Kendrick Meek

On February 6 I introduced a bipartisan bill to prevent another shutdown if there should be another lapse in appropriations. H.R. 2963, the Keep the Government Open Act of 1996, amends the Anti-Deficiency Act to permit Federal employees to…

I am privileged to rise in strong support of the Helm-Burton bill, which I am a cosponsor on, and also I signed the Cuban Democracy Act. But I did not just sign those bills just for the sake of it, Mr. Speaker, I signed on it because I…

I am just appalled to see what is going on here with the CR, particularly with education, and I do hope that the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and the majority party will consider the fact that if we do not do something to…

this amendment is a clarifying, technical amendment to the bill. It should not be controversial. My amendment would simply specify that all of the funds saved through lock-box spending reductions would be used for deficit reduction, and…

it is really a very, very hard message to listen to the Republican arguments for cutting Head Start. It is one of the few programs, Federal programs, which has succeeded over the years. But now to cut it is a dangerous thing, because what…

I rise today to oppose the effort to unilaterally lift the arms embargo on Bosnia. Mr. Chairman, there is a horrible tragedy happening in Bosnia. I, along with everyone else, wants that tragedy to come to an end. But Mr. Chairman, lifting…

Mr. Chairman, I support the Gilchrest-Dingell NBS [National Biological Service] volunteers amendments. During a time when budgets are being cut and agencies are being asked to do more with less, it makes little sense to prohibit the use of…

I stand here today to urge restraint on the part of the Congress on both sides of the aisle, both Republicans and Democrats, to understand when they begin to dismantle the only health care program for the poor that we have in this country…

as we consider funding for U.S. foreign aid programs, I hope that Congress will remember the needs of children and enact the World Summit for Children Implementation Act. We have all seen the pitiful photographs and the television…

I would like to say to the American public, when all of this acrimony that you hear on the floor is over, let me tell you what is going to happen. You are going to end up with an enormous ache in your heart and also in your pocketbook…

I oppose very strongly the Republican fairness and deficit reduction bill. It is an oxymoron, because there is no fairness in this bill. Neither does it reduce the deficit. The Republican majority's bill, which is said to reduce the…

I must reclaim my time. I would like to say I come from a State that had the line-item veto. We have had Governors abuse that power. There is the potential there. To me, if there is just that small potential of abusing that power, I feel…

I serve on the Committee on Government Reform. I have heard the arguments for and against the line-item veto. I have read numerous reports and analyses. I have heard from my constituents and from my colleagues, both pro and con, and noted…

I am a senior citizen. I am here to say to senior citizens throughout this country, wake up, better smell the coffee. They are getting ready to make some very drastic changes here in this Congress that will affect you. So you have better…

I want to go back to say vote for the Maloney amendment, because it does, it helps us keep intact this safety net which has been placed there for the people who deserve it the most, our children. They are our future, and we cannot come to…

I have reviewed my statement carefully. I do not see anything in my statement that should be so objectionable and obnoxious. I have been elected to this House to speak the truth. There is nothing in the rules that says ``Carrie Meek can't…

I am still not satisfied with the answers I am getting about this very large and lucrative deal our Speaker has negotiated for himself. Now more than ever before the perception of impropriety, not to mention the potential conflict of…