G. K. Butterfield

last week, President Bush had a chance to change the direction of the war in Iraq, but he rejected it. He rejected a plan that would finally hold the Iraqi Government accountable for meeting the benchmarks that he laid out earlier this…

it is absolutely correct: 4 years ago President Bush stood before this sign declaring ``Mission Accomplished,'' but today he insists on staying the course. To accomplish our own mission, President Bush needs to listen. He needs to listen…

Madam Speaker, this Nation has yet to fully come to terms with and recognize the institution of slavery that existed in this country for so long. Slavery is perhaps the most underrecognized crime against humanity in the history of the…

I too rise this evening to honor the life and work of my colleague and friend, Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald, who has passed from labor to reward. Juanita was a warm and caring individual. She worked very hard in this body to…

last month during his State of the Union message, President Bush said that it is possible to balance the budget without raising taxes, but that is not the case. The President's health care proposal would increase taxes on more than 30…

just how many people need to tell the President that his troop escalation plan is a terrible idea before he actually begins to listen? The American people sent the President a strong message last November that they no longer want our…

first let me thank the delegate from the District of Columbia for giving me this time this evening to speak on this most important subject. I have watched Eleanor Holmes Norton since I have been in the Congress, and she has worked so…

the Republican leaders of this Congress talk about what they have accomplished during this session. But the fact is, that we have met fewer days than any Congress in history. I am ashamed to say that they have made us the most do nothing…

in the coming days, millions of American seniors are going to see why the Republican prescription drug plan was written to help the pharmaceutical companies and the private insurance companies rather than to help our seniors. Republicans…

Likewise, Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Simmons) that the House suspend the rules and agree to the concurrent…

I yield 5 minutes to a distinguished member of the House Armed Services Committee, the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Davis).

House Republicans are ignoring the priorities of America's families. Once again they refuse to bring up one single bill that will help working families who are struggling to make ends meet. This morning I would like to offer my Republican…

let me first thank the leadership on both sides of the aisle for their bipartisan work on this great, historic legislation. Mr. Speaker, this legislation was enacted weeks after I finished high school in eastern North Carolina. At that…

House Republicans have a chance to give more than 6 million Americans a much-deserved pay raise. Would you believe that the minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years? It is the second longest amount of time that hardworking Americans…

the House is back in session for yet another week. The sad fact is that this House has only been in session 43 days this year; but once again, the Republican majority refuses to schedule any meaningful legislation to address our Nation's…

today is the 130th day of 2006. Guess how many of those days this House has been in session to address the needs of the American people? Twenty-nine. Twenty-nine. This is only the 29th voting day of the year here in the House of…

after I was elected to Congress more than 18 months ago, it became apparent to me that the decision of the United States Navy to site an outlying landing field in Washington County, North Carolina, was a decision with no rational basis. As…

gasoline prices are once again on the rise. Over the last 2 weeks, prices are up by 14 cents, 40 cents higher than at this same time last year. Americans are looking to Washington for relief, but no relief has occurred. That is because…

if I have no more speakers, and I do not think that I do at this time, I yield back the balance of my time.

on rollcall No. 562, had I been present I would have voted ``nay.'' On rollcall No. 563, had I been present I would have voted ``aye.'' ____________________

on June 1, 2005, U.S. Army Corporal Phillip Charles Edmundson of my home community of Wilson, North Carolina, became the first war casualty since Vietnam. I rise today to remember his bravery by reading a poem he wrote just prior to his…

last week the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), majority leader, blamed House Democrats for the fact that the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has still been unable to hear the case against him. Mr. Speaker, House Democrats are…

these attacks against the gentlewoman from California (Leader Pelosi) and Senator Durbin are nothing more than an attempt by the congressional Republicans to divert attention away from the war in Iraq to comments made by two of our…

tonight we have all talked about how sweet and how wonderful it was for the University of North Carolina to be crowned as the NCAA Champions. But Mr. Speaker what makes this team so special is how well they exemplified what it means to be…

During World War II, the island of Iwo Jima was strategically located. It contained three airstrips which had been used to stage kamikaze attacks on American ships. The island was home to three airstrips which had been used to stage…