May 18, 2004
A description of the Bush administration record of the last 3 years is something like this: Not fully funding No Child Left Behind, unintelligent. Not providing a real benefit to seniors for prescription drug purposes, shameful. Not…
Gregory Meeks
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Gregory Weldon Meeks is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 5th congressional district since 1998. A member of the Democratic Party, Meeks has focused on issues such as economic development, education, and healthcare throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for oversight and accountability in government, often speaking out on matters related to national security and foreign policy. Meeks has played a significant role in various legislative initiatives and has been involved in discussions regarding the War Powers and congressional oversight.
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May 4, 2004
I would love to hear about the books, because I could tell my colleagues, I happen to be able to help my daughter, but I know what the cost of the books are, because I have to pay for them and I have to go into that billfold that the…
Apr 22, 2004
I will close with this: I will follow his leadership. He has been a great leader, and I think that the people of Miami, but more importantly, the people of Haiti, are well served by his leadership. I think he is doing this not in a…
Mar 29, 2004
I believe it was Abraham Lincoln who said, ``You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.'' Until recently, the Bush administration has fooled…
Mar 3, 2004
Just quickly, it is not only all of the press, but my constituents who have relatives that live in Haiti, and they are on either side of the fence. Some of them do not like Aristide either. But they do not like these common crooks that are…
Mar 3, 2004
I just asked one of the witnesses that was brought in who used to be in charge of Haiti University... he thought that the policy that the United States has of turning back Haitians and accepting Cubans was a fair policy. And he quickly and…
Jul 25, 2003
I realize, Mr. Chairman, that the CARES program that the VA is looking to is to reduce wasteful and underutilized space; that it is costing $1 million a day. I understand the need not to be wasteful, but the St. Albans facility is not a…
Sep 21, 2001
I am supporting this bill. I am supporting it because of jobs. I do not want to cut off our noses to spite our faces. If we lose this airline industry, we lose all jobs. We have to save it to save jobs, and then come back next week to make…
Jul 12, 2000
I wonder, where is this compassion we often hear talked about? Compassion. You know, where I come from, they have this saying; they say that talk is cheap. Put your money where your mouth is. When we talk about HIV-AIDS, we can talk about…
Jun 9, 1999
I rise today to oppose the Gilman-Goss amendment. Haiti is on the eve of democratic elections. We say that we have the moral authority to try to make sure that democracy is across this world. Yet the smallest and the poorest country in…
Oct 8, 1998
This resolution does not allow us to even set standards. When we do not have standards, what we become is a modern-day kangaroo court. I was arrested myself the other day, and when I was arrested for the immoral practices of the Supreme…
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