Last week, when most of us were in our respective districts, representatives from community health centers around the country came to Capitol Hill to remind us of the essential role they play in our communities. I hope that the staff of…

Crafting the congressional budget resolution is a statement of our national priorities.

I urge the committee to authorize robust funding for programs that have proven to be successful in strengthening our local communities and creating greater opportunities for all of our citizens.

Continuing to adequately fund the programs that mean the most to these communities is vitally important to our long-term success.

I think, as I mentioned, the hundreds of our local leaders who have converged in Washington, D.C., earlier this month, and they visited all of their Members of Congress, bipartisan, they were to a person supportive of these kinds of grants.

Helping our children thrive is an investment in our future.

Arbitrarily cutting our Federal spending back to fiscal year 2008 levels... is in my view a meat-ae approach to fiscal discipline.

I urge the Committee to authorize robust funding for programs that have proven to be successful in strengthening our local communities.

Crafting the Congressional Budget Resolution is a statement of our national priorities, and I appreciate the opportunity to offer my views on what those priorities should be.

CDBG funds have supported economic development, job creation, and facility needs for the most disadvantaged in Hawaii.

While I support the intent of this bill, I rise in reluctant opposition to H. Con. Res. 28, legislation introduced by Congressman Kucinich directing the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan within 30 days. I agree with…

I grew up in Fukushima, Japan, where earthquake preparedness is part of life, but nothing could have prepared any nation for the natural disasters that occurred on Friday. While my mother has successfully contacted our relatives in Japan…