Phil Gingrey

I rise to honor Colonel William Glen Gustafson of Marietta, Georgia, who sadly passed away last Tuesday. Throughout his life, Colonel Gustafson served his country and his community. He was a master parachutist and troop commander during…

I rise today in honor of an extraordinary member of my community, Clara Jenkins. In the 1950s, Clara helped advance the Civil Rights movement in Georgia by breaking down color barriers at a local hospital. On August 20, 1951, Clara was…

I rise today in honor of the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis), who celebrated his 65th birthday last week. It was appropriate that the gentleman from Georgia's (Mr. Lewis) birthday fell during Black History Month because his involvement…

Mr. Speaker I rise today to honor Lance Corporal David Payton, a 21-year-old Marine who was injured while serving our country in Iraq. On January 30, the same day that millions of Iraqis voted in the country's first free and successful…

in 1979, Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act to ensure our friends on the island of Formosa would not be isolated because of our Nation's ``One China'' policy. The Taiwan Relations Act sent a strong message to Communist leaders on…

in Washington, officials commonly use studies and reports to legitimize various policies, and often the guidelines by which these studies are established can force a researcher into predetermined results. Traditionally, the Quadrennial…

Well, I want to thank, Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Utah, my good friend, for joining us tonight and for bringing some historical perspective. Absolutely, once a history teacher, always a history teacher; but I would say tonight to my…

As I say, my colleagues on the other side, the Democrats and their leaders, they had a choice of topics tonight. They could have talked about anything they wanted to on this eve of what will be one of the most historic State of the Union…

we just finished our elections, and we hear a lot of browbeating and weeping and gnashing of teeth from the other side of the aisle concerning what went wrong. Goodness gracious, what in the world went wrong? We thought we ran a good…

I happen to know Dr. Leon Smith, Jr. He practices medicine in Athens, Georgia. I went to medical school with him. I knew him very well. Both he and his brother are OB-GYN physicians. His group, I think six or eight of them, recently…

I rise to thank the reverend Dr. Bob Patterson for his message today. Bob is no stranger to the halls of the United States House or to Georgia congressmen named Phil. When he was a young man growing up in Hall County, Georgia, in the…

it is an honor indeed to be a part of this time tonight to introduce our new Members of the Republican majority, and it is my distinct pleasure to talk about three of them, two who are from my State of Georgia who will be representing the…

What I wanted to say, just kind of in following up on some of her remarks, this is a bipartisan bill. This new Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act that preserves, protects, strengthens and simplifies Medicare as we know it…

I rise today to commend this House for having the courage to protect the sanctity of marriage. In today's society, we find ourselves constantly fending off attacks aimed at the foundation of our Nation. Whether it is those that would take…

in the 10 years of Republican majority in the House, we have always put families first. We recognize that protecting our Nation's families means in part creating access to better health care, providing affordable prescription drugs to…

Mr. Speaker, in recent days many of my colleagues from the other side of the aisle have come to the floor of the House to criticize the President's policies on Afghanistan and Iraq. The rhetoric of the minority side of the aisle is paltry…

Mr. Speaker, what the chairman was just saying is just so true. It came home to me in a big and tragic way in this past week. I am a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. The president of the student body just a…

But I want to say, Mr. Speaker, to my colleagues, that the past hour I have sat here in this Chamber and seen a great measure of bipartisanship as our chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young), and…

See, there is one thing, only one that I can think of, really, that I share that I have in common with the presumptive Democratic nominee, Mr. Kerry. We both share the same religion. We are both Roman Catholics. And, Mr. Speaker, this is…

last week was an important one for the United States and the world when Iraq once again became a sovereign nation. I found the transition of power to the Iraqi people to be very appropriate, timely and encouraging. I believe it was very…

look at all of these new jobs: 1.4 million since August 2003. Mr. Speaker, this recovery is further proof that cutting taxes and reducing the burden of government on American citizens and businesses stimulates economic growth, as President…

tonight I want to acknowledge the retirement of Dr. Mel Steely, a history professor and former colleague of then Professor Newt Gingrich. Dr. Steely is ending a 40-year career as a professor at the State University of West Georgia. Born…

I make my way to the floor this evening to congratulate a distinguished citizen from Columbus, Georgia, J. Barnett Woodruff, for being the 2004 recipient of the Cliff O. Livingston award. For those not familiar with its significance, the…

during our week of mourning for President Ronald Reagan, I want to take a moment to honor the life and memory of a great Reagan Republican, Jack Vaughan, who died June 11, 1994, at the age of 33. Jack campaigned for Ronald Reagan on both…

Mr. Speaker, I am humble to be one of the many Americans from all across our Nation who are paying tribute to President Ronald Reagan this week. It was appropriate that Ronald Reagan, a small-town American from Dixon, Illinois, would make…