I support H.R. 3108 as a temporary response to a pressing issue that ultimately affects the retirement benefits of millions of American workers, their families, and beneficiaries. Today the House will protect the benefits of those workers…

I rise today to support the ``American Dream Downpayment Act.'' I thank Congresswoman Katherine Harris, Congressman Artur Davis, Congressman Mike Rogers and all the members of the Financial Services Committee for their hard work on this…

I just think we really need to go back historically in this discussion and take a look at what we were dealing with. I actually hate to say it, but I remember what it was like back before we dealt with uniform standards on credit back when…

I just have to go back to what we are doing in transportation and just ask everybody in leadership and everybody that is going to be involved in the ultimate conference on this to really pay attention to what is happening to rail service…

I believe particularly in the areas of just well-being, in nutrition and medicine, it has been a tremendous amount of help. This program has been continued pretty much as is directly from the Federal Government to the local grantees who…

I must say that it concerns me a great deal that there are two States out of three which are affected here that are very much concerned about going ahead with this project at this time. New Jersey is in adamant opposition to it, has been…

Things have changed in education, and they have changed a lot because of what we have done right here, and a lot of people, frankly, do not like it. The No Child Left Behind is a tough piece of legislation. For those who do not believe it…

I rise in support of H.R. 2211, the Ready to Teach Act, which will strengthen teacher training programs to ensure teachers are highly-qualified and ready to teach when they enter the classroom. Eighteen months ago the President signed the…

I thank Chairman Hunter for introducing this important resolution. Today, we recognize, support, and commend our brave service men and women for their dedication, for their sacrifice, and for their supreme love of country. We thank and…

I rise in support of S. 870 which authorizes the extension of a valuable school pilot program included in the 2002 Farm Bill, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fruit and Vegetable pilot program. This program has provided an…

I oppose H.R. 2, the ``Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of 2003'' as currently drafted. I applaud the President's leadership in trying to strengthen our economy. However, to accomplish this goal I believe that any legislation…

Let me say that we, on this side, are in support of this amendment. I met, I think it was just yesterday actually, or the day before, but with family groups in Delaware, my home State, where we are concerned about autism; and this actually…

I believe that the Vitter amendment moves strongly in the direction of making sure that we are providing oversight to that and doing that through a GAO report. I might also, from a personal point of view, just say that I believe it is one…

Mr. Chairman, first I appreciate the bipartisan support for the amendment. Secondly, I think it would be worth taking this 2 minutes to try to read what is actually in this amendment so we will know what we are voting for. It is a…

I am pleased to rise to oppose this legislation for a variety of reasons. First of all, Congress should not discriminate against bankruptcy cases. Virtually all of our laws allow cases to be filed either where the company is headquartered…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to ask my colleagues to support H. Res. 26, which recognizes the contribution of America's Catholic elementary and secondary schools and congratulates these schools, students, teachers and parents for their dedication…

I am not entirely appeased by what I heard. Obviously, I believe the judges should be in there, but I do take your word for it on that basis. Again, this is legislation, in my judgment, we should not be considering at 1:15 in the morning…

Well, reclaiming my time, my sense is that this bill will not pass in the other body, and perhaps in this sense it should not pass, and I think it should have passed today. As it is, I am getting some acknowledgment over there on that…

nearly 3 years ago, I introduced legislation to transform the Department of Education's Office of Educational Reform and Improvement, OERI, into a streamline, more independent and more scientific ``Institute of Education Sciences.'' Today…

Unfortunately, last year Congress and the administration provided Amtrak only $5 million for rail security in comparison to $3.8 billion for the Transportation Security Agency to improve aviation security. In my opinion, this imbalance…

let me thank all those involved in putting this together. For all those individuals out there who shudder when they see the stock market reports, or like me, do not open any envelopes that contain any information about their own assets at…

I rise a little bit perplexed about the motion to instruct conferees in that it appears to me that the Republican-passed legislation calls for stricter penalties from a group which is asking for stronger measures which does not seem quite…

I want to thank Chairman Sensenbrenner, Subcommittee Chairman Gekas and the House Leadership for bringing up this legislation today to improve and revamp the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and I am pleased to see that…

Mr. Speaker, in final closing, I would like to thank the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Davis) and also thank obviously the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Osborne), but also all the other speakers who spoke here today. All these…

Yet as this program is being implemented, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Rodriguez) brought to my attention a serious and unintended consequence of the program, children of junior enlisted personnel living in privatized housing were being…