Elijah Lewis

I rise against this rule. Under today's budget constraint, $218 billion is simply too much. It is too much asphalt, too much money to take away from our children, the elderly, our veterans, and the needy. This bill busts the budget by $26…

I was deeply saddened and chagrined to read in the paper the remarks of our colleague, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), the Majority Whip, regarding slavery and the President's remark on the subject. According to my colleague, and I…

this bill is a thinly veiled attack on America's organized workers. It is a Republican retribution bill. If one disagrees with the Republican majority, it will not be long before they are under investigation or under attack right here on…

here is what the New York Times has to say about the campaign finance reform bill Republicans will bring to the House floor this week: ``Newt Gingrich has a plan to snooker Americans yearning for a cleanup of their corrupt election finance…

I think what we all are saying tonight is that we must continue the dialogue, continue to talk to each other, continue to move to create the beloved community, an interracial democracy; continue to do what we can to lay down the burden of…

I called a special order tonight with a bipartisan delegation, Members of Congress that traveled from Washington to Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma during March 6 through the 8th. Along with Members of the Congress that included Amo…

I think this particular deacon, as head of the deacon board, he made a great contribution, and I think when historians pick up their pens and write about this period, they would have to say that this one man had the insight, the vision, to…

I rise to congratulate my soon-to- be colleague, Lois Capps. Lois won an impressive victory in yesterday's special election in California's 22nd Congressional District. She won the election 53 percent to 45 percent with a margin of more…

I rise against this misguided legislation. This bill is a dagger in the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It destroys not only the spirit, but the very soul of the Voting Rights Act. Too many people have died so that every American…

I was on the bridge from Selma to Montgomery. I almost lost my life on March 7, 1965, because I was fighting for the right to vote, to open up the political process. I do not know, maybe the gentleman has changed his ways or maybe he has…

I am here to lend my strong support for these three tri-State water compacts. It was not easy, but the States of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama had come together with the Federal Government behind a proposal that we all can agree on. This…

just 2 weeks ago, the Republican leadership brought to this floor a so-called scholarship proposal, an experiment that would drain $45 million out of public schools in the District of Columbia and give it to just 3 percent of students to…

few bills we consider pose a greater threat to the health and well-being of our Nation than the one before us today. Nuclear waste is a deadly poison, a poison we must not treat lightly. We must develop an intelligent, thoughtful, and…

I rise to express my deep sense of loss over the passing of a great Member of this House, Walter Capps from Santa Barbara. Very few of us have the opportunity to make a difference in the world. Walter Capps was such a person. Whenever I…

I rise today to say to you, to the chairman of the Committee on House Oversight and to the Republican Members of the House, let Loretta Sanchez go. Stop holding this woman hostage in your game of political terrorism. The voters of…

my friend would agree that 9 out of every 10 children go to public schools. That is where the greatest need is.

That is very good. I am just trying to help your child and all children; your children, my children, and the children of Georgia.

last week I visited six schools in Atlanta: Inman Park Preschool, Morningside, Adamsville, Cook Elementary School, Walden Middle School, and Grady High School. What parents, teachers, administrators, and students all told me was we should…

the Republican assault on education is nothing new. The gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Gingrich] and the radical Republican right have a plan to dismantle public education, abolish the Department of Education, cut the school lunch program…

I wonder whether my colleague from Georgia still believes that the Constitution suggested that a black person is only three-fifths of a person and that the Constitution also supported slavery. Does it still support slavery?

I rise in support of the Doggett amendment. We should not use any Federal funds to support the promotion and export of tobacco overseas. Tobacco kills. It is a known killer. It is toxic and addictive. Tobacco kills more than 1,000…

Our present system is polluting the political process. It stinks. This is not the way to conduct the people's business, with hundreds, thousands and millions of dollars coming in. And the Speaker refuses to do anything; refuses to allow us…

40 years ago nine black students came to the doors of Central High School in Little Rock, AR, and demanded a seat in a classroom where they were denied welcome. They were entitled to be there by law, but they could not be there because an…

Ted Turner's $1 billion gift to the United Nations is remarkable. This man saw a problem in this country, in this world, and he decided to help. He did not have to act, but he wanted to make a difference, and he will. Ted Turner's gift is…

I appeal to my Republican colleagues to stand up and later vote for the privileged resolution. Send a message that offensive language, threats, and intimidation will not be tolerated on the floor of the House of Representatives.