Lee Terry

Water infrastructure is important. And certainly I see in the stimulus bill, at least the version that the House passed, that there will be investment in that infrastructure. And I think it's probably a good thing, although there's a…

Thank you. And those economists have said, when they have compared the two bills, the Republican one and the one that we are going to have rammed down our throats in the next day or two, if they give it 48 hours from now, that ours will be…

So what we also need to look at here is the $650 million, an appropriate amount for the 1.5 million. Are we, if we delay this another 4 months, even going to be able to find that 1.5 million? And I told a story the other day when we were…

I rise today in order to honor a great Nebraskan, Marlin Briscoe. Marlin was a standout basketball and football player at Omaha South High School. He attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha where he played quarterback, something…

There was a poll that was brought out last week that said that 95 percent of the homes are ready. So if 95 percent are ready today, what is the number then that we have to be at to implement the hard date? Would it be 100 percent, 99.5…

Mr. Salemme owns a business called Clearwire that actually will benefit from a delay because it puts his company into an advantageous position. Maybe that is why we are now talking about a delay of 4 months without any hearing. I would…

Under this legislation, physician-owned hospitals would be banned in the future. This includes the Bellevue Medical Center currently under construction in my congressional district. This first photo is a view of the finished--this is 48…

I, too, rise in favor of H. Con. Res. 163, which is sponsored by the gentlewoman from New Mexico, Heather Wilson. She has worked diligently on this issue and has helped raise public awareness for the 10,000 to 40,000 approximate Americans…

I'm proud to rise in favor of House Resolution 353, which is sponsored by the gentleman from Maryland, Elijah Cummings. He has worked steadfastly on this issue that affects an approximate 2 million Americans currently diagnosed with…

I yield myself the rest of our time. I've participated in some very intense debates on this House floor. And these are times that, on a bill like we have before us today, where truly we all come together. It's beyond bipartisanship, as…

I had a constituent come up to me over the weekend and say Congress has no energy plan. I corrected that person. The Democrats' leadership is no energy. Just in the last few months, Congress has voted under their leadership to take shale…

We thank Mr. Braley for bringing this made-in-America resolution to the floor today. We too on this side of the aisle want to reach out and give our condolences and our best wishes to his constituents in Iowa that are dealing with the…

I rise with Ranking Member Joe Barton and all of our Energy and Commerce colleagues in enthusiastic support of H.R. 1553 which is called appropriately the Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008. I would like to thank my…

Madam Speaker, every now and then, as Members of Congress, we have one of those moments, a moment when we feel like we can truly make a difference. This, in my view, is one of those moments, and I want to thank Congresswoman Deborah Pryce…

Thank you, and I, too, rise in support of our community health centers and the reauthorization. We have two in my district in Omaha. We have the One World Health Center. It used to be known as the Chicano Awareness Center, but now it has…

As our primary defense against injury and death from poisoning, poison control centers are a vital part of our health care system in the United States. Few people realize poisoning is the second most common form of unintentional death in…

Just 2 weeks ago, this House voted to ban the military from using synthetic aviation fuel made from coal, also known as coal-to-liquid. So here's another alternative energy source that we could use to provide aviation fuel not only to the…

free our resources. Our families have to pay $4, almost $4 a gallon to fill up. They are spending $70 just to fill up mid-size cars. We can't take this anymore, but yet we have the resources right here within the United States, whether…

I rise today with my motion to instruct to make sure that we keep a tax credit that the Senate has in its version of the farm bill for cellulosic energy and the blending. It's a dollar tax credit, and that's important that we have the…

What we are going to do is spend $300 billion to try and get us to right size that by bailing these folks out. That's just going to prolong the problem according to the economists. Two points there: If that is all that we are really going…

In closing, what we're faced with is restricted supply, ever increasing demand on oil products, on oil and gasoline, $124, just shy of $124 per barrel today, and my friends, it's just going to keep going up. And we need a plan to make sure…

I, too, rise, sticking up for American families that are struggling with the high prices of many products right now, most of which I hear from my constituents in Nebraska is about the price of gasoline at the pump. I hear about the…

I strongly support the mental health community and believe that millions of Americans living with mental health illness and addiction need access to treatment. Screening and early treatment remains an important and cost-effective way of…

December 5, 2007: that will be a day forever etched in Omaha's memory as the day a lone gunman took the lives of eight innocent people at the Westroads Mall, the Von Maur store, during the holiday shopping season. But it will also be…

On behalf of all of my colleagues here and the constituents of the Second Congressional District, our prayers go out to Barbara, his wife, and their five children. Peter passed away yesterday. He was a mere 66 years old. Many of you know…