Rae Oliver Davis

Next year will be the 30th anniversary of my graduation from the United States Military Academy. When I am back there seeing these men and women who have served this country in so many distinguished ways, through times of peace and war and…

As we revisit this event, we are correcting an egregious wrong that was done by oversight to not fully cover our veterans and those on active duty and their families. The fact that TRICARE would not fall into the so-called minimally…

Today the House is considering H.R. 4887, the TRICARE Affirmation Act. While I support the bill we have before us, I'm disappointed in another display of rushing the process. Speaker Pelosi said that we need to pass the health care bill so…

I rise in support of H.R. 4887, which would try to fix a significant flaw in the Democratic health care reform bill by including the Department of Defense TRICARE program in what is considered minimum essential coverage for the purposes of…

As I said in my opening statement, I urge support for H.R. 4851 to continue unemployment and health insurance benefits for long-term unemployed workers, along with extensions of other important expiring provisions like the Medicare…

I rise today in support of this legislation to extend important benefits that help long-term unemployed workers, including unemployment insurance and health coverage assistance through COBRA. In addition, H.R. 4851 postpones the drastic…

Ultimately, we have to go out and face this. And when we pass this health care bill, you are free to campaign against a bill that gives health coverage to 30 million Americans and that closes the doughnut hole. If you want, you can go home…

When the cashier at our local supermarket asked me about the reconciliation process and deeming and how can you pass something you don't vote on, I think the message is already at the grassroots. I would suggest that the gentleman has…

In this time of record debt, high unemployment, and uncertain economic conditions, a focus on fiscal responsibility is critical--real fiscal responsibility, not words like ``commonsense'' but applying it in a real policy. For months…

The fact that there is demonstrably less racial discrimination in every area of American life doesn't mean we get rid of Title 7.

I rise to recognize Ms. Kyla Bass of Florence, Kentucky. On February 13, 2008, Kyla distinguished herself when her father, Patrick Bass, a Desert Storm veteran, suffered a seizure. In a display of courage, maturity and composure that far…

I rise today to honor the academic achievements of two schools in Kentucky's Fourth District. Boyd County Middle School in Ashland and North Oldham Middle School in Goshen were recently recognized by the National Forum to Accelerate…

I think we're dealing with some cultural challenges in the customer service responsiveness of many of the agencies. Oftentimes in this Chamber, we highlight the poor performance of private corporations in their management, but having…

I respect greatly the work of the chairman and the ranking member to craft I think a very strong bill overall. We face problems in protecting our rural communities. I believe the three of us all have many rural communities that face…

I think it's somewhat ironic. Listening to the words of the gentlewoman from Florida reminds me of a comment that Machiavelli made centuries ago. He said: ``For this is the tragedy of man-- circumstances change, but he does not.'' It's…

during the 109th Congress, Republicans enacted historic earmarking reforms that allowed Members to challenge and debate wasteful earmarks contained in spending bills on the House floor. This was a good step towards increased accountability…

And with that, at the end of the day, what we come up with is not a majority or minority solution, not a Democrat or Republican or liberal or conservative solution. We come up with an American solution that optimizes the resources that we…

I rise this evening to honor John Bach, a pillar of our law enforcement community, and a recent retiree from the Kenton County Sheriff's Department. Mr. Bach's career is one that embodies dedication and service to this country. From 1966…

Last month more than 1,200 students from across the country visited Washington to participate in the national finals of We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution. This program is the most extensive educational program in the country…

I go back to Yogi Berra's old saying about deja vu all over again. You talk about what the right tax rate is and how do we explain it to the American people. I think it would be helpful if the Democrats would simply tell the truth. The…

You might want to share about the idea of PAYGO which means something to us as Americans and means something very different in this Congress. It is not how you balance your checkbook at home.

I think the one thing that gets lost in all this, too, I remember when I was young and I did a little work on the side when I was first in the aerospace industry and I thought it was so great to make a little bit of extra money basically…

it's the most solemn duty that I have to honor those who have served our Nation, those who have answered the call of this generation, as us in prior generations have, to answer to that call to be ready to serve and to deploy. I rise today…

some of the Democratic leadership have declared it the job of Congress to micromanage the war in Iraq. Yet we learn today that the Speaker of the House has refused to be seen face-to-face with the very military commanders whose hands will…

I received some correspondence from a colonel who came back from Iraq recently, and he shared this perspective. He shared that he had worked for General Abizaid, and he just made the comment, General Abizaid, the Central Command Commander…