Maxine Waters

I disagrees with the gentleman, also; and I appreciate the time that the gentleman is giving me to counter some of his points. In addition, would the gentleman agree that our inspectors decided to leave Iraq after it was discovered that…

The rent-to-own industry has come to this House, and they have gotten support to try and preempt States that have stronger consumer protection laws. We should not allow it to happen. It is unconscionable that we are allowing them to rip…

The purpose of the Export-Import Bank is to create American jobs for American workers.

Yes. Let me just say that 301 as originally authored did not have the proviso in it that said unless there is an agreement to seize all poppy cultivation or drug trafficking activities, which modifies the original 301 which did not have…

I believe that as we legislate in this Congress, we must take every opportunity to close every loophole, shut every door, shut down every opportunity for any corporation in America to ever do again what Enron and what appears Global…

I urge my colleagues to oppose Senate Bill 1372, the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2002.

I want Members to know how proud I am to serve here in the Congress of the United States, and to serve with Members who care so much that they make this their priority work. I want Members to know how proud I am to be able to do the kind…

As I work with the committee members and as I listen to all that has been said here today, and as I stand here as an African American woman, and to my right I have a gentleman representing Texas of Hispanic descent, and I have here on my…

I think that this work that we are doing on election reform may be the most important work that I will do in my entire career here in the Congress of the United States.

I would like to share with her how appreciative I am for the time that she has taken to organize this Special Order for the Congressional Black Caucus and others who wanted to participate. We did focus on election reform. It is extremely…

Mr. Speaker, I believe these electoral votes to be illegitimate and unrepresentative of the true popular vote in Florida. Vice President Gore is leading in popular votes in excess of 500,000 votes in this country, and all of Florida's vote…

Sir, you made cuts in all of Africa's budget. Where did you then increase Africa's budget where the cuts have been made in both the development fund and the other fund for Africa? You cut them, but there is no place where you increased the…

No, I will not stop saying it yet, but I do appreciate your yielding. I would like to ask a question if I may. Is there $90 million in fiscal year 2001 for the foreign military financing program with $60 million of that an increase going…

I think we should reject that kind of condescending description of the problems of Africa. We do not hear him talking about Poland. We do not hear him raising questions about who else flies jets. We do not hear anything about Africa. We…

I really do understand the dilemma that my colleagues find themselves in... we have still the masses of poor people and people who are working for very low wages who need desperately to have access to resources that are offered in some…

But I would like to ask the gentleman from New York, would he consider going with me to the Committee on Appropriations to expand the amount of CDBG money so that we can expand the population of people who can be taken care of, taking in…

Barbara realized that these barriers to learning had to be removed.

During her tenure, the Board was faced with some of its most difficult challenges.

We appreciate this opportunity to honor the exceptional legacy she leaves, and to salute her distinguished contributions to the Los Angeles community.

As Barbara prepares to leave the Board of Education, she can take great satisfaction in knowing that she leaves the district in better shape than when she was first elected.

Barbara understood, however, that more than cooling the classrooms would have to be done to help our children succeed.

As a result of her tireless efforts, classrooms that were once too hot, have been retrofitted with air conditioners creating a more conducive learning environment for the school children.

Under her leadership, the Board placed a school bond initiative, Proposition BB, on the ballot which would address the district's infrastructure needs.

Barbara always understood that the health of our educational institutions is closely linked to the health of our communities.

We are proud to join her many friends and colleagues today in honoring and celebrating her many years of exemplary service.