Lynn C. Woolsey

I thank the gentleman. Madam Speaker, for the last 18 years as a Member of this body I have listened to Republicans go on and on about keeping government out of the health care system. That and taking away the voice of women actually puts…

My first thought when watching the news last night was about the people who have a hole in their hearts and in their homes because of the senseless brutal violence perpetrated by Osama bin Laden. There was 9/11, of course, but also the…

There is one proposed budget that ends the war in Afghanistan, cuts Cold War-era weapons systems, completely eliminates the deficit within 10 years and aligns the Tax Code with the values of working families. And that's the people's budget…

14 hours from now it appears the doors of the Federal Government will shut. And it will happen for one reason and one reason alone--because of the Republican majority's inflexibility, callousness, and political gamesmanship. For 3 months…

My friends on other side of the aisle released their budget blueprint for 2012 yesterday. Let's leave aside for the moment that they're prepared to shut down the government rather than fund it at acceptable levels for the rest of fiscal…

It was exactly 1 year ago today that an explosion ripped through Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, killing 29 workers. It was the deadliest mine accident in 40 years. But perhaps ``accident'' is the wrong word to…

AARP's misguided decision to embrace this legislation and sacrifice the future of Medicare must go unchallenged.

I think there is agreement in that. And I think the challenge is exactly how we are going to have science that is understandable and acceptable.

We believe the reforms could go farther by including a public option that would provide competition to private insurers.

Poll after poll confirms that the public no longer supports endless wars that don't advance the interests of hardworking families.

Our caucus looks for ways to reduce excess spending at the Pentagon in ways that will not jeopardize our national security.

We are very concerned about what this is going to cost us by having a third war in the Middle East.

I ask that you introduce a budget resolution that includes substantial reductions in defense spending and a robust public option.

When is the majority going to try to solve a real problem? The reaction to unemployment is ``so be it.'' The reaction to an immoral Afghanistan policy is a big shrug. But a modest investment in educational, commercial-free programming…

The American people are rapidly losing confidence in the Nation's Afghanistan policy. Public opposition has reached an all-time high. According to the new ABC News/Washington Post poll, nearly two-thirds of Americans, or 64 percent, say…

It has been my honor to introduce and shepherd to the floor H.R. 793, a bill paying tribute to an American hero in my home district. On May 2, 2009, Army Specialist Jake Robert Velloza of Inverness, California, was shot and killed during…

We know they go to school hungry, they need medical care. They don't have help with their homework.

In a speech this past weekend to our religious broadcasters, the Speaker of the House called the Federal debt ``a moral threat'' to our Nation. It's an interesting choice of words from the leader of the House majority, who has been a…

George, why should my schools, who are some of the best in the nation, have to be burdened with proving how good they are?

This amendment and the underlying bill go in precisely the wrong direction. We should be talking about strengthening the historic reform that we passed last year. We should not be tearing it apart, because we all know that its repeal will…

I have to express my absolute bafflement at the debate we've been having all week in this Chamber. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle wax on and on about how we have to restore fiscal discipline and cut all kinds of very…

Amendment 413 states that none of the funds made available by this act may be used in Department of Defense overseas contingency operations budget for military operations in Afghanistan until the President seeks to negotiate and enter into…

This amendment would eliminate the V-22 Osprey aircraft and the expeditionary fighting vehicle. For years, the Pentagon has been throwing billions at weapons systems that don't work and don't keep us safe; weapons systems that are obsolete…

The Patriot Act provisions we are voting on today represent Big Brother at its creepiest and most invasive. They are a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and…

No, sir. Mr. Speaker, for close to a decade now we've been told that our civil liberties must be shredded in the name of a so-called war on terrorism. We've been told that the national security imperatives of the moment are so great and so…