Lynn C. Woolsey

I was unavoidably detained and was unable to record my vote for rollcall Nos. 944-949. Had I been present I would have voted: Rollcall No. 944: ``no''--On Ordering the Previous Question; rollcall No. 945: ``no''--On Agreeing to the…

Now that the war in Iraq is drawing to a close, this is the perfect moment to reset our national security strategy, to change our underlying approach to protecting America. Unfortunately, on the very day that the President visited Fort…

Since the spring of 2004 I've stood here in this very spot 415 times to call for an end to foreign wars and the start of a new, smarter approach to national security. In most of those speeches my tone has been one of insistence and…

It's time for this Congress to stop coddling millionaires and start standing up for all families and all children who are suffering in today's economy.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Well, I've walked in the shoes of those who are needy. I know what it's like to go without. I know what it's like to struggle. Forty years ago I found myself--no fault of my own--a single mother with…

I thank our great ranking member for allowing me this time. It is ironic; we're here today debating a bill supported by those in the Congress who won't cut taxes for the middle class, but won't budge when it comes to making permanent the…

The violence rages on in Afghanistan. Earlier this week, suicide bombers struck in three different cities, in each case targeting Shiite worshipers who are observing a religious holiday. The death toll is at least 63, according to a news…

This week, representatives from several nations will meet in Bonn, Germany, to discuss the future of Afghanistan. The Bonn Conference comes exactly 10 years after the first Bonn Conference, which established the Karzai government. So right…

On December 1, 2011, I was unavoidably detained and was unable to record my vote for rollcall No. 872. Had I been present I would have voted ``yea''--On Motion to Recommit with Instructions. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the…

It's bad enough that the people who control this body aren't interested in creating jobs for the American people. But now, if people want new leadership in the House, if they want a Congress that will finally focus on job creation, they're…

Over the weekend, NATO airstrikes killed at least 24 Pakistani soldiers in a tragic ``friendly fire'' incident that has once again elevated tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan. Regardless of who was at fault--whether our forces were…

(Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

I thank the ranking member for this time. Earlier this year, economist Bruce Bartlett, who served in the Reagan and Bush administrations, had this to say about an earlier Republican balanced budget amendment. He said: ``It looks like it…

Every one of us in this Congress believes that keeping the Nation safe, as well as providing benefits to our veterans as promised, is our very top priority. It's a question, however, of just how do we do that. And a decade of war and…

Sometimes it seems like the surest way to get in the most trouble is to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan. Witness the case of Major General Peter Fuller, whom Congressman Walter Jones just talked about. General Fuller was one of…

I applaud the Department of Labor for stepping up its enforcement of the FLSA and I reject the notion that doing so somehow hurts employers.

Responsible employers who comply with the minimum wage and overtime laws are placed at a great disadvantage.

We see, in our worker centers around the country--we run 26 worker centers--we routinely see cooks and dishwashers from restaurants that are paid as independent contractors and paid salaries of $300 a week, no payroll taxes taken out of it.

The misclassification of workers is one of the most odious forms of wage theft.

A few weeks ago, I spoke in this Chamber about the U.N. report that outlined, in gruesome detail, prisoner abuse at detention facilities in Afghanistan--inmates beaten with electrical wires, hung from their wrists, and much worse. Now…

So basically, everybody loses when employees are misclassified, particularly the taxpayers who have to make up the difference?

The Fair Labor Standard Act was passed nearly 80 years ago to ensure that working people earn a fair day's pay for a fair day's work.

I thank the gentleman for bringing this Special Order together with Congressman Poe. Mr. Speaker, every day, millions of Americans, the great majority of them women, live in fear of attack, not from a stranger lurking in the bushes or a…

8\1/2\ years ago, without provocation or just cause, and based on distortions and deceptions, our country launched a bloody and immoral war in Iraq--almost 9 years, a long time for a war whose mission was pronounced accomplished by…

``One interrogator kept banging my head against the wall. ``After 2 days, he tied my hands behind my back and started beating me with an electric wire. The interrogation and beating lasted for 3 to 4 hours into the night. ``For the next 2…