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I know that today's session was a formality, that there would be no votes other than a voice vote; but I thought it was important to be here, to show my support for the victims of Hurricane Katrina in whatever way I could, however modest…
there are a few things in life about which I am certain. I am certain that the word ``barbecue'' means chopped pork with a vinegar-based sauce. I am certain that ordering grits north of Richmond is a terrible gamble. And I am certain that…
the presidential election in 2000 was effectively decided by the Supreme Court. In his dissent, Justice Stephens said: ``It is the confidence in the men and women who administer the judicial system that is the true backbone of the rule of…
the financial condition of American working and middle-class families is a mess. Wages are stagnant, health care costs are exploding, the individual savings rate for 2004 was 1 percent, and credit card debt is more than $800 billion. The…
the current political debate on the economy is usually over the most recent economic statistics, but our economic future depends upon our remaining the most innovative economy in the world. The policies of this current administration and…
In the last month or two, all of us in the eastern United States have been glued to our television sets watching weather reports as one Atlantic storm after another moved westward from the west coast of Africa across the Atlantic towards…
I rise to express my hometown pride in the presumptive Vice Presidential nominee of my party, John Edwards. John Edwards has been very, very successful in his life. We used to call that the American Dream. But that is not where he started…
I rise today to welcome our guest chaplain, Lester Burleson. I am proud to represent Reverend Burleson in this Chamber. Reverend Burleson is the youth minister at Wake Forest Baptist Church in Wake Forest, North Carolina, a very important…
mutual funds are how America's middle class saves. It is how young couples save for their first home. It is how middle class families save for their children's education, for their children's college, and for retirement. It is how the…
I rise to say how proud I am of the men and women now serving in our Nation's Armed Forces in Iraq. Mr. Speaker, as you know, I spent 3 days last week in Iraq as part of a Congressional delegation. I ate lunch and supper with our soldiers…
Is the Wall Street Journal out to lunch in saying that that was intentionally made as rich as it was so that nothing at all would pass? I do not expect that they have the gentleman on their speed dial the way they have Bill Thomas and Tom…
how does the gentleman from Missouri account for the public statements by Tom DeLay that this is not a priority for him and embracing the Senate position ``ain't going to happen,'' the public statement by Bill Thomas that this is not a…
I am staying up tonight, as I stayed up last week, because I think it is important that we adopt a child tax credit. I certainly knew that we could not afford it. We are digging a deep deficit hole that is going to drag down our economy…
when the House passed an $82 billion child tax credit bill a few weeks ago, I was a problem child among the Democrats. I wanted to vote for the bill. I wanted to give the tax credit to the working families who were left out by the House…
4 months ago as a brand- new Member of this House, I stood with two of my Democratic colleagues from North Carolina at the Employment Security Commission office in Raleigh. And together we called on Congress to extend unemployment benefits…
Mr. Chairman, I rise also in support of the Bell amendment. The potential benefit of nanotechnology is truly astounding, but there are also potential harmful consequences. I come from a part of the country where a century ago we imported…
we speak of the generation that fought the Second World War as our greatest generation. The men and women now serving our Armed Forces, the soldiers now in harm's way in Iraq and Afghanistan, are pretty great, too. They are dedicated and…
President Bush recently announced his opposition to the affirmative action plan used by the University of Michigan in admissions. It is troubling that the academic achievements of white students and African American students at Michigan…
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