Peter Torkildsen: “I am talking about the welfare system in the United States today. We have allowed a program designed to assist those in…”

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 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…

State maritime academies like Massachusetts Maritime operate their ready Reserve ships at one-third of that expended by the Federal Government to maintain similar vessels in a like readiness status. These academies provide a high return on…

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…