Vito Fossella: “I come not as a Republican, not as a New Yorker, but as a person who loves this great country and all its ideals and…”

I know the underlying legislation is very noble in the sense of its essence of cleaning and maintaining the wonder of our beaches and our coastal areas. And as someone who grew up and still has family in South Beach and Staten Island, New…

Mr. Chairman as we consider H.R. 1461, the Federal Housing Finance Reform Act, I would like to urge my colleagues to support the inclusion of a provision to provide an increase in Conforming Loan Limits for high cost Metropolitan Service…

I think I speak for many, the AMT is a problem, and it is a problem for 52,000 people living in Staten Island and Brooklyn, many of whom, by the way, are small business owners, are those firemen and police officers and teachers who are…

at the outset, let me thank the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Thompson), the ranking member, and especially the gentleman from California (Chairman Cox) for his leadership and understanding of this very complex but critical issue, as…