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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

``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…

When you ask Americans what Congress' focus should be, guess what they don't say? They don't say, Forget about jobs. What this country really needs is a divisive assault on women's privacy and primary care. This bill tells women, Madam…

I would like to insert into the Record a letter from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades and a letter from the National Farmers Union in opposition to the Korea FTA. International Union of Painters and Allied Trades…

Today with unemployment in the United States at over 9 percent and the middle class under siege, we're considering a Colombian trade bill that would cost, according to the Economic Policy Institute, 55,000 jobs. That makes absolutely no…

It's been 274 days since the Republicans took over the House. What do we have to show for it? Well, first up, they've introduced a budget that would end Medicare as we know it. Then the Republican-led House voted to take money away from…