Charles Norwood

when the original Voting Rights Act passed this House, it was to correct voting discrimination evident in the 1964 Presidential election. The legal protections and enforcement scheme in the new law were all designed around that challenge…

I just want to mention to my colleague that 43 of the people you had testify were 43 people who came in to justify what you had done in H.R. 9. Everybody has been here long enough to know how you set up hearings. There were three people in…

of course our amendment does not do that. It simply applies to every jurisdiction in the country equally, equal protection under the law. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Deal).

I rise to support the Community Health Center Reauthorization. Mr. Speaker, we are approaching 1,000 community health centers with 3,600 sites serving over 13 million Americans. There are over 80 of these sites in northeast Georgia alone…

this rule, which I support, will allow one of the most critical actions to date in the war on terror. Hardly a charade. This action is not military in nature. It is entirely political. But it will determine victory or defeat as surely as…

we need to pass the Deal amendment. We need to strike section 110 of this bill that has been put in the bill at the last minute. That section is very, very simple that needs to be stricken. It prohibits the Corps of Engineers from updating…

It doesn't promote anybody's best interests to be so unreasonable that you put these people -- these miners out of work. That's not good for them.

If I had lost a son or a father in one of those mines, I would be just like they are. I would be hammering the tables, saying why aren't you doing something in Washington? But the truth is, when we do do something, it needs to be the right…

I was absent on Wednesday, March 8, 2006, for personal reasons. My intended votes are as follows: Rollcall vote 27 on the Cardoza Amendment to H.R. 4167--``aye''; rollcall vote 28 on the Waxman Amendment to H.R. 4167--``no''; rollcall vote…

there was a very subtle illegal guestworker plan stuck in the budget the administration just submitted to Congress. That budget calls for the United States to allow over one million new illegal immigrants to infiltrate our borders during…

I point out to all Members the reason you must pass this amendment is it is against the law to have a sanctuary city, a sanctuary State. This amendment goes to the heart of the frustrations of the police and deputies. They apprehend the…

though I was absent on Wednesday, November 9, 2005, for medical reasons, I wish to have my intended votes recorded in the Congressional Record for the following votes: Rollcall vote 577 on H. Res. 539--``aye''; rollcall vote 578 on H. Res…

though I was absent on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 for medical reasons, I wish to have my intended votes recorded in the Congressional Record for the following votes: Rollcall vote 573 on the Motion to Table the Appeal of the Ruling of the…

I guess I hope people will remember this debate too because this is one of the debates that ought to be absolutely nonpartisan and ought to have not any political bickering in it. This is about the lives of a lot of human beings that we…

it seems tonight is the night for many of us to talk about the hurricane and the disastrous effects it has had on our country. I heard earlier a couple of my Democratic colleagues berating the majority leader about hurry up with money…

In the gentleman's experience in the justice system, would you conclude that people who are in law enforcement do it for the love of it? They want to enforce the law. And those that are not today are being held back by politicians in some…

the protection we have enjoyed here at home since we took the fight to the enemy has been purchased with the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform. The very least we can do in return is to show them honor and respect when they come…

I cannot help but add or repeat so our Members know, the amendments that were not accepted from the Democrats had nothing to do with these bills. They were simply not germane, and I know that upsets them, but those are the rules of House…

it gives me absolute pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Wilson), my friend and neighbor, who lives right up the road from me in Columbia.

it is a pleasure to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Sam Johnson), another of our subcommittee chairmen.

next week I will introduce legislation that received wide bipartisan support in the last Congress, the Clear Law Enforcement for Removal of Criminal Illegal Aliens Act, better known as CLEAR. This bill seeks to address a major crisis in…

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I want to take a second to speak to my friend from Florida (Mr. Hastings), and he is my friend, but I think he is wrong when he says human rights issues are something that we just do not get. Well, that is wrong. I think we do get it. I…

I came to have a little chat with the Members about immigration, and I intend to do that. But I cannot help but point out from the previous speaker that torture means many things. Perhaps the people who can best define torture would be…