I believe that if we were to bring those recommendations here, I believe they would attract majority support in this Chamber, and perhaps that could then be used as a means to moving with the administration, who I think now has also…

I would certainly agree. And I think we all await General Petraeus' report. And I don't know General Petraeus, but I have been told that he is a man of absolutely rigorous and unimpeachable intellectual honesty and he will give us an…

last week the White House recommended a veto of the defense authorization bill and said Congress wants to pay our troops too much for defending America. It is unconscionable to suggest our troops aren't worth a half percent more in pay…

the Country Reports on Terrorism released by the State Department yesterday indicate that terrorist attacks increased by 25 percent last year, and more than 40 percent more people were killed. In these most dangerous times, this tells us…

a front page story in today's Washington Post reports that once again we are sending our troops into harm's way in Iraq ill equipped. Madam Speaker, it is unconscionable that our Commander in Chief is resigned to send another 21,500 of…

after watching last night's Presidential address, I must question whether or not our President actually listens to anyone besides the same neoconservative ideologues who are the architects of the fiasco in Iraq and who have insisted that…

The Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Fund provides an essential service to students in our country. By awarding graduate students scholarships in the fields of public service, they not only help to make higher education more…

almost 3 months ago to the day, I stood in this exact spot and spoke on the extension to the Higher Education Act, as I have done for each of the past four extensions, each time hoping it would be the last short-term measure we needed to…

It seems like we are being treated to a late summer/early fall offensive, I would say smoke screen on the part of this administration to convince the American people that we need to stay the course in order to be safe. Basically what they…

We are approaching the fifth anniversary, and we have outstanding work on the part of this commission, bipartisan work which is what we ought to be striving for. We ought to be approaching the safety and security of this Nation in a…

My sense is that New Yorkers have not been fooled. My sense is that New Yorkers, and there is hardly a New Yorker who did not lose a loved one or did not lose a friend in the Twin Towers, most New Yorkers recognize that we are fighting two…

Fourteen Ds, five Fs and two incompletes; and this is a leadership that is going to keep us safe and secure?

I rise with grave concerns about the situation in Iraq. As I indicated during a Special Order organized last week by the gentleman from Connecticut, Mr. Larson, I believe the war in Iraq is the centerpiece of the administration's failed…

eye-popping figures in the new GAO report just made the case for extending the Medicare part D enrollment deadline a great deal more compelling. Exhibit A, insurance providers failed to answer phone calls accurately in response to 70…

almost 3 months to the day, I stood here in support of the third extension to the Higher Education Act with the hope that it would be the last short-term measure we needed to pass before we finally produced an improved bipartisan and long…

two new reports released yesterday make an open and shut case that the Medicare part D drug benefit is inadequate to meet the needs of America's seniors. One report indicates that drug prices are increasing at four times the rate of…

Only that in my view this is a very benign, very straightforward amendment. It does just two things. It offers the condolences of the Congress to the survivors of the tragedy and it reasserts our commitment to air travel safety. I…

we can't drill our way to energy independence. Although this Nation is responsible for 25 percent of the world's oil demand, we own only 3 percent of the reserves. Time and again we've debated opening ANWR to oil exploration. It fails…

If I may quickly respond to my friend from Texas. He characterizes the Long Island Sound as a remote area. That is incorrect. There are approximately 10 million people who live within a 50-mile radius of the Long Island Sound. I don't…

while the Federal Trade Commission says price gouging isn't a problem at the Nation's gas pumps, American families know there is something rotten in the state of big oil. In the face of soaring gas prices that have pinched consumers for…

just because the Medicare enrollment deadline has passed and the President refuses to extend it, those of us who voted against a shortsighted Medicare bill and opposed this past Monday's deadline will not fade quietly away. We will…

with only 5 days before the deadline to sign up for the Medicare drug benefit, only 9 percent of eligible New Yorkers have voluntarily signed up for it. Why such low enrollment? Could it be that seniors have to choose among 47 plans that…

is there any doubt today that this administration's first priority continues to be tax cuts for the wealthiest at the expense of education, health care and homeland security, all of which are being cut to pay for these tax cuts? We have…

I rise to recognize Grace Peshkur and her family on the occasion of her fourth birthday today. Grace is an extraordinary child who has endured a life of struggle, and yet she has persevered against a rare skin disease and genetic disorder…

the Medicare drug program is off to a rocky start, as President Bush put it yesterday. Following a dozen town hall meetings I have held in my district on the part D benefit, my constituents remain confused and doubtful that the drug plan…