Lynn A. Westmoreland

as I listen to the debate on this bill, and I agree with the majority of this bill, I heard the word ``tribe'' used over and over, and I think that was the intent of this, for Native American tribes to be recognized and be given the…

Today we honor Percy Sutton with the naming of a post office in his hometown neighborhood of Harlem, New York. Born in 1920 in San Antonio, Texas, he was the youngest of 15 children raised in a family with strong values in education. He…

September has been recognized by the tourism industry as National Passport Month in an effort to educate the public and increase awareness of the importance of having passports. The tourism industry brings in more than $80 billion annually…

I rise this afternoon, again, to pay tribute to another remarkable soldier and another true American hero. At the age of only 21, Staff Sergeant David Nord from Ferdinand, Indiana became a genuine war hero. On June 23, 1969, he was killed…

I am honored today to speak about a highly esteemed former Senator, distinguished war veteran, astronaut, businessman and educator, John Herschel Glenn, Jr. He is well-known throughout the history of this country through both his career in…

my mama always told me that your actions speak louder than your words. I am sure many of your mothers have told you that your actions will speak louder than your words. Let me just read you some words. This comes from Speaker Pelosi…

Every person has a right to have his or her voice heard, respectful of both the wishes of the Founders and the expectations of the American people. We offer the following principles for restoring democracy in the people's House…

I want to tell a story for you and other people that might be listening about a gentleman who was a wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons. His name was Alex Hawkins. One night he didn't come home. He had a history of maybe carousing around…

I just want to clear up one thing. Let's clear the smoke out of the room here and put some facts in the discussion. The Clinton administration awarded the Halliburton contract. Mr. Cheney only extended it. The Bush administration only…

I missed in the rule book where you needed to call any Member or anything to discuss an amendment that you might have, and I apologize for not reading that chapter in the rule book. And, Mr. Chairman, I think I was raised very…

I think what a lot of folks are witnessing today is some more smoke and mirrors, another magic show that they may have seen somewhere. We have the chairman of the Appropriations Committee who said that the President's budget would spend 48…

All we're saying is if you're going to ask the American taxpayers to pay for your financial assistance, that you should be proficient enough in the language of this country to fill out the application. Now, you don't have to be a rocket…

when a student decides to go to college, many families gather all their financial records and sit down to fill out the free application for Federal Student Aid, or the FISA, form. To be eligible to receive Federal student aid, a student…

You know, I have listened to you many nights and I respect you, because I really believe that you are a true believer in what you are saying. Let me just say this, that I am part of that fringe.

What I have found is that education is best from the local level, and I don't know that the Federal Government can really take some of these programs and put them down into a local school district and say here is this money, use it for…

I know what it is like for those firefighters. But, you know, my father never belonged to a firefighters union, and that is what this is. This is basically a union bill and payback to the unions. But, you know, Georgia is a right-to-work…

the Arkansas River system provides navigation, flood protection, hydropower, water supply and recreation for millions of Americans. This body of water provides a 9-foot navigation channel that is almost 445 miles long and is controlled…

I want to start with a couple of warnings. First, I would suggest anyone on the Republican side shaking hands with the majority might want to be careful because they have been licking their fingers and sticking them into the political…

So the American people were sold a bill of goods last November, and they are continually being sold things in this Congress. I come from Georgia. We have the HOPE scholarship, Mr. Speaker, one of the greatest tools for education that I…

I just want to tell Mr. Chairman that I hope Mr. Price is listening because it is going to take a lot of truth squad to straighten this out. The chairman over here mentioned the Iraq spending and wanted to see how much we would cut it…

Well, in November they kind of snookered the public. They had told them that they were going to give more affordable health care to all Americans, which hasn't been done. They were bring gas prices down, which, hello, if you are out there…

I know, Mr. Chairman, people watching this on TV probably think they are in the Twilight Zone or caught up in the middle of Alice in Wonderland because you don't know which side to believe. The chairman of the subcommittee said people…

I just heard some great news down here. We have cut 250 programs. I'm excited because, you know, I used to be in the construction business, and one time we had a superintendent that was not getting his job done, not performing, not getting…

I want to stand up in support of my colleague from Georgia's amendment. I spent 12 years in the Georgia House in the minority. What I tried to do for that 12 years is change the process, because the process was broken. When the process is…

I love coming down and listening to the majority leader when he comes down. You know, I was a real estate salesman. I felt like I was a pretty good real estate salesman. And a good salesman loves to hear another salesman. And I think the…