Walter Tucker

I rise today in strong support of the ban on assault weapons. Mr. Speaker, today is an annual day of national prayer, and yet, Mr. Speaker, the media has said and has pretended that we do not have a prayer to pass this bill. Well, Mr…

I rise in support of the rule and in support of the bill and hope that it will meet final passage. We have here a lot of rhetoric today from the other side about the fact that we want to be concerned about the criminals and if in fact we…

I rise today in strong support of H.R. 4092. Mr. Speaker, this is not a crime bill. It is an anticrime bill. Our Republican counterparts would have us believe that this needs to be stalled, and it needs to be looked at again and reviewed…

I rise today to express my strong support for the efforts of my Congressional Black Caucus colleagues and others in trying to deal with the deleterious effects of the recent case of Shaw versus Reno. Mr. Speaker, in 1965 the Voting Rights…

Mr. Speaker, all of us know that crime is perhaps the number one issue that faces this country, but as we debate and as we discuss this issue this week, let us be smart and intelligent about a crime bill for this country. Let us not just…

I rise today in support of the alternative budget offered by the Congressional Black Caucus. Over the years the CBC alternative budget has been characterized as a tax-and-spend budget. Mr. Chairman, this time, those who have opposed us in…

Let us see what has happened just 1 year later: Growth in good-paying jobs is accelerating at 4.3 percent, industrial production is up 4.7 percent, real gross domestic product jumped up 7.5 percent; the index of leading economic indicators…

I rise in support of this resolution for many reasons. First and foremost is the fact that I believe we must speak out against racism. There are those who have alluded to me that this is a first amendment matter, and that the gentleman who…

last week I introduced a House resolution that calls for a campaign for kindness, for acts of kindness. The is a gentleman away from Washington, Prof. Chuck Wall, who started this idea. And as we stop and we think about the problems that…

I appreciate this opportunity to address this House and indeed the Nation on the question of Black History Month and certainly recognition of so many role models and so much prominent history. This month has been called Black History…

I rise today in full support of the supplemental appropriation bill for earthquake relief for California. Mr. Speaker, it would seem that this call for help from California's most devastating natural disaster in the history of our country…

last night the President addressed the country in the State of the Union Address, and made many excellent points. But perhaps the most compelling point that I recall came at the end of the speech when he talked about the breakdown of the…