive rights dressed up as a bill to punish violent…

I stand here today strongly supporting the Lofgren substitute. The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde) is right, my colleagues and I have considered an unbelievable number of antichoice proposals over the last few years, including 200 since…

Mr. Chairman, the 1964 Civil Rights Act allows faith-based organizations, religious organizations to use their own funds, and they can discriminate if they choose. That act does not allow faith-based organizations to use Federal funds…

We have all received an action alert in our offices from the Focus on the Family CitizenLink. In the communique they say that on Wednesday we are going to have this debate and we are going to have this amendment to prohibit faith-based…

in response to the comment of the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) that there is no known discrimination because of the exemption included in the underlying bill, I would like to read a story that I have here, and the story is that in…

I want to tell him that what would have a chilling effect and does have a chilling effect is allowing the use of Federal tax dollars based on religious hiring. Using Federal tax dollars to discriminate is chilling, and we must not let it…

the Woolsey-Miller-Payne-Andrews-Van Hollen-Frank-Scott-Nadler amendment is a Democratic substitute to H.R. 3030. This Democratic substitute is word for word the same as H.R. 3030 except for one big difference: the Democratic substitute…

I too am in opposition to this martial law rule because it fails to bring attention to the hardworking families that are struggling every day in this Nation to meet their needs and to take care of their children. The economy is letting…

I resigned mine, and I also circulated a letter here on the House floor, and within 30 minutes I had over 50 Members sign a letter to Mr. Novelli saying they were resigning their membership because of his change in his positions with AARP…

the Bush administration has openly demonstrated its dissatisfaction with the stories that the major media has chosen to broadcast about Iraq, saying that the news media too often covers the negative events that occur in Iraq but rarely…

the Coalition Provisional Authority which is the title of the American authority overseeing the reconstruction of Iraq, and the Bush administration which created it, are openly dissatisfied with the stories the media has chosen to…

in the San Francisco Bay area, especially in Marin County in my congressional district, we have some of the highest rates of breast cancer in the Nation. While the toll on Bay area residents has been enormous and heart-breaking, community…

Yesterday the 352nd and 353rd American servicemembers were killed since the start of the war in Iraq. That means almost twice as many soldiers have died since the President declared an end to major fighting operations than during the 2…

Mr. Speaker, just as a final thought, children are about 25 percent of our population. They are 100 percent of the future of this Nation, and what they eat really will equate to what our future will be. We must make sure that we do the…

I wish to repeat that the working families we are talking about pay taxes. They pay their employment taxes, their payroll taxes, they pay local sales taxes, they pay property taxes and franchise taxes, sometimes. They are taxpayers. They…

I rise in support of H.R. 1446, the California Missions Preservation Act. I would like to thank the gentleman for introducing this bill, and I am proud to be an original cosponsor. The California Missions provide such an important part of…

Here we are at the end of the fiscal year with important unfinished work for the House of Representatives. Our fiscal year budget is not complete, our seniors do not have a prescription drug benefit, and our local communities still need…

I rise today to share my disappointment that the Republican leadership must resort to this resolution to ensure the continuity of our Nation's vital programs. Instead of staying here and finishing the work that needs to be done, the…

In fact, I am in strong opposition to the Davis amendment. A sound public school system is the only way we can prepare all our children for the high skill, high wage jobs that will ensure America's leadership in the world marketplace, and…

Mr. Chairman, the people in this country will not believe what they are hearing tonight, that this amendment will allow thousands of dedicated Head Start teachers to be fired for no other reason than religious prejudice. Our amendment will…

This Head Start bill is an outrage! H.R. 2210 it turns a program that is a proven success at improving the lives and futures of low-income children into some kind of Federal experiment. And, for the first time in this Nation's history, it…

This Head Start bill is outrageous. It turns a program that is a proven success at improving the lives and futures of low-income children into a Federal experiment. And for the first time in this Nation's history, it repeals the law that…

I have come to the floor, once again tonight, to discuss the groundswell of support for an independent commission to discuss the administration's plans regarding Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. After hearing the administration's case…

do my colleagues know that my district is one of the most affluent districts in this Nation? In fact, they are the people who benefit the most from the Republican tax cuts. But do my colleagues know what they are asking me, Mr. Speaker…