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American politician (1927–2002)
It is sad indeed that so soon after the New York tragedy we are back here again memorializing firefighters who died in the line of duty. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of the members of their families. But I will reinforce what I…
What I know is bad enough. It includes an across-the-board cut of 0.97%, and it undermines the Administration's class-size reduction initiative.
The Republican leadership has provided us with no opportunity to amend this measure. We are being denied the opportunity to offer an amendment on behalf of our constituencies.
Although adopting these bills through a series of continuing resolutions is very costly to the taxpayers, it provides us with time to debate and amend these measures properly and constitutionally.
The bill must originate in the House of Representatives. We must be given the opportunity to debate and amend this measure.
Today we are considering the conference report on the so-called Labor-HHS FY2000 appropriation measure, even though this measure has not even been voted on by the House.
This amendment which unconstitutionally denies legal permanent residents the protection of the first amendment right of free speech and which will cause a discriminatory and insulting effect on the rights of U.S. citizens who are ethnic…
Any class of citizens having to prove their citizenship in order to exercise their basic first amendment right is an insult to all U.S. citizens.
This amendment will also have a discriminatory and embarrassing effect on the rights of U.S. citizens who are ethnic minorities.
To state that legal permanent residents should only be allowed to exercise their constitutional right of free speech when they become U.S. citizens displays a dangerous misunderstanding of constitutional law.
It would be unconscionable and beyond the scope of power of this Congress to pass this amendment and rob a whole class of people of a constitutional right.
Passage of this amendment will send a message to thousands of legal permanent residents that we as a nation want them to contribute to our economy, join our military, fight and die for our country but we do not want them to exercise their…
This amendment seeks to unfairly and unconstitutionally shuts them out of the political process.
Legal permanent residents of this country are here in the United States working, paying taxes, fighting in the military, and they have even sacrificed their lives for this country.
My bill corrects the problem of the earned income tax credit by simply reducing the minimum age requirement to 21 years of age.
It is extremely unfair to deprive someone in this financial situation the benefits of the earned income tax credit merely because he or she has not reached the age of 25.
Many workers today struggle to make a living wage. This credit provides these workers with a financial boost to help them in their struggles.
For the sake of human rights and democracy, I urge my colleagues to support the Moakley amendment to end funding for the SOA.
It is not in American interests to continue support for the U.S. Army School of the Americas.
I rise to express my support for the Moakley amendment to H.R. 2606, Foreign Operations Appropriations for FY2000.
Does the amendment in any way set down the monitoring mechanism so that we can be assured that the responses that you have given to my inquiries will actually be the process followed by the Department of Energy?
A question by one of our colleagues, who unfortunately could not be here because there is another pressing meeting, raises the point of many of these employees are not fully conversant in English. They are limited English speakers. Many of…
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