Sam Farr

I rise as a member of this committee to speak in favor of the rule. But in doing so, I think it is necessary to point out for the record that the leadership of this committee, it is exceptional. It is truly bipartisan. It is led by the…

I would first of all like to welcome to the United States Capitol all the returned Peace Corps volunteers who have served this country overseas. Now, over 165,000 Americans have served in over 130 countries throughout the world, and they…

thirty years ago, Title IX of the Education Amendments was enacted. This legislation represents the very best of what we come here to do. I am proud of Title IX. I am proud of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, on which it was…

I rise with some concern about the process here in the United States House of Representatives. I am a proud member of the Committee on Appropriations, and I am proud of the work we do there. I am also very proud of the Chair, who I think…

I represent the most productive agricultural congressional district in the United States, not only in production, but in diversity of crops, and I go home every week and I talk to my farmers and they ask me, when is somebody going to get…

I rise in favor of the motion to instruct conferees. I rise because I represent a lot of farmers in California, farmers who traveled with me to Cuba a month ago, people who want to sell what they grow to the Cuban Government, to the Cuban…

I rise today to support my good friend from California and his motion to instruct the conferees on the Farm Security Act, which would repeal the existing restrictions against private financing of agricultural sales to Cuba. Mr. Speaker, at…

Today across the country, thousands of students on our college campuses are silent. They are silent as a sign of solidarity of persons who, because of their sexual orientation and gender identification, cannot speak for themselves. They…

Everybody here has been elected under the law that allows a $1,000 limit. We had no problem getting elected. Many of us have been elected many, many times. There is nothing broke out there that needs fixing. The law is a good law, and let…

I rise tonight to also pay tribute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi). Forty years ago in this city a beautiful young woman graduated from Trinity College. Today she becomes the highest ranking woman in the United States House…

Fishermen were assured by this language and the terms of the Designation Document.

I rise with deep regret that David Bonior is leaving this institution. I arrived here about 9 years ago. It was in a special election. But I think of all the people I have met, David Bonior was the kindest person I met. What I have learned…

I rise on the debate on the rule to urge defeat of this rule. I ask defeat of this rule because of the situation at hand. The United States Congress has been asked to adopt, reapprove the Andean Trade Act, which was adopted over 10 years…

Mr. Speaker, I rise on the Andean trade debate because I think this is one of the most important votes, one of the most important decisions that this House ever makes affecting the Andean countries in South America. Certainly with the…

it is time for us to confront the double message we have sent the American people in the wake of the tragedy of September 11. On one hand, we exhort Americans to travel, spend money, go out on the town and help revive the sagging economy…

our lives are marked by noises and silences. We wake each morning to an alarm clock, we return to bed quietly each night to sleep. We hear the scream of our children being born, the cheers at their graduation ceremonies, and the hush at…

Mr. Chairman, I rise commending the committee in their realization that you cannot have better intelligence unless we have better linguistic training. I happen to represent what we call the language capital of the world, Monterey…

Look, this is our annual fight. We are all used to it. It is a fight between special interests, on one side the candy manufacturers, and on the other side the farmers of America and the countries that we support in other parts of the…

Mr. Chairman, I carried that issue in the California legislature. The issue is not just perishable fruit. I would admonish the Committee on Agriculture, we have to solve this. Every time we vote for buy American for the gentleman from Ohio…

I rise to support H.J. Res. 61 which deplores yesterday's barbarous attack against our country and our people. I commend all of my colleagues for their heart-felt and inspiring words. I would like to add my voice to the resounding…

this is an argument about if it is not good, just do a little bit. But if it is not good, that is like saying if we were going to drill on Capitol Hill, it is all right, because it is just a little bit. Where would you begin? Is a little…

I come from a district which has had seven presidentially declared disasters. If there is anything that I have learned, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Everything we do in this country is to try to prevent injury and harm…

Mr. Chairman, I want to address an issue concerning a devastating disease. It is called the sudden oak death syndrome; and as the gentleman knows, sudden oak death has left miles of dead tanoaks and oaks in woodlands across California. In…

as Chair of the Democratic delegation from the great State of California, it is a great privilege and honor to introduce our newest Member of the United States Congress, former Senator, former ambassador, now Congresswoman, Diane Watson. I…

I rise also with the gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Peace Corps. It was founded on March 1, 1961 when President John F. Kennedy signed the legislation launching the Peace Corps. Since then…