Christopher John: “I beg of my colleagues to end this sad chapter in America. We have damaged the fiber of our representative democracy. We…”

truly a budget debate is strictly over priorities, priorities on what one does with one's money. The indisputable champion of debt reduction is the Blue Dog budget, $5.7 trillion, $21,000 for every man, woman, and child to pay off our…

Today I intended to offer an amendment to fund the fight against mosquito borne illnesses such as the West Nile virus. However, due to the agreement for limited debate on the Labor-HHS Appropriations legislation I was not able to offer the…

while I rise in opposition to the Markey- Johnson amendment, I appreciate the Committee on Rules making it in order that we can have a good debate on this very important issue. As a former member of the House Committee on Resources, I had…

I am very proud to stand up here today to congratulate two national championships from the same city. I think that is an accomplishment that we all in Louisiana, and certainly the Congressman from Baton Rouge, should be very proud of. As…