John A. Boccieri: “It is my opinion that the only thing that is preventing our country from producing robust alternative fuels and…”

the American people have asked for common sense in their government, but all too often it is just not that common. You see, our friends on the other side have asked for simplicity, for substance, and for competition in the health care…

Well, Mr. Speaker, he is exactly right. The gentleman from Virginia is exactly right that we have got to invest in our people, in our country, in our way of life. As that contemporary commercial says on the airwaves, Is this going to be…

Mr. Speaker, today, we are talking about what is in a family's heirlooms, their possessions. I know the Republican would like to draw this into a long debate about how we got into this mess, but I will remind the gentleman that, on day one…

President John Kennedy said, ``A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but ideas live on.'' The idea to which many of our troops have fought to preserve and protect for our great Nation is the idea of freedom--the freedom to live in a…