Austin Scott

H.R. 391 would prevent any shutdown of the Federal Housing Administration, FHA, reverse mortgage program. This program is also known as the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program, or the HECM program. A reverse mortgage is a unique loan…

I urge today that the House pass H.R. 188, which was introduced by the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey, Representative Pallone. This bill has the simple purpose of addressing a glitch in the distribution of surcharges on the sale…

He said that ``the Earth belongs in usufruct to the living.'' Jefferson concluded in this letter with these words. He said no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its own existence.

And I will tell you why I am so pleased with our leadership and Leader Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, Jim Clyburn, and all of our great leaders. They have said that before this Congress gets another raise in pay, we will raise the minimum wage…

Absolutely. Again, energy and becoming independent is a reachable goal. It is a doable goal, and we can reach that conclusion within a matter of a few years with the kind of leadership we are putting forward. I am proud to say we will be…

First, let me extend my deep appreciation and thanks to our distinguished chairman, Chairman Oxley of Ohio. As many of us know, Chairman Oxley will be leaving us and I want to take this opportunity to recognize what an outstanding chairman…

But more than that, let it be clear, let's pull the covers off of this, this is nothing but a bold attempt, a shameless attempt by the Republican Party to target those types of voters that they believe will not vote for them but would vote…

I just want to extend my feelings of great appreciation to Mr. Davis from Kentucky, the distinguished gentleman, who has truly provided the leadership on this bill. And you could tell from his eloquent statements earlier of his own…

this is very important on two points. The poll tax, which is a very important point of our argument, it has been said this is not a poll tax. It has been said that this is not an unfunded mandate. However, it is important to know that at…

Thank you very much, Mr. Schiff. Of course, it is great to be here with you again, and my good friend Chris Van Hollen from Maryland. He is a tremendous advocate for national security. I have enjoyed his opening remarks and very…

Absolutely. Jim and I have traveled overseas together. He was a decorated war veteran from Vietnam. So we stand tall as Democrats when it comes to national security, without any question. I want to start my remarks off, because I think…

You know, that certainly doesn't sound like cutting and running to me. It says sticking and staying, but sticking and staying smart. Nobody is running away from this war on terror. You cannot run away from it. We are simply talking about…

thank you very much to my distinguished colleague from Chicago, Congressman Davis; my distinguished colleague and Congressman from Georgia, John Lewis; to my distinguished colleagues from Georgia, Mr. Kingston, Dr. Price. I appreciate so…

No, it is not, and more of the same means this, Mr. Schiff: this is the latest report on terrorism, what the facts are. On 9/11, more than 5 years ago, there was an estimated number of al Qaeda numbers worldwide, and on 9/11/2001 it was…

Well, I think you are absolutely right, and I think a part of that is those who are at the helm, President Bush and those in the White House, are good decent people, but they are oil people. I mean, they think like oil people. That is it…

Thank you very much. It is good to be here with you and my good friend, Congressman Van Hollen, always a pleasure, and I commend both of you on your expert comments and thought-provoking comments here today. Accountability is the issue…

Absolutely correct, and as we cannot talk about accountability, we cannot talk about the budget financial responsibility, national security without examining where we are in Iraq at this time. And we cannot do it for the obvious reason…

And finally, Mr. Ross, we must begin to search and use our creativity to develop a way to put a curb, a ceiling, some restraint on how much we can borrow from foreign governments. If there is one danger down the road that this country…

Mr. Ross, again, as always, it is a pleasure to join you on the floor. And I can tell you that our folks down in Georgia are really, really concerned about the debt, as they are all across this Nation. I think it is important for us to…

I want to mention just one other point, too, that I think we need to bring out and that is government contracting under the Bush administration. We cannot be fearful to do our jobs. We get out here and we run every other year and we tell…

I just want to mention quite quickly, because I want the American people to understand that while we as Democrats are here and we are critiquing, we are providing the results of this oversight. And when you look at the front page of the…

this amendment by Congressman Westmoreland, my colleague from Georgia, is the most treacherous and dangerous of the amendments. There is no amendment that clearly points out what the desires have been for all four of these amendments…

Mr. Westmoreland just very cleverly and deceitfully tried to intone and misuse the words and the actions of two of his colleagues from Georgia, John Lewis and myself. It is very important to say that while Georgia has made great progress…

I appreciate you yielding me this time. Let me just pick up from the last point: Why shouldn't it be applied to the whole Nation? The opposition knows full well: if that were the case, it would immediately be ruled unconstitutional. In…

this Voting Rights Act is the most important piece of legislation that has been passed in this modern time in our Congress. As I stand here, I am reminded of the words that we used so much as we would go through the South, going up against…