House Concurrent Resolution 347 authorizes the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 21st Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service, a most solemn and respectful public event honoring our Nation's brave civil servants. I strongly…

Led by President Bush, there has been new appreciation for civil servants, Mr. Chairman. This is a brazen attack on merit hiring and promotion. When I came to chair the EEOC, I found the same thing; everybody blamed the employees. It…

we are at the end of Earth Day week. I have always felt that if one is a Member of Congress, the best way to celebrate Earth Day and the week in which it occurs is to legislate. After all, we are Members of Congress. We can do more than…

Tuesday was Equal Pay Day. That is the day when women rise to say they are not being equally paid. A year and 4 months into the next year is how long women had to wait this year in order to earn what the average man earned. I feel Equal…

there has been a lot of anger on the floor today, and to me this is such a sad day. It is total reversal of all our former self-congratulation. The last administration took credit for beginning our deficit reduction course to save Social…

on Monday I introduced the Fair Federal Compensation Act. The mayor of the city and the City Council chair stood with me as I put this act forward. Madam Speaker, the act is aimed at dealing with an impending crisis that I think the…

as we move toward welfare reform, I want to report an extraordinary standing-room-only hearing by our Commission on Black Men and Boys here in the District last night. I established this 12-man commission after noting serious challenges…

I have to confess that for me the short answer is no. It is kind of a truism. I feel that I should not have to put forward the evidence, if you happen to live in this country of whatever background; but I do believe that my colleagues have…

Mr. Chairman, a Presidential spokesman has just said good things about Shays-Meehan and Ney-Wynn. After Enron I suspect the President to ultimately choose Shays-Meehan, and so should we. Opponents have now put forward a substitute they…

I have just come from a fair I am sponsoring, along with the D.C. Chamber of Congress, called ``Ask Me About Washington.'' It is a service we are providing to Members and staff, along with a free lunch, that we think may be especially…

as the only Member who never has to leave Washington, I want to welcome my colleagues back to Washington, my hometown and your second home. I was very gratified to note that the White House reopened White House tours to children just a few…

I have just come from the official Postal Service memorial for two brave and dedicated postal workers who died while getting anthrax at our own Brentwood Post Office. The postmaster was there, the homeland security Secretary was there, All…

Mr. Speaker, unacceptable is what this bill is; but I rise to support the motion to instruct and am pleased to see that we can get bipartisanship on something on this motion to instruct. Mr. Speaker, we do need quick resolution of this…

This morning a very important development occurred in the work of the world to build toward a post-Taliban regime in Afghanistan that will be democratic. A group of Afghan women asked to be included in talks concerning a new democratic…

everybody knows we are in a recession. What America knows is that this body is deepening that recession by the delay in our airline security bill. There is a new fear of flying and there are enormous disincentives to flying that are having…

I am very pleased to be back here where I feel most at home, on the House floor, and have felt that way for more than a decade now, especially tonight when we have had an Earth-shattering experience here in the District, just when the…

I had an amendment at the desk which I intend to withdraw out of appreciation for the way in which Chairman Regula and Ranking Member Obey have preserved the Porter initiative to combat obesity and overweight in the American population…

may I begin by thanking the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Knollenberg), the chairman of the subcommittee, and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fattah), the ranking member, for their very hard work on this bill, the best bill in some…

how can anyone with a heart or mind try to keep anyone from paying money for their own health care today? Cities such as Atlanta; Scottsdale, Arizona; New Orleans, and thousands of businesses have more comprehensive domestic partnership…

my amendment would strike all general provisions in this bill. There are 27 in all. They include so-called social riders, and they include redundant and duplicative provisions. I recognize that the chairman has removed half of those…

America's airport, National Airport, remains closed as a lasting symbol of the attack of September 11. Until it is opened, the terrorists have a temporary victory. I would be the last to want us to be reckless. Not only do I live here…

I have always opposed the wholesale use of our mighty military power except with a scalpel. However, I have always assumed that my country would never be attacked where we live and that my constituents and neighbors would never be innocent…

As we pray for the September 11 victims and their families, let us remember not only what it means to work in Washington, D.C., but to live in Washington, D.C., like the 600,000 people who call the Nation's capital home. Many of us who…

I come to the floor not to take the whole hour, but for a few minutes because the D.C. appropriation today passed in full committee under the chair of the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Knollenberg) and the ranking member, the gentleman from…

I am indebted to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Portman) for taking a good idea and nationalizing it. This bill deals with alcohol abuse, drug abuse, tobacco abuse, and researchers know, perhaps it…