Patsy T. Mink: “We cannot afford to wait any longer.”

I would like to read from portions of the letter that all of us received from the American Association of University Professors urging that we not enact H.R. 1992. In the second page of their letter it says the AAUP recommends, one…

I heard a commentator the other day on a talk show say that next to the civil rights, title IX has probably made the most difference in this country in opening up opportunities, and I certainly have to agree that a small effort, a deep…

last year I voted to override the President's veto of the estate tax bill. I said at that time that it was necessary for both parties to develop an effective and sensible estate tax reform bill. The Democrats accepted my advice…

Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight overwhelmed by indescribable grief and sorrow. A taking of any innocent life is an atrocity. A taking of hundreds is a massacre of monumental proportions. Yesterday, a massacre of unthinkable numbers occurred…