Representative Heather Wilson

I have four priorities for this budget; creating an environment for job creation, providing for the common defense, making quality health care more affordable, and improving education. I also want all these things must be done in a way…

Kyle is a normal second grader in New Mexico. But, when he was just nine days old, he and his family traveled to Loma Linda California for a much needed heart transplant. Every year, they make that same pilgrimage to Loma Linda for…

We all care about the quality of child care where our kids are concerned. I used to operate the child care system in New Mexico as the cabinet Secretary for Children, and one of the things that was clear to me under welfare reform is that…

Madam Speaker, the President has asked the Congress for the authority to use force against Iraq. This week the Congress will consider a resolution giving him that authority. I will be voting in favor of the Joint Resolution. There is a…

we have had some greedy people who cooked the books, aided by accountants who dishonored their profession. That is fraud, and they should go to jail for it. Now we are going to tighten down some of the rules of the system to make sure that…

this is a very special day. Something special is happening in New York City this morning. There is a small church in Barelas in the old part of Albuquerque, New Mexico called Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church. In the 1970s, they had to…

we are going to go tackle the welfare reform debate here, and there is one very important element and that focuses on children. The real success of welfare reform has been to move people from helplessness to hope and move children out of…

It is my hope that the House tonight will send a very clear message to the Department of Defense that its policy on the wearing of the abaya, first making it mandatory and then strongly encouraging women service members in Saudi Arabia to…

I rise in support of H.R. 4714, a bill to prohibit members of the Armed Forces in Saudi Arabia from being required or formally or informally compelled to wear the abaya garment. I commend my colleagues on the Armed Services Committee--Mr…

There are more than 40 million people in America who do not have health insurance who are part of the workforce, despite widespread private insurance plans, as well as public availability of different kinds of programs in health insurance…

This a resolution that we are debating about the importance of health care coverage for the uninsured. We have set aside $350 billion over the next 10 years to add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare. It has to be part of the Medicare…

today I will introduce the Teacher Tax Credit Act of 2002 to the Congress. Over the next 10 years, America will have to recruit and train 2 million new teachers. While we do not have a teacher shortage now, we do have a maldistribution of…

I believe there are two things this country must do now. We have to win the war on terrorism, and we have to create jobs. I think we are united, we are together on the first, and we are resolved we are going to win this war on terrorism…