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David E. Price is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving North Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1997 until 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Price was known for his work on issues related to education, transportation, and housing. He played a significant role in various legislative efforts, including those aimed at improving public education and expanding access to affordable housing. Price also served on the House Appropriations Committee, where he influenced federal funding allocations for his state and district.
the Republican pay-as-you- go proposal makes no fiscal sense. Leaving revenues out of the picture is like trying to fill a bucket with a gaping hole in it. It simply will not work. We did it right in 1990 when Congress and the President…
I intend to vote for H. Con. Res. 460, a resolution regarding Israel's security and the principles of Middle East peace. I welcome this opportunity to explain my reasoning to my colleagues. The resolution, which was formulated with more…
That is a larger issue. My bill would simply deal with these purges and the fact that there often have been mistaken purges. It would give people who were purged the chance to respond. I again want to commend the gentleman from New Jersey…
No matter whether we are talking about a malfunction intended by no one or something much more mischievous or fraudulent, a system like there where you have no way of checking, no back-up system, simply leads people to suspect the worst…
What the gentlewoman from Florida said about this purging of supposed felons, these purges were exempted from protection under the National Voter Registration Act. So many districts purged, as I understand, their voting roll before the…
So the problem is that thousands of Floridians were purged who had no felony convictions. They were unjustly denied their right to vote. Just think about how frustrating and disillusioning it would be to show up at the polling station and…
what would your nightmare budget look like? Can you a imagine a budget that would cut support for homeland security and small business development, that would do virtually nothing to improve one of the most sluggish economic recoveries in…
this chart tells an important story about pay-as-you-go rules, about the importance of the real pay-as-you-go rule that was adopted as part of the bipartisan budget agreement in 1990 and the folly, as our budget goes back into deep…
I must give my Republican colleagues credit. They have used numbers and rhetoric very cleverly over these last 2 days, but I would urge my fellow Americans watching this debate to pay very, very close attention to the way the numbers are…
Mr. Chairman, this budget represents the worst of both worlds. It sends our national debt spiraling out of control, yet, in the process, it provides very little stimulus for an economy that is still struggling to create jobs, and it cuts…
I join the authors of this resolution in commending the Iraqi people for their courage in the face of oppression and in praising the valiant service of the United States and coalition forces in Iraq. We are as proud as we could possibly be…
we began this effort years ago with a relatively simple concept: let us add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare, giving help to the countless older Americans who so desperately need it. But this bill has ended up doing the very thing…
I will vote for the Syria Accountability Act today, but I will do so with some serious reservations. Permit me to take a moment to explain. I will vote for the bill because I deplore the terrorist attacks inflicted on Israel and understand…
our Nation faces a tremendous challenge in Iraq and Afghanistan, with troops in the field and the threat looming of a reversion to tyranny or chaos. Because we cannot walk away from the need to sustain our troops and to stabilize these…
the town of Edenton, North Carolina, is a beautiful town. At one time, it was capital of North Carolina. It took a devastating hit in this storm, and the previous high-water mark, I think, was probably Hurricane Hazel in the 1950s, to say…
the President's request of an $87 billion supplemental appropriation on top of $79 billion already appropriated has prompted renewed debate over our military operations in Iraq, our plans for the subsequent reconstruction of that country…
once again we are considering a supplemental appropriations bill that ignores the crisis affecting many of our community service organizations around the country. Before the August recess, this House, at the insistence of the Republican…
The figure I recall is about $1.76. That is because people who are in those straits are trying to support their families and tide themselves over until they can get work. So they are going to turn around and spend that money immediately.
Just to add to the gentleman's thought, we got off of a disciplined path toward debt reduction. Whatever else we did in the way of new investments or tax cuts, we certainly should have reserved a certain amount of that anticipated revenue…
Absolutely. That is money down a rat hole as the gentleman very convincingly, maybe did not use quite those elegant terms, but that is what the gentleman said earlier. That is money anybody in this body could think of better public and…
Eleven cents. Eleven cents. That is the stimulus you get for every dollar of lost revenue. So there must be some other reason, do you not think, for that tax cut on dividends and for those tax cuts on the wealthiest people in this country…
this did not have to be. There are historical examples of other kinds of leadership. This chart indicates where we have been with the deficit and for a brief couple of years the surplus in this country as a result of some courageous…
And people certainly understand when the claim is made that the deficit spending is for economic recovery. They are very quick to see the hollowness of that promise because it clearly is not having that effect. In fact, it is deepening our…
today we are considering a stripped-down supplemental appropriations bill that contains funding for FEMA disaster relief. As a representative from a State that benefits from this funding, I have no problem with including FEMA funding in an…
H.R. 2427 is both a diversion and a danger. It is a diversion from the prescription drug coverage we should be providing. What have we done instead? We have instead passed a Republican Medicare bill which actually denies the Secretary of…
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