Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick: “It is important that we come to today, and I want to commend the President's administration, President Obama's…”

at this time, the Congressional Black Caucus will present our 2009 budget for the fiscal year: Tough Choices, Right Priorities. The Federal budget is $3.1 trillion. Of these four main entitlements: Medicare, programs for over 40 million…

the world is in total crisis. The conflict and the devastation in the Darfur region of Sudan is abominable. I call on the President of the United States, who named Andrew Natsios at the U.N. to be the Special Envoy, that we put the full…

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…

I first want to commend Speaker Pelosi for her leadership and tenacity, for doing the right thing for America; to Chairman Obey and Chairman Murtha for working together to bring this bill to the floor. In my 30 years of public service…