If I could have offered an amendment that would have required the President to bring the troops home now, I would have. As my friend, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) knows, the majority would not have permitted such an amendment…

stop the war now. As Baghdad will be encircled, this is the time to get the UN back in to inspect Baghdad and the rest of Iraq for biological and chemical weapons. Our troops should not have to be the ones who will find out in combat…

I would just like to urge a note of caution here, Mr. Speaker; and the note of caution is that this resolution may be seen by some as an attempt to inject religion into this war at a time when some of America's enemies abroad are asserting…

I rise in support of the CBC/Progressive Caucus budget. This is the only budget that funds universal single-payer health care. This is the only budget that fully stimulates the economy with a $300 billion economic stimulus package. This is…

I support the brave young men and women who are following orders that have placed them in harm's way. I hope and pray for their safe return. My thoughts and prayers are with them, their families and loved ones in this difficult time. While…

To the gentleman, and he is a gentleman, I would like to say that we all agree that we want to support the troops. This resolution, however, or at least half of it, is not about the troops. At least half of it is about the war in Iraq…

today the New York Times reported that 75 million people went without health insurance in 2001 or 2002. Our failing economy and rising health care costs are failing working families who make up the majority of uninsured Americans. While…

Throughout her life, Patsy Mink was a dedicated advocate for women, children and families everywhere. She was a seasoned policymaker who targeted failings in the status quo with real solutions. As a speaker at a conference on poverty…

we tell the poor to get a job; and as jobs are drying up, we cut off their benefits. We call for the poor to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, and then deny them boots. Some of my colleagues think that God loves the poor, he made so…

the U.N. process of inspections can work if the administration will let it; and yet we see, despite the efforts of the United Nations, the administration is preparing for war, preparing to send as many as 300,000 of our young men and women…

the America I envision seeks world unity instead of unilateralism. It gains its power through being the first to help, not the first to strike. It extends itself to the peoples of the world to lift their burden. It is an America which…

There has been talk in recent months that if there is to be an economic recovery in our future, it will be a so-called ``jobless recovery.'' I would submit that for the 8.5 million Americans who are currently unemployed, an economic…

last fall it took weeks for the Members of the House, the press and the public to figure out who inserted a special interest provision in the homeland security bill to exempt Eli Lilly and other manufacturers of thimerosal. We did not know…

last month's New York Times predicted that if there is to be an economic recovery in our future, it will be a ``jobless recovery.'' I would submit that for the 8.2 million Americans who are unemployed, an economic recovery that does not…

recent news reports that the administration plans to seize Iraqi oil and use the money to set up a military government in Iraq raise serious questions of the administration's intentions in the region. Congress did not authorize the…

more than two millennia ago, the world began a shift from the philosophy of an eye for an eye. We were taught a new gospel of compassion of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. It is that teaching, that faith and…

I looked into the eyes of our youth. I looked at their fresh faces, faces hopeful and optimistic yet challenging, asking why. Soon the voices of our youth will be heard across this Nation, and we should pay them heed. They will be heard on…

Oh say does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave? America, let us remember on this day the connection between freedom and bravery, that to preserve our freedom we must be courageous. Let…

Mr. Speaker, the nations of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania have long awaited accession to NATO; and throughout this country, people representing various communities supporting Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania have been seeking for…

We need a comprehensive solution to the crisis in Iraq, and that solution appropriately involves the world community through the United Nations. Those inspections ought to begin immediately, and we should work cooperatively with all…

I think the gentlewoman is right. Today we have this new structure of the Web. They say I do not know how to use it. I say ask your kids. They have computers. They can get you on a site and you can start to talk to people. We need to use…

I have a report here that was done by Miriam Pemberton, who is with the Institute for Policy Studies. She delivered this to a congressional briefing. She said that fears that the U.S. might go ahead with an attack on Iraq have already…

Mr. Speaker, I want to raise this question, and that is why is war with Iraq being presented as inevitable? Is it not time to insist that our leaders suspect this incessant talk of preemptive war, of assumed right to unilateral action, and…

the gentlewoman is correct in suggesting that we should open up discussions and negotiations. I mean, is that not our purpose as a Nation to find a way to communicate with other nations and with the community of nations bring about global…

we owe it to the memories of those who lost their lives on 9-11 to remember, to reflect, and also to bring to justice those responsible. We also have a similar obligation not to use the events of 9-11 and the great losses which so many…