when it comes to tax cuts the question is not whether Congress should pass a tax cut. Most Democrats and Republicans agree that we should. The question is, Where do we target the tax cuts? Mr. Speaker, we ought to pass a tax cut that will…

now that the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the background check provision of the Brady law, it is imperative that we have Federal legislation so that States with strong gun laws cannot be undermined by those with weak gun laws. Take…

let me begin by quoting a sports hero from my hometown of Chicago: I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been entrusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over…

let me just reiterate briefly the issue which we have to decide today, and that is very simply whether or not this committee, the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and whether or not this Congress will give to a committee…

It seems odd to me that 12 States will qualify for funding and 38 States will not, and when we break it down in reality, the fact of the matter is that when we consider that one-third of all murders happen in four cities, Los Angeles, New…

In America, Mr. Speaker, more violent crime is committed by juveniles ages 15 to 19 than in any other age group. If present trends continue, juvenile arrests for violent crime will more than double by the year 2010. Under the juvenile…

in many communities across our country, people are living in Hobbesian states of nature where life is nasty, beastly, brutish and, all too often, very, very short. The reason is that there is a dramatic rise in juvenile crime across this…

Today there is a new epidemic threatening our children: handgun violence. We know that handgun violence affects more than 10 times as many children as polio ever did. In fact in many States, handgun violence is the leading cause of death…

recently I voted in favor of a resolution supporting the Ten Commandments. I voted in favor of a resolution to study the economy of American Samoa. I voted for a resolution banning Federal funding for physician-assisted suicide, even…

do my colleagues know children in the United States are 12 times more likely to die because of a firearm than children in every other major industrialized nation? And that the United States has the highest rate of gun-related child…

Mr. Speaker, according to a recent study of gun deaths by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children in the United States are 12 times more likely to die because of a firearm than children in other industrial countries. The…

on behalf of the 200,000 Greek Americans of Chicagoland, I am proud to pay tribute to the 176th anniversary of Greek Independence Day. Theirs is a rich heritage to be celebrated by all Americans and those who enjoy the freedoms of…

In Chicago on Monday, a man named Stephen Young told me that his oldest son had been killed by an 18-year-old with a handgun. His son, Andrew, had earned the national ranking in speed skating and planned to attend a Chicago area tech…

as a new father I can think of nothing more important than the health of our children. It is immoral that 10 million children in this Nation do not have the comfort and protection of health insurance. In my State of Illinois, there are…

In today's America the price of the American dream comes attached to a college tuition bill. Yet rising college costs are steadily making that dream a mirage for many working families. In all too many cases, parents face the awful choice…

there is no doubt that community policing works. That is why I am here today to recommend the next logical step in grassroots law enforcement: Neighborhood prosecution. As a former prosecutor, I am proud to introduce a bill that would…