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Thank you so much. This is another one of those items, as you mention, it is just common sense. When moms and dads at home wonder why their kids are subjected to the kinds of threats that they are at school, when a teacher stepping in at…
I thank you so much for yielding and for your leadership on this issue. I want to also thank once again our leadership, the Speaker and majority leader, majority whip, conference Chair, for allowing us to share with the House and with the…
6 days. In just 6 days, that is when the deadline for the Medicare prescription drug program is: May 15. Thirty million Americans have already signed up. However, there remain other seniors who would benefit from this voluntary program…
another month has passed and good economic news continues to roll in. Last month, the U.S. economy added 211,000 jobs. That marks 31 consecutive months of job growth. Thirty-one straight months. The unemployment rate is now 4.7 percent…
this past Friday I had a wonderful opportunity to witness, firsthand, America's innovative spirit in action. An organization named For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, FIRST, held its 15th annual Robotic Competition…
Thank you, Congresswoman Foxx, so very much for your wonderful observations and really astute observations about many of the challenges that we have and bringing some truth to this issue of gasoline prices and why we are in the situation…
what a pleasure it is to be back in front of my colleagues talking about items that are of such remarkable importance to us across our United States. We have been away for 2 weeks now at home on a district work period, and it is my…
talk is cheap, and gas prices aren't. With summertime right around the corner, Americans are making plans to pack up their car and hit the road for a summer vacation. However, this year gas prices are putting a damper on those summer…
we have all seen the recent protests around the country by thousands of people demonstrating in the streets. However, the fundamental issue that we are dealing with is illegal immigration, and we must not forget that. No one has a problem…
Accountability really is what it is all about. It is so important for people to appreciate that when we make a phone call or when we put an ad on the television or when we send something out, we have got to say who it is coming from. We…
I appreciate you really clarifying that issue so very well. I think it is important that we talk today about what kinds of things these 527s do, because people say, ``I don't know what a 527 is. How am I supposed to know? They would never…
it is a privilege for me to bring to the attention of the U.S. House a wonderful recognition of one of my constituents, Kristina Slater, and what she has just received. Just yesterday she was honored at the Pentagon with the Decoration for…
I appreciate those comments, because they are right on where we need to get to. The problem is that politics is the art of the possible so what we have got working here in this Chamber is the possibility of appropriate reform right now…
These groups all have wonderful names. This one is Working America. It is a great name, but can you find them? There is no way to find them. Mr. McHENRY. This goes right to my point. Somebody calls you and says they are with Working…
There is no way to know who is paying for it, and there is no way to contact them. You are absolutely right. Mr. McHENRY. What group do they say they are with?
I appreciate you so much pointing out one of the stock and trades of the 527s, which is what I call ``the politics of division.'' And it is so often used because it pits one group against another. And it is cynical and it is not an honest…
You mentioned one person, George Soros. I just happen to have prepared a poster here, because you talk about big money in politics, and the stated goal by some was to get big money out of politics. In fact, that is exactly what has not…
today, I recognize an American who has given so much to our community and our country. In January of this year, Michael Matthews of the Roswell, Georgia, Police Department was named the 2005 Officer of the Year for his work as a patrol…
Thank you, Congresswoman Drake, very much. You have just really clarified and crystalized the components of our immigration bill that we passed last December. And I know that some of us have shared our frustration with the folks at home…
when enrollment began for the new Medicare prescription drug plan last November, most American people heard only about what was wrong with the program. Now, after 3 months in the new program, have you heard the good news? Last week, the…
I want to thank the Conference for allowing me to join some of my friends and colleagues this evening and talk about some issues that we have heard a little bit about so far this evening and talk about some other matters as they relate to…
thank you so very much. I appreciate you coming and joining us this evening, and I think that you pointed out some very important perspectives that the constituents that I have at home would agree with, I know, and that is that illegal…
Thanks for your participation, and your words tonight really were right to the point. We are fond of saying in the Official Truth Squad, quoting Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who had a wonderful quote that goes, ``Everyone is entitled to their…
It really does. A picture really is worth 1,000 or a million words, certainly, and this one certainly is. In fact, it is worth 4.73 million words, because every one of those 4.73 million new jobs is demonstrated on this picture here, on…
I appreciate so much, again, the gentleman's coming. Really, it is a positive picture, because what it says is that we ought to be looking at our founding document. That is a positive uplifting picture. I guess what is one of the most…
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