Charles Skelton: “In line with my responsibility for oversight, I made a request a good number of days ago in a letter to the President…”

it is often said that legislating is the ``art of compromise.'' Today, the House is considering a carefully negotiated economic recovery bill that represents a good balance of tax cuts and spending stimulus to help get our economy back on…

let me take this moment to recognize my former colleague, fellow Missourian, and good friend Bill Clay. Today, I join with my colleagues in support of H.R. 5395, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located…

let me take this means to express my support for H.R. 3998, which includes a piece of legislation entitled the ``Harry S. Truman Birthplace Study Act,'' which I introduced on July 31, 2007. That particular bill would direct the Interior…

I rise in support for the Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act. Mr. Speaker, out of all of this Iraq business, there's one star, and that star, as every American should know and appreciate, is the young American in uniform. That is the…