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the time is past due for a raise in the Federal minimum wage, which as last increased 10 years ago. Today, workers making the least should be heartened that this legislation will raise their wages 41 percent to $7.25 per hour over the next…
on June 29, 2006, the Friends of Animals Caucus held a groundbreaking event on farm animal welfare. Members of the caucus were joined by a distinguished and diverse panel of speakers: representatives of three major animal protection…
Hamas and Hezbollah attacks against one of our closest friends and best allies, Israel, are acts of war, and they have Iran and Syria's fingerprints all over them. As chairman of the National Security Subcommittee with direct focus on the…
today we are debating a Constitutional amendment drafted not to protect my marriage or my family--I see no reasonable way to argue it would--but rather to explicitly deny a portion of our society the right to marry and the benefits that…
I am so pleased the day has come that Congress can officially congratulate Israel's Magen David Adom Society for achieving full membership in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Since the Knesset ratified the Magen David…
Congressman Shay says that for cruise ships, one, he doesn't necessarily believe or doesn't frankly know whether the statistics so far provided by cruise ships in general are accurate, and says that basically, that the government, that…
What his case did was alert us to the insensitivity of the cruise line industry that really wanted to dismiss this.
Well, first, I don't believe the statistics. They say, you know, we're a hotel, so we shouldn't have to report. But then they say, you know, we're like a small city.
Well, they clearly don't cooperate. And what that tells you is the cruise line industry is more interested in just kind of getting rid of it instead of dealing with it.
on June 22, 2006, I traveled to Connecticut to deliver a high school graduation address and, therefore, missed 11 recorded votes. I take my voting responsibility very seriously. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on recorded…
I join my colleague as well in thanking Mr. Davis for his comments. I am a huge fan of what I call community-based health centers. These clinics, these health centers do awesome work. So, Mr. Speaker, I strongly support H.R. 5573, the…
I strongly support Mr. Castle's amendment to prohibit the Department of Defense from awarding bonus fees for good performance to any defense contractor that does not meet the contract's requirements. Mr. Chairman, I'm disappointed we need…
on June 19, 2006, I was in Connecticut and, therefore, missed three recorded votes. I take my voting responsibility very seriously. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on recorded vote No. 289, ``yea'' on recorded vote No. 290…
I do not think I am going to take the full 5 minutes, but I have been in this House Chamber almost all day and I hear these arguments that we don't have a plan to end the war in Iraq and succeed, and that is just simply not true. It is not…
Thank you. I am almost done for this part, and I would encourage the gentleman to stand up so we could have a little bit of a dialogue about this. But when I read what he read in the resolution, declares that it is not in the national…
What is important in your dialogue is the terrorists. And there was this argument: Well, the terrorists are not in Iraq. I am not going to argue whether they were there before we went in, but no one can argue that they are not there now…
I do not know, if that is the kind dialogue that has been happened in Texas. Most of my folks have recognized that we got him and it was due to good intelligence. But if I could, you are talking about this administration. Let me just talk…
I am not afraid we will lose the war in Iraq, ... in Iraq. I am deeply concerned we will lose the war in Iraq here at home. Our efforts to remove Saddam Hussein from power and help bring democracy to the most troubled part of the world is…
this amendment would add $750,000 to an account that has $1.5 million in it. Mrs. Maloney and I both had legislation adding $1.5 million on top of the $1.5 million to the Civil Liberties Board. Mr. Chairman, it is my understanding that the…
A turning point, possibly. I mean, the first turning point was when we formed a government in Iraq in June. That was a turning point.
I urge support of H.R. 5449, which requires the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association to return to the bargaining table and negotiate a contract. If this legislation is not passed, the FAA can…
while Rome is burning, we are eating grapes. We waste energy. We consume 25 percent of the world's energy, yet only 2.7 percent of the world's oil reserves are in the United States of America. We are depleting our savings account. The…
the founding charter of Hamas reads, ``Israel will rise and will remain erect until Islam eliminates it as it had eliminated its predecessors.'' Madam Speaker, when your enemy says he is going to kill you, you better pay attention. The…
before the gentlelady leaves, I want to thank her for I think just a very moving and important message about what Israelis are faced with. I just thank her for that message. Mr. Speaker, I would like specifically to talk about Iraq and to…
You know, you came here illegally. Now you can stay and become a citizen. I don't think that's going to happen.
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