G. K. Butterfield

As we work to resolve our Nation's fiscal crisis, we must have bipartisan cooperation to best find ways to balance economic recovery and job creation with long-term deficit reduction. Americans clearly understand the danger of debt and the…

I first arrived on the NCCU campus way back in August of 1965. It was a great year. I remember it so well. At the time, the university was named North Carolina College at Durham. It was while I was there at Central that the name was…

Thank you very much, Chairman Markey, for your leadership and thank you for bringing this important job-creating bill to the floor today. Let me just highlight a section of the bill that I worked on to guarantee that all data processing…

I had the privilege of knowing Dr. Height for at least 50 years. She and my mother, as well as Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, were very good friends. They were all active participants in the National Council of Negro Women. In the early 1950s, I…

When I recently visited a restaurant in my rural district, a gentleman approached me to say that he was a Republican and had never voted for a Democrat, but he voted for President Obama. He stated his appreciation that the President was…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support H.R. 3125, the bipartisan Radio Spectrum Inventory Act, introduced by our chairman, Mr. Waxman, who just spoke a moment ago. Mr. Speaker, last year, 2009, a Pew study found that while African Americans…

As I travel throughout my district in North Carolina, many people tell me that they have health insurance but it's not worth the paper that it's written on. They are counted as insured; but in reality, they are uninsured. For example, a…

For the past 12 to 14 months, I have watched you as you have worked tirelessly to get a finished product that we can all be proud of. And so I want to thank you on behalf of the 600,000 people that I represent in the First Congressional…

I come to the well of the House today to support the rule and to commend President Obama and the Democratic leadership for their willingness to stand up for America's families and for their willingness to be strong and steadfast in the…

Every process must end. After dozens of hearings on health care, we have all of the information that we need to create strong legislation to provide much needed health insurance reform. The American people cannot wait. It is time to vote…

I want to associate myself with the comments of my friend from Kentucky (Mr. Yarmuth) who spoke just a minute ago. He is absolutely correct, there is no more important discussion that we can have on this House floor than the subject of…

While there continues to be signs of an improving economy, it is clear that Americans still need help. In my hometown of Wilson, North Carolina, unemployment rose to 12.5 percent in December. That's one out of eight, and 73 of my 100…

Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize a friend, the late Elmer V. Wilkins, who was an outstanding educator, mayor, councilman, State board of education member, and a lifelong North Carolinian. In North Carolina, we remember E.V. as one with a…

The American people continue to struggle in this difficult economy. One of the counties in my North Carolina district is now suffering with the State's highest unemployment rate. Yes, people are hurting and need to be put back to work. The…

This is a county that doesn't have a hospital or a health center. This is a poor, rural county that is being picked on by the Navy.

I want to thank personally Congressman Waxman, Congressman Rangel, Congressman Obey and particularly their staffs for their hard work on this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, no one disputes that we're in an economic crisis. It…

Madam Speaker, without question, the people of my State in North Carolina are hurting very badly. Unemployment figures show that the number of counties with double digit unemployment actually doubled to 34 during the month of December…

This is an important issue. In my district, at least, it is very important. This is not an academic issue. It is very important. I am pleased that we now have another chance to pass this vitally important bill, because it has become…

this week we have yet another opportunity to ensure that every child in America has access to health care. And during these tough economic times, it is even more critical that we move quickly and send the Children's Health Insurance…

for years, President Bush has prioritized the needs of the wealthiest few while taking us deep into debt and into an economic recession. In the meantime, most Americans have been forgotten. That is, until the Democrats took control of…

I rise tonight with mixed emotion to recognize a young man who has devoted his young career to the House of Representatives. I am happy to report that my legislative director, Robert Earl Harris, who is also my assistant here on the House…

I certainly appreciate you, Mr. Issa, and all that you have done on the committee and particularly your staff. You've been very helpful. Also, I want to go on record in support of your comments that is not new equipment that's just sitting…

H.R. 752 codifies Executive Order 12999, making many of the provisions permanent law, but also adds provisions making this much-needed equipment far more accessible to poor and underserved regions of our country. The FEED Act, as we refer…

three members of the Army National Guard's 1132nd Military Police Company based in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, were recently killed in support of our Operation Iraqi Freedom after an improvised explosive device detonated near their…

But Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor this great American, John Henry Wooten, Sr. by naming the post office at 3100 Cashwell Drive in Goldsboro, North Carolina, as the John Henry Wooten, Sr. Post Office Building. John Wooten was a…