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I stand to ask support of the Senate to confirm Ms. Alexis Herman. They could not find a better person, both from an educational point of view, from a professional point of view and from a personal point of view. They will find someone who…
I have been elected to do something about this problem. I have tried my very best. It has pretty much gone on ears who do not realize what is happening in the inner cities of this community, the community of this world of ours. I applaud…
To my esteemed chairwoman and to my good colleague, the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Stokes], we owe both of you a debt of gratitude for giving us this opportunity. I want to thank you, and I want to thank everyone in this great country of…
I certainly support this bill as it is presently constituted. I think what we have here is perhaps a fairer approach to the reduction in force process. Mr. Speaker, I want to compliment the committee for the soft landing kinds of…
I rise to sort of prick the Congress' conscience about some of the things that happen in H.R. 1720. I was one of the 79 people on this floor who voted against this bill when it came before us before, and today, as I read the conference…
both times I have risen, I have risen in strong opposition to the rule and I will be doing so, I feel, to the conference report. Mr. Speaker, I do not think many people in this Congress really understand the effects of welfare. I think…
I say over and over again, this is a flawed bill. It is not hard to see it. They are wrapping it in politics to try and save the fact that there is no substance in this bill that is going to save the children of this country. Everything I…
I just want to make a few favorable comments on the Jackson-Lee amendment from her long experience in working with residents of public housing and with municipalities. I think that the general concept is good on both sides. I think the…
If I may reclaim my time, first of all it is so important that we understand in housing, one size does not fit all. No matter what the housing policy is, you will find that there is certainly a difference in housing needs in certain areas…
I came to the floor to oppose this amendment. I always do that when I feel there is a hint of discrimination or lack of trust, a lack of fairness in an amendment. I saw it as I came in the door. I think that we do not want to keep the…
first of all I want the Congress and the world to know that we are grateful to the gentlewoman from North Carolina [Mrs. Clayton] and the gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. Watts], a sister and brother of mine who have brought this resolution in…
this is an issue that whenever it comes to the floor, I always speak out. And my reasoning is quite a bit different from any of my colleagues. I have a tremendous respect for the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Durbin], and whatever he says…
there are many reasons why commonsense people would oppose this conference report. Just look at the $158 billion cut in Medicare and $72 billion cut in Medicaid, with all of the problems in that. I want to talk about the huge tax increase…
I just wanted to say this to America, that tourism and related travel supported 644,500 jobs. In my home State of Florida, they generated more than $5 billion in taxes for the State and local governments and more than $11 billion in…
The Republicans accepted the language concerning Federal protection in these standards but they did not say that they would enforce them. So just accepting the language without enforcement leaves a zero.
here we go again. We are in the same circle of errors that we started the first time on the budget. It is almost like a pattern of dissent and disgust. First of all, we keep saying we are going to take care of our seniors, but that is just…
I need to say to this country that the Congressional Black Caucus and the Progressive Caucus' budget is the best budget for all the people of America. If we watch that budget, we will see that they are going to have the older people of…
Mr. Chairman, in closing, I just would like to say that the Republicans are not facing the facts. Families with children will still be worse off in this new budget resolution. The Joint Economic Committee has already revealed that the $29…
I think what my colleague said did not present the whole picture of the cut that they have made in the EITC, because according to a study by the bipartisan Joint Committee on Taxation, the changes which the Republicans have recommended in…
last Thursday the Committee on the Budget met and deliberated for quite some time, and as we deliberated I made some assumptions about what I saw going on there. It appeared that the bottom line of that budget resolution was that the…
I want to think the gentlewoman from Florida [Ms. Brown], my colleague, for having put this together. And I would like to say to this Congress and to the world, seldom will they have a chance to either serve or even know a man like Sam…
Mr. Speaker, in recognition of Earth Day, I rise to talk about some of the successes and failures since the first Earth Day in 1970. I have a vivid recollection of Earth Day and what it has done for all populations. As a result of the…
I have known Ron Brown since he was a very young man. I have seen him come up through the ranks. He did it the hard way. He worked for it. I appreciate the kind of commendation that we are giving Ron Brown today. I want to send my…
In our celebration of Women's History Month, we have chosen to honor exceptional women in public service. I rise here tonight to honor the Woman of the Year from my congressional district, Ms. Georgia Ayers, of Miami, FL. Over the decade I…
I am very pleased to bring the subject of teenage pregnancy to the consciousness of everyone in this Nation, and I think this special order you have tonight will take us a long way to doing that and having people aware of what is going on…
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