I rise in opposition to the House substitute amendment to S. 47, and I urge the support of the bipartisan Violence Against Women Act sent over by the Senate. I do so on behalf of women like Olga, who, on her wedding day, thought she had…

Thank you, Congressman, and thank you for inviting me to join you today. I don't want to go through all the statistics. I guess I could because sometimes we forget that we're talking about real people. Let me just keep it very, very…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about Ruth. She's 91 years old, from my hometown. And Ruth, like many of my constituents, through the years, she's lost her network of family and friends. After coming home from the hospital, she was…

I, too, am concerned about the reports of rape and attacks on women protesters.

I would like to know what Egypt is doing well to bring security to Israel and the Middle East.

I'm going to ask a more basic, a 'living room' question which is my constituents sitting in a living room if they were listening to this what they would ask basically which is--and you can answer this in a general term, which is what are…

I share with our chairwoman and ranking member any support for the security of Israel, who is our closest and most important ally in the Middle East.

I listened to--there is great angst on the part of some of my colleagues as to whether or not to continue to fund the Palestinian Authority, either with more conditions, or not to fund it.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the freedom of reproductive choice that this historic decision provides for all women in America. This is a very personal and private choice. When I gave birth…