Bill Delahunt

But when it comes to Iraq, we are going to be sending hundreds of billions of dollars, as the gentleman from Illinois indicated, to build schools, to provide health care, and to provide deepwater ports, but we cannot take care of our own…

If I may, the day of the hugs and the cheers really could be numbered in hours. Since the official end of the hostility as declared by the President, almost on a daily basis, tragically, American service men and women are losing their…

But it has taken until today, today, more than 6 months later, that the White House acknowledged that that information, and let me quote what they had to say, that it was incomplete and perhaps inaccurate information from American…

The latest information is that today, today, the White House announced that when the President made the statement regarding the sale of highly enriched uranium to the Iraqi regime by a country in Africa, they made a mistake. Better late…

The number I understand now is 43 young Americans have died since the end of the formal phase of combat.

I think these are questions that have to be asked. I think it is our responsibility to ask them on behalf of the American people. We are not the only ones that are asking these questions. If there is a Blame America crowd, there are many…

Mr. Speaker, what I wanted to conclude with was this observation, and I direct it to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle: if we are unable to work out in the course of our consideration of the supplemental budget full funding for all…

I authored legislation in the last Congress that would address in a more thorough and comprehensive way the effects of corporate bankruptcies on workers and retirees. At our markup on H.R. 975, the gentleman indicated a willingness to…

I suggest that this cap is a sham. There are more loopholes in this particular provision than one can even comprehend. This is not about the individual, the average, middle-class American who earns 25-, 30- or $35,000, but it is about the…

This is Linda McDougal, and like Nathaniel and many others she too would be a victim of the underlying bill H.R. 5. She received an unnecessary double mastectomy after doctors mixed up her results, her lab results, and erroneously told her…

I promise my friend and my colleague that I will take up this cause, and I will always remember this particular story that the gentleman concluded his remarks with. I too want to share in dedicating this day to him. Again, I thank the…

I do not disagree. I think it is time we sit down and consult further with the Colombians, but on Sunday the Colombian people will begin the process of selecting a new president, a new president with different ideas, some of which we may…

I cannot agree more with the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Callahan). He is correct. The European Union has failed to meet its commitment. Let me also suggest that the Colombian Government in terms of professionalizing and providing the…

Now I am really confused, Mr. Speaker, maybe the gentleman from Texas can explain to me why the National Council of State Legislatures have registered their opposition to this bill. Maybe they have given up on the 10th amendment, also.

I am not aware of any Member of this body on either side of the aisle who favors or supports a tax or a fee on accessing the Internet to sell or purchase anything. To my knowledge, that position is shared by the governors and State…

Again let me be very, very clear. The priority that is now given to credit card debt under this proposal is vastly different and much of that debt will become nondischargeable and we will be chasing people for $80 a month while others are…

There are plenty of needles within 1000 feet of schools, housing projects and playgrounds. Unfortunately, they are dirty needles and their use is spreading AIDS and promoting drug abuse, but this amendment will do nothing, nothing to…

It is with pleasure and pride that I honor today the men and women of Local 103 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers on the occasion of an historic milestone in its long and accomplished legacy.

Let me suggest that this is about fairness. It is that simple. And it is time. Mr. Chairman, we have discussed this in the committee before. It is time to address it. I think each and every Member in this body has dealt with a family that…

There is a wonderful irony in those figures, because those who criticize LSC for counting referrals as cases fail to appreciate that referrals are what an agency does for the thousands of needy people whom it is unable to help. And even…

It would include everything that is currently embraced by the existing moratorium.

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Let us make no mistake, the online bootleggers who evade State alcohol control laws are hopefully not the future of electronic commerce. They are a throwback to a bygone era. Let us embrace E commerce and do all we can to encourage it, but…