Lynn C. Woolsey

A hearing was necessary. A markup is necessary to bring an issue of this importance to our Nation in the dark of night instead of in the light of day is a mistake. To suggest that it is noncontroversial and could pass with a two-thirds…

I was hoping for hearings and a markup and to bring this issue that is important to full light to this Congress with a full debate.

I rise in support of H.R. 4678. I commend my colleagues the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Mrs. Johnson) and the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) for their efforts to improve our country's child support system. As many of my colleagues…

it makes good sense to have the OPM study the best ways to give Federal employees paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child, and to study the effect paid leave will have on the Federal work force, because it then can be a model…

there are about 1.2 million women of reproductive age who depend on the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for their health care, and our congressional staff makes up a large number of those women. So I ask Members to look at their…

earlier today I introduced a bill, the Scouting for All Act, to repeal the Boy Scouts of America's Federal charter. The bill's cosponsors are sending a message to the Boy Scouts and to all Americans that the Congress of the United States…

I rise, Mr. Chairman, in strong support of the motion to strike this gag rule from this bill, because congressional support for reproductive health services in developing countries becomes more important every day. Voluntary family…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in absolute opposition to the Sanford amendment, which would prohibit the Department of Agriculture from completing the School Breakfast Demonstration pilot project. The School Breakfast Demonstration program is a…

once again it appears that some individuals on the other side of the aisle would put politics before people, particularly our children. If the tobacco companies have nothing to hide, then why do they care if we have a lawsuit? Well, since…

Mr. Chairman, I strongly rise in support of the Serrano-Ramstad-Delahunt amendment. America has a 25-year commitment to helping those who cannot afford legal assistance and it is outrageous that today's Commerce, Justice, State…

I suggest we can do better by our budget and by our children by investing the Space Station money in more worthy, reliable programs, both at NASA and in other areas of the science budget as well as reducing our national debt. Mr. Chairman…

Our constituents have every right to know exactly who is financing political campaign. That is why we must pass campaign finance reform. We must do it now, and this reform must require that all contributors and expenditures, including…

In my district, like all districts around this country, parents of children with special needs are frantic. They are frantic about their children's education. They often feel that their schools are giving them the runaround, while the…

if we can pass a defense appropriations bill that is $20 billion more than last year, if we can find the money for nuclear weapons, if we can find funding for a misguided missile defense system, surely, surely, we can pass the Hoyer…

this is a wasted opportunity. H.R. 4577 is a bad bill, and we should have a rule that would include an amendment to guarantee every one of our students and all of their schools the resources and the assistance they need to perform at the…

I rise in support of CARA. I so appreciate the hard work of the gentleman from Alaska (Chairman Young) and the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller), the ranking member, that they put into this bill. Mr. Chairman, I was proud to be…

I wholeheartedly agree that we must address the problem of sexual trafficking of women and children throughout the globe, and I support H.R. 3244 with a lot of enthusiasm. More than 2 million women and girls are enslaved around the world…

In appreciation of all of our teachers, I would like to suggest that we in Congress give them a gift. The idea came from a teacher in my district who wrote an article about what he thinks is wrong with American education. In this article…

H.R. 4051 is another smoke screen for the Republicans and the NRA to hide behind. While Republicans are wasting time with this ``do nothing'' gun bill, 12 children will die today from gun violence. That's 12 children gone forever. This is…

nuclear nonproliferation must be the foundation of any U.S. security policy. I have introduced House Resolution 82 to codify this principle; but, unfortunately, a national missile defense system is contrary to nonproliferation. Mr…

we have always heard that there is no rest for the weary. Well, the women in America are weary. They are just plain tired of the constant stream of attacks launched by the Republican leadership against their right, a woman's right to make…

every day the Republican leadership wastes by not convening the Juvenile Justice Conference Committee, 13 children are wasted as a result of gun violence. That is 13 children gone forever. This is not a game, this is about children's…

how this Congress chooses to spend our Federal funds says a lot about who we are as people and as a Nation. So what are we saying today? The Republican budget, which will cause 40,000 children to lose Head Start services by the year 2005…

every policy decision we make here in the House affects our children, and today we are going to consider a Republican budget resolution that does not consider the needs of our children. Their budget resolution increases the national…

the Republican majority and the National Rifle Association keep blaming everyone but themselves for this country's epidemic of gun violence, but the American people know that the tactics of the NRA have misfired again. Guns kill; it is…