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Well, drugs are a problem in Miami, in that drugs are now being routed into Haiti because it is a poor country, it is a depressed country. Something needs to be done about interdiction. I think our government should intervene in Haiti to…
as Congress takes up the reauthorization of the welfare law this year, we must fashion a truly successful welfare system, one which does not abandon people who need help. Most families who have worked their way off welfare are far from…
I commend my good friends, Congresswoman Corrine Brown and Congresswoman Hilda Solis, for organizing this Special Order and for their leadership in bringing public attention to the disproportionate impact of the post-September 11th…
I am from Florida, and I have a sincere appreciation for the safety features that we must have at our seaports. Port security is an issue which the Obey amendment addresses to show exactly why it is so important. I think if Congress…
according to the World Bank, more than half a million people are living with HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean region, and the prevalence among adults 15 to 49 has reached 2 percent. In Haiti, the situation is dramatically worse. Estimates reach…
the well-known definition of insanity holds that when we repeatedly do the same things that we have done before without any meaningful change but somehow expect the result to be different this time, that is insanity. Our experience tells…
I come to this well today to thank them for having shown the highest valor that an Appropriations Committee could do. They have risen to their highest glory today, because they have shown that through their wiles they have been able to…
let us pray for America. Let us stand behind our President and our leaders. Mr. Speaker, being here on the floor today as a representative in Congress really humbles me. I am a very patriotic person. I was brought up with great respect and…
next month's U.N. World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa is an extremely important conference which offers the world community an unprecedented opportunity to address racism and global discrimination. For this dialogue to…
I want to say that the main problem I see with this bill is that it is underfunded. It is not because we do not have good leadership on this subcommittee or we do not have good supportive staff, but the fact that it is underfunded, the…
I support the Hastings amendment. Our election system is sick. Mr. Hastings has a remedy. That remedy would go throughout this country and make us whole again. Do not fool yourselves. The people of this country are upset. They are angry…
this is an outrage. I got religion in a lean-to many years ago, so there is very little my colleagues can tell me about faith based. But they can say to me that they want to discriminate, and I can hear that in whatever language they speak…
when are people going to get it in their minds that the people of Florida do not want oil and gas drilling in the sea bed of the Gulf of Mexico? It does not take a Ph.D. to figure that out. It is simple. Why is it my colleagues cannot…
I rise to remember and pay tribute to our dear departed colleague, John Joseph Moakley... America lost a giant with the death of Joe Moakley. All of us here in the House lost a good friend. Joe handled his incurable leukemia with great…
Mr. Chairman, my amendment seeks to make a small, modest change to the Osborne Mentoring Program so that both adults and qualified, trained and motivated high school students can become mentors. During the Committee on Education and the…
there are some good things in this bill, but it has some very serious flaws, particularly the failure to fund school modernization and the tremendously damaging changes proposed in the permissible uses of funds under the title I program…
Doug Jamerson was a patriot. He was a man who loved Florida and who demonstrated it by serving as Labor Secretary and serving as Commissioner of Education. He showed his true love for Florida. He was instrumental and a driving force in…
I yield myself 1 minute to speak about this outstanding person for whom the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Coble) has decided to name a post office. Listening to all of the information concerning this mayor, he must be a very…
this Congress owes a tribute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Millender-McDonald) for having the foresight of introducing this legislation regarding Dr. Dorothy Irene Height. I am pleased and privileged to be here today. I have…
I am here to express the outrage and exasperation of my constituents in Miami, Florida, over the failure of our government and our electoral system in the 2000 Presidential election; 20,000 votes or more were not counted in Miami, Dade…
this Congress has suffered a great loss in the death of Julian Dixon. God called Julian home; and he said to him well done, my good and faithful servant. Well done. Julian was outstanding. He was a consummate legislator, a consummate…
I rise to pay a special tribute to the gentleman from Missouri, our friend, our colleague, Congressman Bill Clay. There are not many people around like Bill Clay. He is a unique person. He is a scholar, a mentor, a founder, and an…
there are some in this Congress who want to take time out and break the confidentiality of the census. This is really a terrible thing to do. We promised the people of this country when we were taking the surveys in the census that we…
I am very grateful and privileged to rise in strong support of the Water Resources Development Act, in particular the section on the Everglades. Those of us in Florida, and those of us throughout this country who cherish what we have in…
This has been an exercise in good bipartisanship of working together to reach a goal that will benefit the people of this country and improve the quality of their lives. The conference report should be voted on positively by every Member…
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