Norvell Emerson: “The Community Caring Council, which I mentioned as an entity in Cape Girardeau, has been in existence for some time, and…”

I want to thank the Speaker of the House for his graciousness in letting us bring this bill to the floor for debate tonight. And speaking of the leadership in the House, I thought it would be important to all my colleagues for a little…

with 35 million individuals, including 12 million children, either experiencing hunger or teetering right on the verge of hunger each year, the American people expect us to take every reasonable action possible to address this crisis. The…

as we mourn the passing of President Ronald Reagan, I remember one experience in 1985 that to me defines President Reagan best. It was my daughter Katharine's first visit to the White House with the Emerson family. As we approached the…

2 years ago I talked about the process and the people that convinced me to vote for H.R. 810. I discussed what the idea of pro-life means to me. I remembered my late husband, Bill Emerson, to this body and talked about the victims of…