Vito Fossella: “on rollcall No. 109 I was inadvertantly detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' ____________________”

I very strongly urge the adoption of this amendment. The focus, as we all know, should be on preventing another 9/11, as the police commissioner from New York has underscored many, many different times, that to place this ring around New…

let me just once again thank Mr. Bilirakis and, of course, his father for spearheading this when he was in the House, and Ms. Baldwin and Mrs. Bono for bringing this to the floor. We know how paralysis, especially sudden paralysis, can…

As was mentioned, the resolution recognizes the elements of the Diamond-Blackfan anemia and the research being done on the disease. DBA is a blood condition, as mentioned, present at birth which is characterized by failure of the bone…

I can recall a gentleman by the name of Gary Anderson coming up after being diagnosed, a friend from Staten Island, and passing after suffering for too long from ALS. It is a terrible indictment, Lou Gehrig's disease, that it is, and one…