Elijah Lewis

on behalf of the people of Atlanta and the Fifth District of Georgia, I rise to pay tribute to a beautiful and gracious woman, Princess Diana. With beauty, dignity, and grace, she saw suffering, she saw pain, and she did something about…

millions of dollars for a partisan investigation into campaign finance abuses, millions of dollars for an investigation intended to intimidate organized labor, hundreds of thousands of dollars to harass and intimidate a Hispanic woman…

Republicans continue to try to sell their huge tax break for the rich by promising tax relief for middle-class Americans. But under the Republican plan millions of working Americans get no tax cuts, they only get empty promises. Let us…

the Republican con games continue, convincing the American people they are getting a tax cut by giving a majority of the tax breaks to the richest people in America; complain that the Democrats are engaged in class warfare, while the…

as the House considers legislation which does not allow a fair and open debate, and vote, on the National Endowment for the Arts, I urge my colleagues to consider the words of Elliott Levitas, writer, attorney, former member of the Georgia…

it is time to be frank and honest about this tax bill. Republicans used budget gimmicks, smoke and mirrors, to hide the true effect of their plan. Why? Because the American people know the Republicans are looking out for Wall Street and…

I do not propose cutting off relations with China, but I simply cannot accept the situation as it is with China today. We cannot stand by while innocent people in China and Tibet are fighting and dying for democracy. Thousands of innocent…

the American people want tax relief. They want lower taxes. But, Mr. Speaker, the American people want a tax cut that goes to the people who need it the most, America's working families. The Republican tax bill is a boom for Wall Street…

this weekend I traveled with President Clinton to San Diego, CA. There the President announced his initiative on race: One America in the 21st century. The President has appointed a commission of highly respected Americans to examine this…

The CBC budget, Mr. Chairman, is the right budget. It is the budget to prepare us as we enter the 21st century. It is the budget that will look out for the needs of all of our people, that segment of the population that has been left out…

I rise on behalf of the citizens of Atlanta to mourn the loss and celebrate the life of Brandon Searcy. Brandon Searcy was just 8 years old. He was the victim of a senseless and hideous crime. Mr. Speaker, what kind of world do we live in…

Mr. Speaker I rise to pay tribute to one of the last of a special breed of freedom fighters, James Farmer. His voice has been strong and reliable; his leadership, invaluable. However, James Farmer has never sought the limelight. In the…

I am surprised to see my Republican colleagues on the floor today congratulating Speaker Newt Gingrich for doing something he should have done months ago, paying $300,000 for lying to Congress. Speaker Gingrich admitted to bringing…

Today is the 100th day of this Congress. Today marks 100 days of doing nothing. The Republican leadership has no agenda. The Republican leadership has no budget, no education bill, no children's health care bill. Why do we not have a…

Mr. Speaker, once again Republicans are ready to sacrifice our Constitution at the altar of partisan politics. It seems that every day the leadership of this body comes up with some new stunt to prove they do not like taxes. Today they…

I rise to call upon my colleagues to defeat the previous question and to bring an amendment to this floor allowing a debate on the important issue of campaign finance reform. Every person in America realizes the importance and necessity to…

4 years ago the Democrats were doing the heavy lifting to help hard-working families. The Family and Medical Leave Act, to help working parents, was law by February. The Motor-Voter Act, to bring more Americans into the democratic process…

this is not a debate that should be occurring in the Congress today. This is not a decision for us, for legislators, for policymakers. We are not men and women of medicine, of science. I am not a doctor; I did not go to medical school. We…

I am dismayed that in our great country, there are children who do not have health insurance. There are 10 million children. That is not right. That is not fair. That does not make sense. Our country is too rich, too powerful, too strong…

I want to personally wish Mr. Aronson a happy, a very happy birthday. As Americans, we owe a debt of gratitude to Arnold Aronson. We live in a better country, a better society, and a better world because of the work of this civil rights…

it is most unfortunate that the American public will not be able to see the outside counsel report before they cast their votes this November. I have said it repeatedly over the past few weeks that the American people have the right to see…

let me close by saying, it is not easy to stand here, but there comes a time when we must stand up for what is right, for what is fair, for what is just. I love this institution, like all of my colleagues. This institution that we are…

There now exists a $500,000 report from the outside counsel. Later today or tomorrow, the House will once again consider a privileged resolution I have offered calling for the release of the outside counsel's report. The public deserves…

Whereas on December 6, 1995, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct agreed to appoint an outside counsel to conduct an independent, non-partisan investigation of allegations of ethical misconduct by Speaker Newt Gingrich; Whereas…

today or tomorrow the House will consider a privileged resolution I have introduced calling on the Ethics Committee to release the report of the outside counsel investigating Speaker Newt Gingrich. I would like to read the text of that…