Kendrick Meek

Mr. Speaker, Dr. John Lombardi represented and carried through a renaissance in Florida's public education. He chartered a new course for a university which many times before him was in a sleepy existence. Dr. Lombardi came along; he was a…

I ask this House and this Congress to pay attention to this very important plea I am making this morning. This is Lupus Awareness Month. People all over this country are not quite aware of the danger of this auto-immune disease called…

I just wanted to say if anyone has ever suffered from salmonella from eating unsafe meat and poultry, they would understand the significance of this amendment. Why should our consumers be subjected to this very illness-causing disease and…

my amendment helps to protect United States consumers from unsafe foreign meat and poultry. What it does, it ensures fairness to protect our meat and our poultry products from unfair competition and it directs the United States Department…

I do not think there is any week with any more importance or month as significant as Women's History Week. The contributions of women in this country are so outstanding until if every woman in Washington were to be here today, they could…

I rise in support of H.R. 820-- the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1999. This much-needed bill authorizes $3.1 billion in fiscal year 2000 and $3.2 billion in fiscal year 2001 for Coast Guard operating expenses to carry out numerous…

On April 1, 2000, as mandated by the U.S. Constitution and the Census Act, the decennial census will take place. People want an accurate census that includes everybody. Unfortunately, the U.S. Census Bureau has missed millions of persons…

I want to thank this Congress. I love you very much. But it is very apparent that from the very beginning you have not wanted William Jefferson Clinton as your President. My colleagues have gotten on a path to do it, and they are on their…

I thank our leader Lou Stokes who is retiring from Congress. I thank Chairman Lewis. The two of them have what I have always described as a dynamic duo. With the fact that they work so well together as a member of that conference…

I really hate to see you leave. I seem to have a strong affinity with the older yet really good men in the Congress, Jerry. Everyone keeps addressing Jerry as a New Yorker. But many should know that he is also a Floridian. And he is sort…

this tax cut sounds so very attractive, but it is really not as attractive as it seems in that what it is doing is taking from Peter to pay Paul. And what I am concerned about, Paul is made up of seniors and people who will be seniors…

I just want to ask the Repubs one question: What is this? Some kind of a treatise on the Clinton administration? What is it? An inquiry on the Clinton administration? Or is it a dissertation on the census? That is what we are here for. We…

reclaiming my time, I trust the gentleman, but I do not trust those other people helping you make these decisions, because if we do not use some people in the neighborhood, we will not get an accurate count. It is fruitless to try to count…

I am opposed to the gentleman's amendment merely because I know, common sense tells me, if we reduce the increase, then we are cutting the gain.

SBA does well when one can get a loan from them, but these are not loans, these are grants. There is a difference, when it comes to rebuilding distressed communities. I applaud the efforts the gentleman has made in the past and what the…

in one short minute I just want to say to my colleagues, let us not fool ourselves. You cannot count everyone. Now, you say, ``Well, the Constitution says enumeration.'' The Constitution did not define enumeration. It did not say that you…

Mr. Chairman, I stand to strongly oppose the Hinchey amendment. First of all, it would bar the VA from funding a system which they already have to distribute medical care equitably. The word equity is important in VERA. It is not so much…

Mr. Speaker, I am deeply moved by the untimely deaths of these brave heroes, who have shown both valor and bravery in a time like this. Officer J.J. Chestnut and Mr. John Gibson, a Special Agent, we honor them for caring about us. We honor…

First of all, the chairman has conducted the meetings with a professional acumen that is rarely seen in a body such as this. The ranking member has supported him and has helped us. We have worked as a group. It is not a partisan committee…

I decided I would speak out in strong opposition to the Riggs amendment, which is another verification of a dying system. The system is in its death throes. I thought that once it was lethally killed, but now I see that there are many who…

Mr. Chairman, what we are doing here is trying to help college students who have learning disabilities, and this amendment will bring that help to college students which now is already being received by students in K through 12. According…

Mr. Chairman, I stand to oppose the supplemental for two reasons: Number one, we have the kind of sacrifice that we have to make here in the Congress, which says that we know that we need a strong military, we need to strengthen our…

I am pleased and privileged to stand on the floor and support H.R. 1432, the African Growth and Opportunity Act. If we all understand what this act is supposed to do, it is supposed to provide opportunity for trade with sub-Saharan Africa…

Mr. Speaker, to the good chairman, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Lazio), and the ranking member, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), I think I will be the only one here in the House today to speak against or in opposition to…

if we were to keep these restrictions, it would have a very bad impact on the county. We have developed a very strong public-private partnership under the people there in the county, like the mayor, and certainly $70 million in Federal…