H.R. 1609, which names a postal facility located at 201 West Boston Street in Brookfield, Missouri, after the late Admiral Donald Davis, was introduced by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Graves) on April 3, 2003. Admiral Davis had a very…

on Saturday, May 3, 2003, the Chicago ``DODO'' Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen, Incorporated, in concert with Black Pilots of America will honor three of Aviation's Pioneer African American Women of Color, Bessie Coleman, Willa Beatrice Brown…

I want to commend again the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) for providing the opportunity for this moment. I believe that it is moments like this on the floor of this House that speak to the greatness of this Nation and how…

I rise today to honor Students in Free Enterprise for their dedication and outstanding work. SIFE provides leadership training, regional competitions, and opportunity fairs for thousands of college students. Established in 1975, Students…

H. Con. Res. 149 is a concurrent resolution expressing support for the celebration of Patriots' Day and honoring the Nation's first patriots. The measure expresses support for the annual celebration of Patriots' Day and recognizes the…

let me commend the chairman, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Manzullo) and the ranking member, the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez), for bringing this legislation to the floor. Mr. Speaker, small businesses are the economic…

democracy is the cornerstone of our government. True democracy allows room for dissent, discussion, and demonstration. Last week, students from around the country arrived in our Nation's capital to demonstrate in support of affirmative…

I will simply close by stating that my mother used to say that a penny saved is a penny earned and my father used to say if one takes care of their nickels, the dimes will take care of themselves. It seems to me, that kind of logic is…

as I was about to come over, there was a young man in my office visiting one of my staffers, Lance Corporal Jason C. Smedley, and he was proudly displaying his Purple Heart. He had been wounded in an attack in An Nasiriya, Iraq, on March…

I was indeed fortunate as a teenager to attend the Arkansas Mechanical and Normal College, which is now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. While this was one of the historically black colleges and universities, it did not have a…

as I listened to the debate and as I listened to the virtues of the proposed legislation and as I listened to those who expressed opposition, it would seem to me that there ought to be a middle ground, that there ought to be a point where…

I will just make two observances in closing. One is to follow up on the comments of Mr. Faleomavaega, that there is a tremendous need for parenting classes and parenting help, for many of our young parents, especially, who have children…

H.R. 917, which names a postal facility located at 1830 South Lake Drive in Lexington, South Carolina, after Floyd Spence, was introduced on February 25, 2003, by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Wilson). Floyd D. Spence, a former…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 981, which designates a postal facility located at 141 Erie Street in Linesville, Pennsylvania, after James R. Merry was introduced by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. English) on February 27, 2003. Mr. Merry was a…

on Friday, March 28, at 1 o'clock, I shall join the Chicago Urban League, several Chicago land chapters of the NAACP, the National Association of Health Service Executives, the National Alliance of Black School Educators, and others in a…

I rise in support of the Cummings-Owens-Kucinich-Lee substitute. The Republican budget contains no specific Medicare or Medicaid cuts, but the fact is it mandates a 1 percent cut in all mandatory spending, which translates to approximately…

in Chicago, an electrocardiogram is misread and the patient dies of a heart attack. A rare heart disorder is mistaken for a back strain and kidney stone. The patient dies. Both of these cases are about real people and real pain. In both…

Mr. Speaker, the National Visiting Nurse Association of America, VNAA, is the official association for not-for-profit, community-based home health organizations known as Visiting Nurse Associations. VNAs care for patients of all ages, from…

O, let America be America again, the land that never has been yet, and yet must be; the land where every man is free. The land that's mine, the poor man's, Indian's, Negro's, me, who made America, whose sweat and blood, whose faith and…

House Concurrent Resolution 36 encourages the people of the United States to honor and celebrate the 140th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and commends President Abraham Lincoln's efforts to end slavery. Though a man of humble…

I am pleased to join in strong support of this amendment in tribute to Patsy Mink. But more importantly, I support this amendment because it speaks more directly to the needs of needy families than H.R. 4, families who need opportunities…

I have always been told that when you begin with a faulty premise, you are likely to end up with a faulty conclusion. When you continue to give large, multiyear tax cuts to the most wealthy, how in the world do you expect to have enough…

I rise in support of S. 141 to improve the calculation of the federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans. Although, each year the Office of Management and Budget calculates the federal cost of guaranteeing small…

Mr. Speaker, a bigger-than-life screen actor and television personality, Ronald Reagan moved from being Governor of California in the 1960s to President of the United States and dominating American politics in the 1980s. He was the first…

like many others, I waited to hear Secretary of State Colin Powell. I must confess that it was interesting to hear, watch, and to see; but I did not see anything that is going to cause me to change my position that there is no need to go…