Peter Torkildsen

Twenty-seven years ago as a Republican US senator from Massachusetts, I introduced the ``Brooke Amendment'' to keep rents affordable for low-income families, elders, veterans and disabled people living in public housing. Then, as now…

I think that is what this amendment does. I think some of the critics of NEA have legitimate points, but those criticisms have been addressed. Obscenity is no longer fundable, as it should not be. Certainly, that is progress that has been…

I think it is a key point where you have a large group of Members, of new blood, that you can tackle some problems that really have not been addressed in the past. But the same body passed laws to address all of those wrongs, but look…

I am talking about the welfare system in the United States today. We have allowed a program designed to assist those in need to become a monster that too often turns into a long-term addiction. Instead of helping families stay together…