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Deborah Koff Ross is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development during her time in office. Ross has been an advocate for women's rights and has worked to promote policies that support families and children. Before her election to Congress, she served in the North Carolina General Assembly, where she was known for her commitment to public service and community engagement.
The gentlewoman is so right, and I appreciate her sharing her experiences. I was at Pine Bluff High School on Monday, speaking to a couple of classes, history classes, and that is one of the things we talked about was the debt, the deficit…
I thank Mr. Costa for joining us this evening to discuss these issues that are so important to not only today's generation but to our children and grandchildren. This week on the floor of the House there is going to be a very close vote…
Ten thousand four hundred and seventy-seven remain in this hay meadow at the Hope Airport while people continue to live in hotels, camper trailers, and military-style tents. It is horrible. {time} 2100
this evening, as on each Tuesday evening, I rise on behalf of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition, a group of 37 of us that are fiscally conservative Democrats that are concerned about the state of affairs in America. We are…
I have to give it to this President, who has managed to give us the largest budget deficit in our Nation's history, while at the same time cutting programs that are important to people, programs for education, programs for farm families…
As we wind down this hour that we do every Tuesday night, as members of the 37-member strong fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog coalition, I would like to remind you, Madam Speaker, the reason why deficits matter, deficits reduce…
on behalf of the 37-member strong fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition, a group of 37 fiscally conservative Democrats that have a common goal, and that is to restore some common sense and fiscal discipline to our Nation's government…
Some of those are in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, several staging areas, but by far, 10,477. When you were there, there were 10,777, and the good news is 300 have left. There is still 10,477 manufactured homes, brand new, fully…
I do not see a sufficient number standing. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Constitution, one-fifth of those present is a sufficient number.
I only see one Member standing on this motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair's count is not subject to question, and the Chair observed a sufficient number. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8…
In 60 minutes, in 1 hour, our national debt has increased to the tune of approximately $41,666,000 and some change. And so you can see an hour ago what the debt was: $8,270,909,436,190. That is no longer true. It is now $8,270,951,102,190.
A highlight from the financial report of the United States Government, this official government publication, you can find this on page 23, of the 26 agencies scored under the President's management agenda, 17 of them were deemed to have…
I appreciate the co-chair for policy of the Blue Dog Coalition and a very important member of the Budget Committee bringing to the taxpayers' attention this little-known document, the financial report of the United States Government…
I come to the floor of the United States House of Representatives this evening as a member of the fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition, a group of 37 fiscally conservative Democrats who are outraged, absolutely appalled by…
Well, every business in this country is required to use the accrual method if the business has inventory, if the business is a C corporation, or if gross annual sales exceed $5 million. So for any corporation, any business that meets one…
Those are the FEMA trailers. FEMA has spent an estimated $431 million of our tax money purchasing some 11,000 brand new, fully furnished, manufactured homes.
Now we have about 6 or 7 minutes left this evening to talk about being good stewards of our tax money, about being good stewards of the public trust. But as I promised at the beginning of this hour, our national debt, about an hour ago…
Nobody. Here is the story. FEMA shows up in Hope, Arkansas, my hometown. I now live 16 miles down the road in Prescott, Arkansas. They show up at city hall and say, we understand you have these inactive runways as a result of World War II…
Again, it takes a lot of skill for this administration, this Republican-led Congress, to give us the largest budget deficit ever in our Nation's history while also managing to cut all the programs that matter to people at the same time…
Based on the accrual-basis form of accounting, the real United States deficit in 2005 was $760 billion.
The gentleman is so right in his assessments. We do need to be borrowing money from foreign central banks and foreign investors. And, in fact, I believe it should be an American company that manages our ports. And with the cuts, we know…
Again, we have got to be good stewards of our tax money. We have got to be good stewards of this country. We have got to get our Nation's fiscal house back in order. We must restore fiscal responsibility to our government. It affects every…
Very good points, and I thank the gentlewoman for sharing that with us. In this new budget the President has given us, domestic non-homeland discretionary spending is cut by $5.3 billion below the 2006 level and $16.8 billion below the…
And yet the Republican leadership fails to bring the bill to the floor for a vote?
Number four, require agencies to put their fiscal houses in order. Again, 16 of 23 major Federal agencies cannot issue a simple audit of their books. The Federal Government cannot account for $24.5 billion it spent in 2003. The Blue Dogs…
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