Kathy Castor

I rise for the purpose of a colloquy regarding an amendment that I had intended to offer relating to military families. Mr. Chair, our military personnel have access to great health care through TRICARE, but in certain cases--and many…

I think it is a tremendous achievement for the Obama administration.

I'd like to thank Chairman Pallone for yielding the time. He started off the debate by saying this debate reminds him of the movie ``Groundhog Day.'' I think he's right. It reminds me of a summer rerun. Republicans are forcing another…

I do believe that the overarching goals of the Renewable Fuel Standard are very important...

This has been a great success for American families and businesses; and, Ms. McCarthy, the administration and your shop deserves great credit for that.

I give President Obama and the EPA a lot of credit for pushing all of us and industry, everyone involved, to make greater progress.

These standards will save consumers on average more than $3,000 in fuel costs over the life of a new vehicle.

If the other side of the aisle has no further speakers, then I'm prepared to yield back.

I thank my colleague from Missouri and also my colleague from Texas. I rise in strong support today of H.R. 3276, a bill to name the post office located at 2810 East Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, Florida, as the Reverend Abe Brown Post…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding the time. Madam Speaker and colleagues, I rise to oppose the rule and the underlying bill for three primary reasons. First, the package is very poor public policy. Second, I offered a…

I think their one-sided unbalanced approach is really going to cause great damage.

There is absolutely no dialogue from my friends on the other side of the aisle as job creation as part of debt reduction and deficit reduction.

I think we said about a third of the current deficit would go away if the economy were somehow immediately put back close to full employment.

If we had more people working across America, would our debt and deficit situation be improved?

the extreme Tea Party ideology is so divorced from reality.

If I have learned anything in my 45 years is that nothing is black and white.

reasonable oversight of Wall Street excess is important.

Free enterprise and government are not either/or propositions.

I think we can all agree that we want a public education system that outperforms and outshines the rest of the world.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule and urge a ``no'' vote on the flawed Violence Against Women Act that my Republican colleagues will bring to the floor. They had an opportunity to bring the…

I thank the ranking member. Mr. Speaker, two of the most prominent independent scholars on Congress, Thomas Mann and Norm Ornstein, recently completed a detailed research initiative. They've never been shy in criticizing either side of the…

I thank the ranking member very much. The Republican budget makes something very clear, and that is, Democrats and Republicans have very different visions for our great country. The Republican vision is harsh, and independent commentators…

this is a real success story for our country and a great success story for our American families.

I am very disappointed in my Republican colleagues because they continue to turn a blind eye to good public policy.

Let's get to the facts on women's health care under the Affordable Care Act, which is 2 years old this week. First, good news: The Affordable Care Act outlaws discrimination based on gender in copayments and premiums for the same coverage…