Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Mr. Delahunt, before you yield to Mr. Ryan, he actually went on and I have the rest of his comments from that point. He actually went on and suggested that Congress rediscover its power to supervise the administration. And he said, ``The…

Thank you. How about this? I mean, let us go beyond just the mom or dad of a young man or woman fighting in Iraq. How about the father of four who leaves for work every day, and do you think he is worrying about whether someone who is gay…

Mr. Delahunt, do you know how many troops we have in Afghanistan versus how many we have in Iraq?

And instead, Mr. Ryan, we are focusing on the Pledge of Allegiance and gay marriage. And what it really comes down to, do you think that the mom whose baby is in Iraq fighting on behalf of our country is worrying about whether one of her…

So, instead of changing course and moving us in a new direction, the Republicans want to continue to go in the direction that we are continuing, that Americans are so frustrated with. This very week they are going to focus on the politics…

Yes. That is when you started to hear the drum beginning to beat, and beat very loudly.

I would be glad to. We went from 417 immigration enforcement actions against employers under President Clinton to 3. Three under President Bush in 2004.

Well, I am quite aware of that, they have been well within control of this institution for 12 years.

Not only am I aware of that, Mr. Delahunt, thank you for leading me right into that lovely chart that we have here, that graphically depicts the differences between border security and immigration under a Democratic administration versus…

I have another one. The Bush administration also has a worse record than the Clinton administration on pursuing immigration fraud cases. In 1995, during the Clinton administration, 6,455 immigration fraud cases were completed. In 2003…

I interrupt only because I want you to read the quote from the Republican majority leader about where he is and his conference is on the minimum wage increase.

My understanding, Mr. Delahunt, is it was Senator Hagel, Senator Martinez, Senator McCain. So how this became the Reid-Kennedy bill----

I just think, at the end of the day, we need to stress that in November, when we have the opportunity to take the majority of this institution, we will move the country in a new direction. We will make sure that we make a commitment to…

Because they care more about the special interests than they do about the people they represent. It is as simple as that. It is the only logical explanation.

Remember the error that was made by the Department of Health and Human Services in the Medicare and You handbook they sent out to all the Medicare beneficiaries? And when they recognized the error in information about the prescription drug…

And Republicans can't get away with saying all the things that we would do would cost money and build the deficit, because we would reinstate the pay-as-you-go rule, the PAYGO rules, to ensure that we don't spend more money than we take…

And when people ask what the Democratic agenda is, that is it right there. That is what we would do.

We will adopt you as a member. And we would like to remind the Members, Mr. Speaker, that all of the charts and documents that we have talked about tonight are on our Web site, housedemocrats.gov/30something. ____________________

Thank you so much, Mr. Spratt and Ms. Brown. We are so glad to have you here with the 30-Something Working Group.

Exxon-Mobil invested $10 million, and made $30 billion; $10 million in alternative energy last year. That is what they talked about on Meet the Press on Sunday. I mean, give me a break. Where is the commitment? Where are the priorities?

Mr. Delahunt, you are absolutely right. The contrast here is that when it comes to actually improving the economy and beginning to go in a new direction, the Republicans have no plan at all. More of the same. More deficits, more tax cuts…

We are paying for funerals for people who didn't die as a result of the hurricane.

What plan have you heard of from the other side of the aisle, from our good friends on the other side? Where is their economic plan? Where is their plan to fix it? What bills have they passed that reduce the deficit, that help Americans…

But this is the 30-something Working Group, Mr. Delahunt. We identify, we are not, well, some of us are not, that far from having been through exactly the situation.

I am going to wait on that little celebration until our good friend from Florida joins us and we can do the happy dance together on the Heat's amazing victory last night, and I am sure the Speaker enjoyed that fantastic victory last night…