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Bill Pascrell is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey's 9th congressional district since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been an advocate for various issues including healthcare, education, and infrastructure. Throughout his tenure, Pascrell has focused on improving the quality of life for his constituents and has been involved in numerous legislative initiatives aimed at supporting local communities.
there is a credit card problem here on the House floor. You know what it would take to balance the budget while preserving these tax cuts? Let's take a look at your budget. To balance the budget by 2016, only 10 years away, while making…
a recent General Accounting Office investigation in 2004, which I am holding in my hand, concluded that gasoline refineries have intentionally limited their capacity to keep gasoline prices high and their profits up. You did not write…
to the chairman, my good friend from Georgia, I thank you for bringing this to the floor, and the ranking member. I rise today, Mr. Speaker, in support of House Concurrent Resolution 99, legislation designed to bring attention to what I…
I hope the gentleman from North Carolina stays on the floor. You know, I am dismayed because this is the first time in a long time that this branch has upped the President's ante. This budget, the scheme that you defend, might be the only…
yesterday congressional Democrats unveiled our detailed agenda to fully secure our Nation. Since 9/11, we have worked to make America safer, and we have attempted to work in a nonpartisan way, the record will show. Immediately after 9/11…
this past Saturday, March 25, came and went, and not enough of us took notice of its significance. March 25, 1911, was the anniversary of the tragic Triangle Fire, an event that truly encapsulated the lengths to which industrial greed was…
I wish to include these in the extension of remarks. I want to speak in strong support of H.R. 1096--legislation to help restore the Thomas Edison National Historic Site. I congratulate my colleague Scott Garrett for introducing this…
I wish to submit these comments for extension of remarks. I would like to speak in strong support of H. Res. 657, a resolution honoring the contributions of Catholic Schools and thank Mr. Kennedy for his good work. As a proud graduate of…
I first of all commend the chairman and the ranking member for putting a great bipartisan bill together concerning government-sponsored enterprises. In addition to establishing a very strong, independent regulator, the legislation will…
I regrettably was absent from votes this evening due to commitment in my Congressional District. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 521 on approving the previous days Journal; ``yea'' on rollcall No. 522, to…
we all know that the current system for distributing grants is fundamentally broken. I applaud the fact that this bipartisan conference report gives the Secretary of Homeland Security the flexibility to distribute more money based on risk…
I oppose the rule on the basis of an exclusion of some very pertinent amendments, but I have to respond to what I just heard. It is not the church that hires the individual, it is the Federal Government's money that is being utilized. You…
and so it continues. This is a partisan, counterfeit commission if I have ever seen one proposed today, and I have two simple questions: Will the administration escape accountability again? And the second question is this: Will the…
I rise as an opponent to the rule that is before us, and I will vote ``no'' also on the bill. I would like to go back to one of the speakers just a few moments ago who mentioned in his State Mag Mutual. Mag Mutual is one of the 12 largest…
NAFTA is the template on which this CAFTA agreement has been forged. Let us use the documented results of NAFTA to predict what will happen if Congress passes this latest flawed trade agreement. Workers will see a decrease in real wages…
the gig is up. On both sides of the aisle, regardless of how trade bills, and this is trade day, I guess, on the floor of the House, regardless of how these bills go up or down, the American public knows who is exposing and who is…
I rise for a point of personal privilege, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is unaware of any basis for a point of personal privilege at this stage. ____________________
I just heard a quote on the floor of the House of Representatives to send product to Central America or send troops. I have never heard anything more absurd or simplistic in my 9 years here in the House of Representatives. The people of…
point of privilege. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Foley). The gentleman may state an inquiry.
I would like the Chair to look into the words of the former speaker and see if any of his words should be taken down. I cannot be any more specific than that. The SPEAKER pro tempore. A demand that words be taken down as unparliamentary…
may I suggest to the gentlewoman from Ohio that it is not the Congress that is making the trade agreements. I have pointed that out before. We have surrendered that right, that power. I do not even think it is the President. What do my…
Trade agreements, as I learned about them through school and reading on my own, used to be about tariff levels and quotas. That was the basis of trade agreements. But the modern trade agreement is about much more than just importing and…
would it not be great if we put an end to it in this Congress on both sides of the aisle? The gentleman from Ohio knows better than anybody there are a number of people, I cannot count the ones and I am not taking them for granted, I never…
I ask either one of my colleagues what are the circumstances that allow us to vote for a bill where foreign investors and foreign firms are granted greater rights than U.S. citizens and United States firms? What is the rationale? I will…
the Congress must defeat unfair trade agreements until we start forming trade policy rationally and in our best interest. I am not afraid to say that I opposed both the trade policies of the former President, a member of my own party…
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