Donna Edwards

the Federal Government's oversight of offshore and oil gas drilling was too lax. We didn't do the job.

The confusion surrounding the chain of command was exacerbated by the number of governmental agencies that comprised the unified response.

I want to underscore the large challenges that the response teams faced, and the lessons that ought to be learned in the aftermath of this catastrophe.

Thank you to the chairman for your leadership and your vision. I rise today in strong support of the work that you have put in on America COMPETES. It's legislation that's going to usher in a new era of scientific and economic leadership…

In 2006, Warren Buffett wrote, ``There's class warfare, but it's my class, the rich, that's making war, and we're winning.'' Today, in this bill, Mr. Buffett's sentiment rings as startlingly true today as it did 4 years ago. I rise in…

Where is Robin Hood when you need him? I rise today to express my profound sadness about the tax bill that was passed by the Senate and set to pass in this House that benefits the wealthiest of Americans at the expense of putting billions…

I'd like to thank the gentlewoman from New York. As of this morning, I was not prepared, much to my disappointment, to support this rule, but I do support the rule now and the ability of this House to move forward on this tax cut bill. It…

Well, Madam Speaker, here we go again. Today and every day in this Chamber my Republican colleagues stand here and blame Democrats for failing to create jobs. What nerve they have when they haven't voted for one jobs bill for the American…

I have to tell you, it really troubles me to be here this evening because once again we have to point to action by House Democrats to bring jobs to the American people and inaction by our Republican colleagues, particularly those who sit…

Day after day my Republican colleagues stand in the well of this Chamber blaming Democrats for failing to create jobs. As a Democrat who voted time and time again in this House of Representatives to create jobs for working families, I am…

Look, at 3 o'clock this afternoon, 2,742,660 Americans were denied an extension of their unemployment benefits. It's just that simple. And I have heard the arguments on the other side, but when a liberal goes in to buy bread, nobody says…

I thank my colleague from Ohio for keeping our focus on working people and on the struggles of working people, particularly this environment, this recession, coming out of this recession, people who have lost their jobs, people who need…

I rise with regret today to express my concern about proposed changes to the DISCLOSE Act that I cosponsored. One particular change is deeply troubling--both on the politics and the policy. Having worked on campaign finance and ethics…

Thank you. It's really my pleasure to stand here with my good friend Congressman Dingell in honoring the incredible life and career and advocacy of Ron Gettelfinger, who retired just last week after a distinguished union career that began…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of this resolution to congratulate the Urban Prep Charter Academy on the wonderful accomplishment of sending every one of their 107 graduates on to college this year. For some students, getting an…

In 2003, Republicans said they were overhauling Medicare, but all they succeeded in doing was creating a prescription drug doughnut hole that, in 2009 alone, forced 63,000 Maryland seniors to pay thousands of dollars out of pocket, forcing…

I rise today to urge a ``yes'' vote on this en bloc amendment as well as on the underlying legislation. Most specifically, the amendment that I led directs the Department of Defense to start accounting for the domestic employment impact of…

I would like to first say thank you very much to our Chairman Gordon, who's been a really tremendous leader, and especially as we move forward. What I think is-- I know it's the America COMPETES Act--but I think of it as the 21st-century…

And, finally, looking at what we're doing in the manufacturing sector, we have amendments that strengthen the manufacturing extension partnerships that really allow the National Institutes of Standards and Technology in my congressional…

I join millions of Americans to demand that finally Congress get to the business of reforming Wall Street. Let's get a bill to the President and let's let him sign something that benefits Main Street. Eighteen months ago, I joined working…

I want to first thank Representative Andrews for introducing the IMPROVE Act, H.R. 5013, and to Chairman Skelton for all their hard work on this legislation and really steadfast support of our armed services. My amendment will help…

Let me just conclude--and I thank you, Mr. Andrews, for your comments because it's so true that as a Nation we have already seen the beginnings of an economic recovery, what looks to be a strong economic recovery, but we need to make sure…

I rise today to mourn and to join our Nation in mourning Dr. Dorothy Height. She was an American icon who dedicated her life to racial justice and to gender equality. And at a time when women and African Americans were regarded as second…

I rise today in support of the Clean Estuaries Act, H.R. 4715, because I have seen firsthand the positive ecological and economic role that conservation and protection--indeed, attention--can play in improving the health of our Nation's…

Today, as Americans put the finishing touches on their tax returns, they'll see that Congress and this President have enacted tax cuts that benefit middle class and working class families. Despite the echo chamber of right wing…