Sue Myrick

Mr. Speaker, the American people get it. They understand Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to be reformed. The Federal Government has spent, as you have heard over and over, $145 billion in taxpayer dollars to prop up these two government…

I rise today in tribute to Lance, Inc., a snack food company that is based in my district. Lance is the number one seller of peanut butter crackers in United States grocery stores. It operates manufacturing plants in seven States. The…

I support this bill, and if there is a problem with speculators, yes, we need to get to the bottom of it, but we also need to look at our supply and start using our own resources. Yes, it may be a stopgap to take us on to alternatives…

I would like to honor the Meineke Company today and their efforts to employ ex-offenders who have participated in the Second Chance Program. Meineke is one if not the first national company to actively hire ex-offenders returning from…

I would like to honor the career of a man whom I am proud to call both a constituent and a friend. Ric Flair's professional wrestling career of 36 years, in which he entertained millions of people around the world, recently came to a…

Every time a constituent of mine talks about college there is mention about how much it costs, and they tell me about their struggles and the choices they have to make in order to put their kids through college. Millions of families sit at…

we've lost another great American who always put others before herself. She was devoted to her husband, Chuck, her two boys, Charlie and Chris, and her granddaughter, Charlotte, as well as all of the people she served. She and I were close…

this amendment unfairly penalizes consumers in States like North Carolina, where investor-owned utilities provide a majority of the State's power using coal-fired generation and nuclear power, and it also undermines the State's Renewable…

it's truly my honor to welcome Dr. Mark Harris of Charlotte, North Carolina, to the House of Representatives. He is a dynamic and a true leader in our city, and a graduate of Appalachian State University and Southeastern Baptist…

Today, I reintroduce the Scott Gardner Act. Tragically, Scott Gardner, who was a loving husband and father, was killed by a drunk illegal alien who remained in our country even though he had previous DWI convictions. And we have had other…

Iraq is just one battlefield in this multigenerational struggle against radical Islamist jihadists, but it is a very important battlefield. This is the beginning stage of a multigenerational worldwide struggle that will last throughout our…

Monday marked the cut-off date for all seniors to sign up for the new Medicare prescription drug plan. And I am happy to announce that more than 38 million seniors, representing more than 90 percent of all seniors on Medicare, now have…

to date, more than 30 million Americans have signed up for the new Medicare prescription drug program, and that is because it saves them money. An AARP survey found that almost 80 percent of those enrolled in the Medicare prescription drug…

I have been a part of a group of people that have worked on this bill. Primarily my friend from Massachusetts (Mr. Delahunt) and I some 5 years ago started working on this bill. This is a very good bill. I urge Members to support the rule…

H.J. Res. 106 proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. The amendment states that "Marriage in the United States shall consist solely of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this constitution…

Marbury v. Madison is entirely consistent with H.R. 3313. It established the principle of judicial review and stands for the proposition that the Supreme Court has the final say on the issues it decides, provided either the issues it…

I would like to clarify the actual wording of what this bill does. It does not favor or disfavor any particular result or any group of people. It is motivated by a desire to preserve for the States the authority to decide whether the…

This bill seeks to utilize the constitutional authority of Congress to limit the jurisdiction of the Federal judiciary to hear cases which may arise as a result of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, otherwise known as DOMA. The bill…

It is obviously political season, and when it is politically convenient, deficits are a huge problem on the other side of the aisle, but they are not willing to make any sacrifices in any other areas to be fiscally responsible to all of…

As a member of the committee now for 6 years, I want to say a special word of thanks to the chairman of the committee, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Goss). This will be the last bill that he will present to the House of Representatives…

This is must-do legislation. It is also the most robust Intelligence Authorization Act the House has ever considered, and it is consistent with the Defense appropriations bill the House passed yesterday by an overwhelming vote of 403 to…

I believe most Americans, as I was, were extremely upset by the images they saw on television of prisoner abuse in Iraq, and the horrific actions just defy everything that America stands for and Americans stand for: goodness, decency…

I am glad the gentleman agrees that we need tax relief and we need fiscal constraint, because the budget we are looking at bringing forward, of course, has a freeze on spending, which is a very important part of this to reduce the deficit…

H.R. 3966 is based on a simple principle. Colleges and universities that accept Federal funding should also be willing to provide military recruiters the same access as other prospective employers to students in ROTC scholarship programs…

Mr. Speaker, I want to rise today to defend the thousands of people in the State of Washington who have no job and no unemployment benefits. Thousands more in our State face the same dire circumstances over the next 3 months. The…