May 31, 2012
Peace Corps is the great American idea of the 20th century that truly reflects what it means to be an American.
Sam Farr
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Sam Farr is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, serving California's 17th congressional district from 1993 to 2015. During his tenure, Farr was known for his advocacy on environmental issues, particularly in relation to coastal protection and sustainable agriculture. He played a significant role in promoting volunteerism and community service, as evidenced by his support for the National and Community Service Amendments Act of 2000.
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May 31, 2012
The founding of the Peace Corps was a seminal moment in American history that deserves recognition in our nation's capital.
May 31, 2012
Our Peace Corps is not designed as an instrument of diplomacy or propaganda or ideological conflict.
May 31, 2012
This ideal deserves to be honored here in the capital of the United States, and passage of H.R. 854 would make that possible.
May 9, 2012
No, I will not yield to the gentleman. I think these and a lot of other amendments warrant some serious debate in Congress, but certainly not on this bill and not at this time--10 o'clock at night, in an election year, on a Voting Rights…
May 9, 2012
Reclaiming my time, the responsible issue here is if you want to do that, let's have a congressional hearing, an oversight hearing on this ocean policy. I would be proud to defend it. But to take a meat-ax approach and whack it and say…
May 9, 2012
Thank you very much. As the President cannot create the councils by executive order, the councils have to be created by Congress. I would hope that the leadership of your committee and jurisdiction would create those councils so that they…
May 9, 2012
You're absolutely wrong. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman from California has expired. (On request of Mr. Hastings of Washington, and by unanimous consent, Mr. Farr was allowed to proceed for 2 additional minutes.)
May 9, 2012
The worst form of democracy is to take away the ability for it to work. This is a bad amendment, and I hope we oppose it. I yield back the balance of my time.
Mar 21, 2012
So I am coming here to tell you that even the President's budget is not adequate.
Mar 21, 2012
And yet, our survival as human beings on this planet depends on the health of the oceans.
Mar 21, 2012
What you tell your children, I don't think you teach them borrowing is bad as long as you have a plan to pay it back.
Mar 21, 2012
We borrow without a plan for paying it back by lowering taxes and not having the revenue to come in to be able to pay the bills.
Mar 21, 2012
I could tell my children that we can get by with one less F-22 if we can adequately regulate our markets.
Mar 21, 2012
I tell folks at home when they ask me all about this thing, I say it is like setting a speed limit and then not having any cops.
Mar 21, 2012
What we did in Dodd-Frank law, which is the law of the land, is that we increased your responsibility exponentially.
Mar 20, 2012
I think if you can learn best management practices and encourage States--because this is really up to States and local governments--to implement something on the ground.
Mar 20, 2012
We are not professionally prepared at the local level to handle these issues, and I think that is the educational process that we also need to share.
Mar 20, 2012
I think we have seen in this committee since we really started helping VA with some resources, Congress really gave you the resources, I think you have done a remarkable job.
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