Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick

It is important that we come to today, and I want to commend the President's administration, President Obama's administration for nominating such a fine gentleman.

There needs to be something before we start chipping away, as Congressman LaTourette said earlier; it is sporadic and we don't have a plan.

I think we do ourselves a disservice, with limited funds; $8 billion sounds like a lot, but it is not a lot of money for these United States of America.

I think when President Obama put in the recovery package the $8-plus billion for intercity rail, high speed passenger corridor that we are talking about today, high speed rail, that it may have been a little premature just in terms of the…

It is a quick stimulus. It does put people back to work quickly.

I am from Michigan, and I just met with the director and his team last week as it relates to a vision for transportation, and some of the dollars that are put into the recovery package, Michigan, of course, needs it, and really an ailing…

My region of the world is in decimation, as you know, but there is some hope, there is always some opportunity.

I strongly support H.R. 3963, the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, the modified bill to reauthorize and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program or SCHIP. In the wealthiest country in the world…

Shame on the court. We say it's a sad day. We will regret this day.

Not at this time, but I would be happy to work with you to get that. The money has been appropriated. All of the locals that have come before our committee have asked that we give them more help. Intraoperability is a major problem. They…

I am happy to present to you a balanced budget from the Congressional Black Caucus that takes care of our veterans, that invests in the war, that makes sure that our seniors are taken care of, and that our children and their SCHIP program…

I'm ashamed of America. I'm ashamed of our government. And as a member of the appropriation's committee, I want to make sure, yes, we should approve the $10.5 billion. But it's got to go right to the people.

Absolutely it is front page. Absolutely we have to get it on everyone's radar screen. It is just as important as anything else we might do in the world, because we are talking about human life, because we are talking about people dying…

How about those National Basketball Association World Champion Detroit Pistons? Congratulations. We applaud and appreciate their fine work as they swept the Los Angeles Lakers. To Mr. Davidson, Coach Brown, and the entire Piston…

And so, Mr. Speaker, we ask Members to support the motion to recommit. Are we going to take care of the taxpayers of America and our children and our health centers and our roads and bridges? Are we going to allow a country who has $2…

I first want to say that we have for the next several hours, the next 48 hours, a general debate and a final vote on what we will do with $87 billion of the taxpayers' money that is not paid for. Are we going to saddle our children and…

H.R. 2210 will dismantle Head Start, which in these desperate economic times should be strengthened and not weakened.

Let me add that the mayor of the city of Detroit was here representing the young people. He is 32 years old and attended a historically black college; he is now a lawyer. It just demonstrates we can be anything that we want to be if we…

I want him to know he is to be admired. He is certainly a fine symbol for young people all over this world to know that when we speak up and have a conscience about what we believe, our families are better, our people are better, and our…

I represent Michigan, the border city of Detroit, one of the busiest border crossings in our country in northern America, and it is very important that we do what we need to do to secure those borders... Since September 11 I have had an…

Over 45 million seniors and over 30 million American citizens use Medicare and Social Security. At a time when we have record surpluses, we must make sure that we sustain those people and that we do what is right with the surplus. It is…

I stand as a cosponsor of this amendment, and it is a good amendment. No church in America should be denied the opportunity to participate in a developing community. The amendment that the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Paul) and I are offering…

A little over a month ago, there was a cyclone that hit Mozambique. ... I withdrew that amendment because the chairman of our Committee on Appropriations, the gentleman from Florida (Chairman Young), and the chairman of the subcommittee…

I am proud to be a Democrat. Today, Democrats in the House and the Senate will join the President and announce our Patient Protection Act. Health care is something that every American should have. Our bill and our plan, unlike the other…