Patricia Schroeder: “If I may reclaim my time, what I am asking is that we have an investigation of the Speaker's book deal with Mr. Murdoch.”

Today is my 56th birthday. I am very, very happy to be here because on my 30th birthday, 26 years ago, I spent it in intensive care, getting last rites, suffering from complications due to childbirth. Obviously, safe motherhood has always…

I am here today, first of all, to say that over the weekend I was very pleased to hear the Speaker say he had no problem with reporting to the floor the bill that I have been pushing for a very long time. That is a bill that takes the…

I am absolutely delighted with Newsweek because you know what it says? Here we have this wonderful picture of Shannon Lucid and it said: Forget the fighter jocks. At 53 years of age, Shannon Lucid has the new right stuff. To be in space…

I am proud to be in that category, and I wanted to say why. If you look back on this last century, think of what it would have been like if there had not been progressives or there had not been liberals. There clearly would not have been…