I am indeed an alumnus of UCLA. I was proud when we won the NCAA championship in basketball again and again and again. I was proud when we won the Rose Bowl, and proud when we beat our crosstown rivals, a school whose name I have…

I think it is unprecedented and particularly unprecedented to give that kind of power to a country and a government which, unfortunately, is bent on a process of genocide denial. My own background is that I am a Jewish American. We have…

I thank the gentleman. Recently, before our committee, representatives of the State Department claimed that the first aid program within the borders of Nagorno-Karabakh would be established within the next few weeks. We appropriated that…

I rise today to focus on a generous gift to my alma mater, but looking at the history of Troy, I have learned that sometimes one must look a gift horse in the mouth. The Government of Turkey has offered over $1 million to fund a chair at…

the day after Walter died, I had a chance to join a number of our colleagues in recognizing him here. And I jotted down these few words just an hour or two after I learned of his death. And I thought that maybe when I came back to join…

Yesterday this country lost a leader of depth and integrity. Yesterday, we in this House lost one of our own. Yesterday I lost a role model and a friend. And yesterday Lois and Lisa, Todd, and Laura lost a husband and a father. Walter…

2 weeks ago, along with the gentleman from New York, I had a chance to visit in Hadassah Hospital Intensive Care Ward with several of the victims of the last atrocity in Mahane Yehuda Market, and I saw not only the pain but the…

I would hope, in fact, fiscal conservatives will vote against this amendment. I do know there will be a perception as people walk into this Chamber that the fiscally conservative vote is to vote for the amendment, and if the amendment…

I represent proudly the 24th Congressional District in California, which goes from Northridge on the north to Malibu on the south. That is why FEMA is my favorite Government agency. From the Northridge earthquakes to the other problems…

I wish to address those who call OPIC corporate welfare. We should remember who creates the risk in the first place. When the terrorists take the plane, they do not shoot the Norwegians first. They go after Americans because we play a…

Those who are watching us have heard the sad story of how this island was divided by force from an invasion of a foreign army 23 years ago today. They have heard how there are nearly 200,000 refugees, over 1,600 missing persons, 5 of them…

we have an extraordinary event in the world. The entire world has virtually acquiesced to having one superpower. That has never happened in history. It has occurred because the world knows that for the most part our decisions are based on…

my colleagues, when Columbus set sail, about two-thirds of the way into the journey a group of his sailors rose up and urged that the project be defunded. America would not be here today if that amendment had not been defeated. There are…

I think that perhaps some in the State Department are victims of continuing Cold War thinking. We are no longer engaged in a giant chess game against the evil empire of the Soviet Union. Certainly when we emerge as the sole superpower…

As a matter of fact, I think it is very important that if we are going to provide aid to that region of the world that we provide it to the one part of that region that has been wracked by warfare, and that is Nagorno-Karabagh. If there is…

I rise in memory of the victims of the Armenian genocide, one of the most tragic events of this century and, of course, the first genocide of this century. During the years 1915 to 1923, between a million and a half and 2 million Armenians…

we are called here in this Chamber today not to do the people's business but to engage in what I think is dilatory tactics. We are called upon to spend a day in this Chamber not making laws, but engaged in a ritualistic attack on President…

my predecessor, Congressman Tony Beilenson, served here for 20 years, and was one of the leading advocates of international family planning. In recognition of his legacy, my first speech on this floor is again in favor of international…