Patricia Schroeder

well, the tax cuts got passed, the circus came to the Hill, and, guess what, we still do not have a budget. We do not have any budget because now they have got to do the tough part, the spending part, and there is nothing really there they…

I take the well with great pride, because the visiting chaplain today, Dr. Clyde Miller, is from my church in Denver, CO. In fact, I am a member of his flock. For those of you who wondered if there was anyone who would claim me, yes, and I…

I come to the well to join the gentlewoman from San Francisco in saying that the people I represent in Denver, CO, also send their very, very strongest sympathy and condolences to the tremendous tragedy that has been inflicted upon the…

I stand in this well to admit that I was wrong, and I must correct my remarks. I have been here several times protesting the $63 million that we heard Rupert Murdoch got slipped into the bill that was to give relief to middle Americans on…

I take the well tonight to talk about student loans and what is happening with our young people. We have had several events in my district on student loans. When you look at the numbers in the State of Colorado, over 90,000 young people…

I want to point out and correct the record again: First of all, it does not pass the straight-face test that one Senator of the minority party could force this entire House to yield to something the House never considered or the conferees…

I must say this is a very interesting week as we watch the 100 days come to a close. I am really astounded that there is going to be a circus coming to the Hill tomorrow. Think of the images you can have, bread and circuses, three-ring…

I must say I rise tonight, and I am very saddened by what we now know happened last week. We know that we are going to be taking up the tax bill this week, but last week we took up a bill that we thought we knew what was in. We thought it…

One of the other things I find really amazing is that he could be so successful, that this little $63 million jewel could roll off the table, and he just did not even really have to pay much attention to it. It must be nice. Think of the…

I just wanted to say that my point was, No. 1, Members did not know that the House had yielded to the Senate on this issue when this bill came to the floor. This was portrayed as a bill in which we were trying to help people get their tax…

Is the gentleman saying the stories then in the press are incorrect, because they say they are validated?

We still have child labor laws as I remember, right? So the gentleman's point would be if we wanted everybody on welfare to work, we better quickly repeal the child labor laws.

I think that going home on day 72 with the fact that we finally got up to 200 votes because enough members said no, those rescissions went much too far, you should not take from the poorest to give tax cuts to the richest; that is wrong…

Mr. Speaker, Newt Gingrich wants to move America back, back to the fifties--back to the 1850's. Earlier this week, the Speaker announced that America needs to be more like Victorian England, whose heyday was in the mid-1800's. I have a…

I am so glad to see the gentleman's chart, because I think every one of us who have been trying to discuss this issue gets so frustrated by the misinformation and the disinformation floating around, and it reminds me of last week when we…

I figure if they want to spend money with no strings attached, they ought to raise the money. Why in the world are we going through this system and then going up and down the elevator? I think if we are raising the money here and we are…

What we are doing in the name of the children, we are also doing it to the children. You have a financial deficit, and to deal with that, we are going to create a human deficit. We are into this very mean thing where the adults are saying…

I am very proud to take the well today wearing this ribbon which was given to me by the Girl Scouts, because the Girl Scouts today are asking adults to wear this ribbon and be the best that they can be. I think that that is a good motto…

I am wearing this blue ribbon because the Girl Scouts today are asking everyone to be the best that they can be, and to take some kind of a pledge to try and make our communities better. One of the things I would hope Members would do…

It is right at your front door. But I think you are absolutely correct, with the water at your front door, for which there would be a great temptation to say yes, the feds should pay for this and cut any program that there is, you are…

It is going to go for tax cuts for the richest and disaster relief and it is going to create a huge disaster downstream.

Could I ask the gentleman another question? I think it is good to clear the airways that are cluttered with a lot of noise. The other issue being the women, infants and children's programs. And I know that we have worked very hard to get…

While I chaired the Committee on Children, Youth and Families, I do not believe we ever had one person come in and complain, one person, about the management of the feeding programs for children and for WIC and for others. And I was…

I know all of us today want to congratulate the new freshman Congresswoman from Utah, as she and her husband announce that she will be expecting a new baby. This will only be the second Congresswoman who had a baby during her term of…

You are setting me up. We would have to get a very large ladder and a scrapper and we would have to scrape him off the ceiling. He would be so angry that we would even think about cutting defense. In fact, they are yelling that defense is…