Timothy Roemer

I want to first of all commend the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) and the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Harman) for their hard work on this bipartisan legislation. The gentleman from Georgia has been a leader from his position…

does the majority leader think this is a priority for the House, since it is a priority of the President of the United States, to report this bipartisan bill to the entire House?

last week U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Irish rock star Bono on a tour of Africa called attention to the need for international development to alleviate world poverty and suffering. As their trip demonstrated, impoverished…

we find ourselves here in the middle of the night voting on an emergency supplemental to help our brave Armed Forces fight and win a war because we were attacked; and 2,800 people, Americans, were killed in New York and at the Pentagon and…

If this legislation were a bill to support our troops, our brave and courageous men and women overseas, fighting terrorism, it would pass unanimously, right now. If this bill were simply a bill to protect our homeland from terrorists, it…

I am proud to have voted for a successful bipartisan welfare reform in 1996. That bill has worked to get people off of welfare roles into work, and many of them out of poverty. Now we have a Republican bill that is coming to the floor…

the bill that I referred to, as the gentlewoman from Ohio knows, was a Clinton proposal that came to the House for three different votes. It passed with bipartisan support from Democrats and Republicans working together, not excluding and…

I rise to talk about why the motions to rise from the committee, offered by the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Taylor), are a valuable contribution to this House, to the democratic principles, and actually to this bill. When we started…

I obviously rise in support, strong support, of this resolution commending the very important contribution that charter schools make to our public schools across this great land, and also to designate a week of Charter School Appreciation…

this is the people's House, and this is the consummate bill put together by the people, by the members of this committee. I thank the leaders of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Boehner) and the…

I would compliment the gentleman back, and say our work on the libraries and museums bill went in a bipartisan fashion, another very significant piece of legislation to help urban and rural libraries and museums. This bill I hope will pass…

I want to first of all state my admiration for the sponsor of this motion. This motion is a promotion of democracy. It is for free trade and it is to replace a 40-year-old failed policy with a new idea on foreign policy. As a new Democrat…

if we were playing a baseball game, it would be three strikes and then out. This is not the third but the fourth time that we have tried to do this bill in the right and the balanced and the appropriate and the bipartisan way. We finally…

this bill is dripping and glowing red, not the red of compassion of Valentine's Day, but the red of deficits and the red ink that is not paid for and will cost taxpayers across the country. This will cost taxpayers $180 billion over 5…

The poet Shelley once wrote that it is very important that children believe in belief; that children believe in Santa Claus; that children believe that pumpkins can turn into carriages; and that children believe that little elves can…

I join in the accolades and the compliments to our chairman and to our ranking member, who have brought the committee together in a bipartisan way. When we do have differences in the committee, they are settled in an inclusive way and in…

there are some in this Chamber who will not vote for any kind of trade agreement, and there are others that will vote for every kind of trade agreement, thinking it is a panacea. As a New Democrat, I believe in incorporating new ideas into…

I rise today to voice strong support for free and fair trade but also my opposition to the Representative Thomas' Fast-Track bill. As a cofounder and a current leader of the New Democrats, I am dedicated to finding new and innovative…

As a conferee on the Elementary Secondary Education Act, I was participating in a public forum advocating full funding for children with disabilities. Had I been present, I would have voted 'nay.'

I rise in very, very strong support of this motion. This bill, worked out in a bipartisan way by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula) and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), has about $525 million more for education, educating our…

as a conservative Democrat, I have worked hard for bipartisanship. I voted for a $1.3 trillion tax cut, voted for a $17 billion bill to help our airline industry, and voted for a $40 billion bipartisan emergency supplemental. But the…

I am hopeful that our distinguished chairman, who has done a very good job on our ESEA conference, will be open and amenable to including the forgiveness, not only to those who have died, but the remaining spouses, due to their hero status…

while the terrorists on September 11 may have succeeded in bringing down our World Trade Towers and temporarily scarring the Pentagon, they only strengthened our resolve to get better prepared for bioterrorism and better educate our…

first of all, before even September 11, I want to applaud the gentleman from Florida (Chairman Goss) and the ranking member, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), for working in a bipartisan way even before that tragic event. I…

I think the people of New Albany are particularly proud today. I think the people of Indiana are particularly proud today. I know the people in the United States are particularly proud today of honoring our home State leader, Lee Hamilton…