Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick: “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…”

Mr. Speaker and Members, I stand here today as chairperson of the Congressional Black Caucus to say thank you to America, thank you to the president and CEO of NBC News network, as well as the president and CEO of CBS News network. I had…

This is about the law. This is about Michigan's law. In 1993, after 20 years of trying, the Michigan legislature--I, a member at that time, and others--passed a law that, after many referendums in the City of Detroit, a referenda would be…

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 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…