on the morning of October 13, 1992, Annette Freeman prepared her 7-year-old son Dantrell Davis for first grade. As was her custom, she had planned to walk with him the few blocks to school through the Cabrini-Green Housing Development in…

I do so today, however, Mr. Speaker, because I believe this body ought to be made aware, and the Congressional Record ought to record, how one of our country's major insurance companies ignored rules and regulations governing the insurance…

Crime and all of the problems that come with it have caused considerable pain in parts of my district. There are neighborhoods and communities in both the inner-city and suburban areas of America where the crime rate is high and growing…

I rise in strong opposition to the McCollum amendment which would strike the provisions of H.R. 4092 that bar execution of prisoners who demonstrate that their death sentence was imposed because of racial discrimination. I am sure that the…

I rise today to voice my opposition to S. 349, the Lobbying Disclosure Act. While I recognize and support strong efforts to bring more openness and accountability to our legislative process, I do not believe that this legislation sensibly…

I, like many of my colleagues, am very pleased that the President has submitted a budget that pays more than lipservice to the needs of Americans, both poor and not so poor. I applaud his efforts but I must say that the plan that has been…

responsibility can be hard to find around this town. In the process of trying to get reelected, we sometimes see Presidents acting in ways that are not in the most responsible and best long-term interests of our country. The growth of the…