Danny Davis

And I think that is one of the reasons we ended up calling this activity 'Second Chance,' because in many instances, unless individuals get that employment opportunity, then they are totally frustrated.

I think that those programs that can result in an individual being able to find employment after everything else is said and done...

I think if we could find a way somehow or another to prevent individuals from becoming drug addicted because about half the individuals who end up prison are there because of some drug related activity.

Many of them were put on the books as we decided that we needed to get tough on crime in the 1980s and the early 1990s.

I want to express real serious appreciation for the evolution of the interest and the concern that is being expressed relative to the whole question of prison reentry.

I urge Congress to please take hold of this and make it happen.

After-tax income for the middle segment of the population has been roughly stagnant for too long now.

The effect of the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts, in my district, something like 95 percent of the people living in my district get an average tax cut from the 2001 and 2003 cycle of somewhere between $45 and $50 a month.

I am very pleased that the President's budget invests in higher education, with increases in the Pell grant and making the American Opportunity Tax Credit permanent.

The one thing that I would make a comment, I think some of those tax professionals have never actually run a factory

If coal based sources of energy were to deteriorate in major portions of this country, you would lose whole mining communities.

We are searching for--the phrase 'middle ground' is tried, it is over used.

I rise to be in agreement with all of those who have edified the examples of tremendous leadership provided by the NAACP. On a personal note, though, I want to commend my wife, Vera, who is the chairman of our local Westside Branch NAACP…

I rise in strong support of both these bills, H.R. 11 and H.R. 12. I think it is an excellent way to start the new session of Congress, to start the new year. I want to commend Chairman Mill and Representative DeLauro for their strong…

Well, if you would like, I can tell you here is what the response from the GAO is. "We received your letter dated June 2, 2008, requesting that the Government Accountability Office review the feasibility and desirability of providing an…

I agree that we routinely ask the Government Accountability Office to make studies, to provide information, to give us the kind of information that we need, sometimes in much time, to make the most rational, logical and adequate decisions…

I have always been a great fan of libraries, and, obviously, I'm a great fan of the Library of Congress. And I believe that having as much information and material as we can possibly have is of great benefit not only to the preservation of…

The naming of a postal facility in Northwest America, hundreds of miles from Dr. King's civil rights battlefield in the Deep South, is a strong testimony to the far-reaching impact this pivotal figure had on our Nation as a whole. From his…

Over the weekend I had the opportunity to visit three schools in my congressional district, and I want to take the opportunity to commend and congratulate all three of them. The Walter Lutheran High School in Melrose Park, Illinois, where…

In closing, I just want to be associated with the comments of Mr. Castle, and I also want to commend Mrs. Bachmann and her family, her husband, for the outstanding role modeling which they display. I was taught that you can't lead where…

I would urge passage of this resolution. I, too, agree that when we give of ourselves, we give the very best.

I was very pleased to be the sponsor of this resolution, and I want to commend and thank all of the sarcoidosis activists who have visited my office, who have called me, who have written letters and telegrams and e-mails urging that we do…

I want to again join with all of the residents of Kansas and also indicate that they have a tremendous recruitment program because Mario Chalmers, the young fellow that people have been talking about as the outstanding player, grew up in…

There's entirely too much violence in our country perpetrated by the use of handguns. I come from a rather large city with about 3 million people, but I can tell you there were 22 shootings in Chicago over the weekend. Six individuals were…

H.R. 5517 is intended to remember the lives, service and legacy of hundreds of military men and women from the State of Texas who have served or lost their lives in service to our great country. By renaming this particular Humble, Texas…