Shelley Berkley

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support for this important resolution because I am deeply concerned about the chances for Middle East peace. Over the last year, instead of negotiating directly with the Israelis, Palestinian leaders have…

I rise in enthusiastic support of this legislation. Every year my office receives dozens of calls in May from youngsters 17-18 years old. They have recently graduated from local high schools, been accepted to college--many at UNLV applied…

It is incomprehensible to me that in a country of such wealth and great abundance that we have literally hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of children going to bed hungry and having to depend on their schools in order to get anything…

We also have to work on our estate tax to pre-2001 levels. I look forward to that discussion with the bill I introduced with Congressman Brady as a basis for the debate. Let's get moving. This is the easy stuff. This we should pass without…

I rise in support of this legislation. Today's vote is an affirmation of this Congress' commitment to middle class Americans and a crucial step in getting our economy back on track. This tax cut extension does not exclude anyone. What it…

The incoming House leadership has signaled that they are once again resurrecting Yucca Mountain as a solution to this Nation's nuclear waste problem. This is the height of insanity. Let me remind my colleagues on the other side of the…

Six months ago, I said the three most important issues in this country are jobs, jobs, jobs, and I said it 6 months before that. I say it now. But while we are working to restore our economy and put people back to work, we must extend…

I rise today in support of the Senate amendments to H.R. 3219, the Veterans' Insurance and Health Care Improvements Act. It is this Nation's responsibility, indeed, it is our honor, to provide care to the brave men and women who have…

This is a very important piece of legislation for the people that I represent. Nevada is in a world of hurt. I've got the highest unemployment rate in the country and the highest mortgage foreclosure rate in the country. Small businesses…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill. I especially want to thank Chairman Edwards and Ranking Member Wamp for providing the resources our Nation's veterans desperately need and for providing additional funding for FY2012. This…

I rise in very strong support of this bill. This is a product of a 2-year investigation into international child sex tourism and exploitation. International Megan's Law would establish a system for providing advance notice to foreign…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Con. Res. 266, expressing the sense of Congress that Taiwan should be accorded observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization, the ICAO. As cochairman of the Congressional Taiwan…

Thank you very much for yielding. Let me tell you something about the State of Nevada. We have the highest unemployment rate in the country--14rac{1}{2} percent unemployed-- our fellow citizens with no jobs to go to and no jobs to seek…

I am going to be putting into the Congressional Record an article in the Annals of Internal Medicine entitled Early Disaster Response in Haiti: the Israeli Field Hospital Experience. It talks about how the Israeli Defense Forces Medical…

What I'm looking for is relief for the people that I represent. Nevada's unemployment rate went up last month. We are the highest in the country, officially over 14 percent, probably closer to 20 percent, which means a fifth of the people…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of this legislation. Iran's nuclear program represents as much of a threat to the United States, to Europe, and to the Arab world as it does to Israel. It is absolutely essential that we stop…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your extraordinary work. Every day I receive calls from dedicated physicians who tell me that if this 21 percent cut goes through they are no longer going to be able to continue to treat their Medicare…

It's time to put partisan politics aside and pass a jobs bill that would do the following: extend unemployment benefits to the thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens that find themselves unemployed due to no fault of their own…

It has been 1 year since Ahmadinejad and his thugs stole the election in Iran. The world watched with shock as 1 million Iranians took to the streets of Tehran to protest the so-called results of the sham election, and dismay as the…

I rise today along with my colleagues to mark a very sad occasion: The fourth anniversary of the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. If the world needs evidence of Hamas' cruelty, they need look no further than the kidnapping of…

The horrific crisis and tragedy in the gulf must be a wake-up call to America that we must break our addiction to fossil fuel and move with all deliberate haste to a renewable energy future or America simply will have no future. Energy…

The Republicans in the Senate are once again doing everything they can to destroy Medicare for millions of seniors by blocking legislation that will stop the 21 percent cut in payments to doctors who care for our elderly citizens. They say…

Nevada is hurting. The people I represent in Southern Nevada are hurting. This bill extends the unemployment benefits for the 14.2 percent of my fellow Americans who find themselves unemployed so they can pay their bills and feed their…

The time has come for this Congress to come to grips with the serious crisis in our health care system, the reimbursement of our doctors for treating our Medicare patients. Unless we act, there will be a 21 percent cut in Medicare…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this resolution. Israel's accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a prestigious group of the world's most advanced economies, is a monumental achievement and is…