Lynn A. Westmoreland

Sergeant First Class Robert ``Bobby'' Lee Hollar, Jr., was a loving husband, father of two, son, and friend. He was a respected and loved brother in arms to his brother soldiers in E Troop 108th Calvary of the 48th Brigade of the Georgia…

Mr. Speaker, research indicates that more than 77,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with reproductive cancer in 2006. The Gynecologic Cancer Foundation works with oncologists, cancer survivors and advocates so that one day…

Mr. Speaker, a native Texan, Robert Martinez, known as Robbie, was a young Marine with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He was based at the Marine Corps Air Ground and Combat Center in Twentynine Palms…

Mr. Speaker, it is an enormous tragedy to lose the life of a child, and it is a sad statistic that each year approximately 1 million pregnancies in the United States end in miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of a newborn baby. As this…

On October 19, 1781, Mr. Speaker, Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis and nearly 7,100 British soldiers surrendered to General George Washington in Yorktown, Virginia. This surrender almost 225 years ago ended the American and French…

Woodrow Wilson was this Nation's 28th President, and today I rise in support of a bill that honors his life and his legacy. As both a statesman and a scholar, President Wilson was a champion of democracy and freedom. He was a fierce…

over the last year, House Republicans have focused on common sense energy solutions to help lower gas prices, create jobs for American workers, and reduce America's reliance on foreign energy sources. And what have the Democrats done…

millions play our national pastime for the love of the game, but only the truly elite can claim the title of world champion. I have the great pleasure of representing Columbus, Georgia, home of the 2006 Little League World Champions. Our…

Thank you, Mr. Price, and I appreciate you doing this tonight. I have listened to the other side and your debate, and basically, Mr. Price, wouldn't you just assume that this basically comes down to a difference in philosophy? I heard…

If you do not mind me interrupting, but that was at no cuts. This was just a decrease in the spending, a decrease in the growth of our government; and they spoke about sitting around the kitchen table and talking about your budget. We all…

Professor Rick Hasen was quoted today saying if Congress goes on and passes the current version, as is, with a 25-year extension, there is significant danger that the measure is struck down. Professor Sam Issacharoff was quoted saying…

the Voting Rights Act has a proud and important legacy in my home State of Georgia and across the United States. With minor changes that would modernize the Voting Rights Act and better reflect the reality of what is happening in the 21st…

the district court specifically did not rule on the issues raised by the plaintiffs in the case that my colleague from Georgia is talking about, the Voting Rights Act. Mr. Chairman, I have no other speakers at this time, and I reserve the…

I rise once again to argue for strengthening the Voting Rights Act. When I first heard about the rewrite, I was shocked to learn that we were going to put the same States that had problems in 1964, 1968 and 1972 under coverage for an…

Sergeant Mike Stokely joined his fellow soldiers in the National Guard in Iraq, turning down a service opportunity that would have allowed him to stay home in Georgia. Last year Sergeant Stokely married his high school sweetheart. Then, 1…

Because, Mr. Speaker and my friend from Georgia, people are reinvesting their money. They have more money to spend. That is a direct result of the tax cuts. In fact, we need to make these tax cuts permanent; and I think the people of this…

Do you think that after so long this money starts looking like play money and you start talking about billions of dollars and trillions of dollars and that is unrealistic to most people? I think when you start to think of a billion dollars…

To my friend from Georgia, my mother always told me that actions speak louder than words. And anybody can go anywhere and say anything, but when you are given an opportunity to take those words that you spoke and put them into action, and…

Thank you, Mr. Price. And I want to thank you, my friend from Georgia, for hosting this hour to highlight some of the truth. I am sure, Mr. Speaker, that you know that the truth sometimes hurts. And so when you are exposing the truth, it…

in 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act to stop the systematic civil rights violations that were the status quo in my home State of Georgia and various other States. In those dark days, the Federal Government rightly stepped in to…

Republicans are moving forward to protect one of the most foundational rights we cherish, the right to own private property. One of our great former Presidents, John Adams, said: ``Property is surely a right of mankind as real as…

in fairness to Members of this body who have been subjected to a cloud of suspicion over ethics allegations, I rise today to call for the House to disband the current Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and reconstitute it as a…

I rise today to share good news with the American people. We are beginning to see signs that the economy is clearly on the road to recovery. In fact, since May 2003, more than 3 million Americans went back to work. We have had 22 straight…

Mr. Speaker, America was dealt an awful setback over the weekend in Miami, Florida. The distinguished actor, director, producer and advocate Ossie Davis passed away at the age of 87. He died doing what he loved most: he was shooting a…