what we have here today is an act; for some reason, it is called the Adam Walsh Act.

What we now have, which has been introduced on Friday by the folks on the other side of the aisle, my Republican brothers and sisters, is an assault on each one of us. It's an extremist position that they have taken to cut things that are…

I must wonder aloud, why is it that we are holding this hearing today?

I get the strong sense that State bankruptcy may be a solution in search of a problem.

Instead, we should be talking about what Congress will do to accelerate economic recovery and create jobs.

We seem to agree that allowing States to file for bankruptcy would result in increased interest rates.

States already have the tools at their disposal to address any financial troubles they face.

We all acknowledge that law enforcement needs new tools to keep up with 21st century threats, but surely it's our responsibility in Congress to reexamine legislation that was hurried through Congress in the wake of 9/11 to make sure it…

I find it disturbing that today we're going to start out on a 9rac{1}{2}-hour debate on a meaningless, redundant measure that simply instructs Congress and its committees to review regulations and we could be spending that time dealing…

Yesterday's action of repealing the health care reform, cynically called the Job-Killing Health Care Act by my friends on the other side of the aisle, is definitely an ironic misnomer--job killing--when the health reform is poised to…

I must admit that I feel somewhat, gosh, it seems like only yesterday that the Republicans were accusing us of not taking care of what was the business at hand, which was job creation and what they call reckless spending. They accused us…

I rise in opposition to the repeal of health reform. Repeal of health care reform would strip 32 million Americans of health insurance, including 139,000 residents of my district. Repeal will allow insurers to discriminate against people…