Kendrick Meek

I oppose this bill. I oppose this bill because we have no evidence that it will effectively fight voter fraud. This nation has had voter fraud for hundreds of years. But the Republican leadership has apparently just noticed it. They are…

I thank the gentleman, my esteemed colleague, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Stokes), for having the insight to organize today's Black History special. Certainly, the history of the people of African descent is interwoven with the history of…

This man brings dignity to the word Congressman. He brings grace. He brings poise. He brings intellect, which is so direly needed here in Congress. He brings that. As I have said many times, Ron Dellums reminds me of a Shakespearian actor…

I rise today in sadness for the loss of what I call an urban patriot, a young man by the name of William ``Billy'' Rolle who resided in Coconut Grove, Florida. He not only resided there, Mr. Speaker, but he helped to build the youth of…

I have been wondering, what triggered the Republican Party to initiate this broad-scale investigation, spending thousands of dollars? I thought, is it their conservative nature? If so, they have contradicted that with spending thousands of…

I stand to support the rule. And, hopefully, the Moran amendment will be passed following this rule. This rule has several things in it with which I do not agree. But it has a lot of good things in it, this particular rule does. With the…

I wholeheartedly and strongly support the Moran amendment. It is a good substitute for the House bill. The House bill is flawed and we know it. Much of what is in the House bill has an overriding concern behind it and it is money…

first of all, I do not trust statistics any more than the rest of my colleagues. But I trust even less the belief that everyone is going to be counted fairly. If we look at the history of this, we have never had an accurate count. The…

I rise to oppose any motion to delete the COLA for us as citizens and as workers in this government. First of all, I resent the self-flagellation that I am hearing against Members of Congress and this institution which we so ably…

I strongly support the Mollohan- Shays amendment to permit the Census Bureau to continue planning for the 2000 census. I would just like to remind the House that the history of this Nation shows that the census has always failed to count…

I stand to support the Mollohan- Shays amendment and the rule. Today I think this is a good rule. It permits the Census Bureau to continue planning for use of sampling. The census always fails, Mr. Speaker, to count some people, but the…

Justice Brennan served on the Supreme Court for 34 years, from 1956 through 1990. By the general public he is remembered for his concern in protecting the rights of individuals who were not powerful. I will speak of that in a moment. But…

I hear what the problem is here, but I want to say to America that we have to oppose this amendment. We have to oppose it because if the people who are proponents of this amendment want to cure this problem of tobacco, we all admit that it…

Mr. Chairman, I am a member of the Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government of the Committee on Appropriations, and this did come before our subcommittee and we discussed it at length. I would like to say to my…

I want to appeal to the House to please vote for this wind testing facility. It will save lives and it will also save money.

I think that the work that was done by this subcommittee was surely a bipartisan kind of effort, where both Democrats and Republicans worked well for the benefit of the people of this country. I want to congratulate them and their staffs…

I want to commend President William Jefferson Clinton for appointing Secretary Brown, for having the foresight to look for a man who had fought the wars and was back to this country. And the only thing he asked for was fairness for…

I oppose both the tax provisions and the spending provisions of the reconciliation bill. I want to say why, Mr. Speaker. The spending cuts that the House approved today fall mainly on the weakest members of our society, on the sick and on…

when welfare reform was passed, Congress gave very little guidance to States for determining the applicability of existing employment laws to welfare recipients. This meant that States, counties, employers could use any kind of guideline…

Mr. Chairman, I stand to lend my support to the bill as reported by the committee, and I want to thank them for their skill and sensitivity in bringing this before the floor. Our amendment provides an offsetting rescission in budget…

Mr. Chairman, I think what my colleagues have heard here today are some brilliant theorisms; we have heard some brilliant theories, but there is no time for theories now. We have heard from every side of this House, people who want to…

I graciously support the amendment of my colleague, the gentlewoman from New York [Ms. Velazquez]. Like many of my colleagues in this body, I know from whence my colleague is coming. I know what the background is and the need for this…

I want to shine the spotlight on a very silent national killer of women, lupus, L-U-P-U-S. A lot of people have never heard of that term, but it is a silent killer of women. Lupus is a serious, complex inflammatory autoimmune disease. It…

I want to help this Congress and America understand the dignity and the grace and the illumination which Jackie Robinson, Jackie Roosevelt Robinson, brought to our wonderful country, the United States of America. I am delighted to have…

I am one of the fortunate Members of the House of Representatives who got the unique opportunity of attending the bipartisan retreat. I must admit, Mr. Speaker, when I was initially invited, I felt, well, this will be just another…