Nancy Boyda

I would just say when it comes to the issues, and clearly it just was nonsensical. Again I really appreciate the fact that before we're talking about these kinds of issues, we're talking about the plane on the merits. Because I think…

I was just thinking, I think the American people are beginning to understand by now that specifications for this tanker, this refueling aircraft that is so important to us, there were some specifications that were given, this is what we…

And as I understood it, too, one of the GAO findings was that the Airbus tanker wouldn't refuel all types of aircraft, too. So you had something that certainly was bigger. But what was found out was that bigger wasn't better in this…

Thank you very much, Mr. Inslee. I appreciate being able to join this group. And it is a good day. I think it's a very good day for America. I know that it was a good day for Kansans when we got the news that the GAO report upheld the…

without the 1944 GI Bill, I would not be standing here today. The GI Bill educated my dad after he came home from World War II. And today is his 86th birthday; so happy birthday, Dad. The GI Bill paid for his tuition, his room, his books…

I rise again with my colleague Mr. Moran to salute the 2008 national champion Kansas Jayhawks. Rock Chalk Jayhawk. Rock Chalk Jayhawk. My district includes some of the most loyal college basketball fans in the Nation. Every week they get…

I just had to come down to the floor and speak on this. No one, there isn't anybody who disagrees that we ought to be wiretapping the terrorists. No one disagrees with that. Democrats, Republicans, everyone wants to keep this country safe…

I rise today because earlier this week the House passed H.R. 948 to recognize the University of Kansas football team on their astonishing accomplishments of the last season and their victory at the Orange Bowl. I also rise this morning…

Rev. Wes Davis left the beaches of California in the early 1990s to pastor a small church in Kansas in the town of Riverton. He helped to construct the building that is the Riverton Friends Church in Cherokee County, and he helped to grow…

I rise today to ask my esteemed colleagues for their enthusiastic support for an amendment that Representative Chet Edwards and I are offering. Quite simply, this amendment makes certain that children and dependents of active service duty…

Tonight Americans across the Southeast are praying for rain. As drought conditions have stretched from weeks into months, residents face a stark reminder of how one of our most precious resources, water, can also be one of our most…

I know the fathers in this room are just as concerned as the mothers, but as we mothers stick together and stand up to keep our children safe, this bill will go a long way, and I certainly appreciate the wonderful help that we have had on…

the Department of Justice estimates last year that one in five children between the ages of 10 and 17 had received a sexual solicitation or approach while they were using the Internet. With so many threats out there, Congress must provide…

unless we act now, over 150,000 of our American troops and their families will pay sharply higher taxes. Unless Congress extends the military eligibility for the earned income tax credit, we will, through inaction, slash the EITC for…

veterans are a number one issue in the State of Kansas. We found it just appalling how shameful the lack of funding for our veterans had become. When I came to this Congress, I can't tell you how pleased I was that we put $5.2 billion of…

Last weekend, I spoke on a panel about civics and civility at Kansas State University. And during the question-and-answer time, a teacher stood up and asked me a question. She said, Do you know of any books that might be like a checklist…

I know a lot of good people are concerned about their jobs. Our trucking industry, while I'm sure you've heard the same thing as well, as of January I had to put on some pretty strict environmental controls, and they did it. They went out…

We have lots of horses in Kansas. The horse has left the barn. It has not left the barn; it is getting ready to. And then we are going to hear that it is going to be impossible to pull back. And this is what we have to do, and it just…

Absolutely. I think that really speaks for it. In July, what, 114 Members in the House also signed an urgent, urgent letter to the President, just calling on him to stop this pilot program until these safety concerns were met. Is this…

I implore the good people of America to stand up and very clearly and forthrightly, respectfully of course, say that they cannot support this, nor can they support people who are unwilling to stand up and take a stand on this.

Another Special Order on food safety and different standards of food. We have standards for food in this country. But we bring in food that doesn't even meet our own standards. Now, tell me if that makes any sense. Is it safer to eat…

So when you first started learning about this, I'm sure you thought the same that I did. Certainly, maybe we're just overreacting, maybe there are standards there, and those standards are being met and we shouldn't worry. Then you come to…

You just have to wonder who said no, and then it went to the Senate, and the Senate basically said we'll take something and we'll put it into the supplemental bill. And it also, of course, then passed as well. And again, we now have a law…

It seems like it should make sense. In the State of Kansas, I don't know in Ohio but in the State of Kansas we do triples. Do you do triples, triple trailers? We do triple trailers across Kansas. One truck pulls three trailers. And I don't…