Sam Gejdenson: “Mr. Speaker, again this legislation is bad in substance and in process. In committee, oftentimes with barely a few…”

I would submit to the body that if we pass this bill, we are doing neither; that our responsibilities here not simply out of the goodness of our heart and concern for the poorest people on this planet is not being met by this legislation…

Mr. Speaker, while it is just morning in India, it is rather late in the evening here, so I will be brief. A few folks watching at home include my son, Ari, who stayed up to hear this debate. And I am sorry to see the chairman engage in…

Mr. Speaker, I join with my chairman, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Gilman), in support of this resolution. It was interesting that in less than half an hour on this floor we had over one-quarter of the Members join us as cosponsors of…

Again I would appeal to my colleagues that when we look across the country, we find that in recent months, we have spent an enormous amount of energy, the Congress, to provide funds to fight fires in the West. We helped provide flood…