This war has been absolutely incompetently run.

I see from every indication two out of three Ohioans saying this war has been badly managed by the civilians in the White House and the Pentagon, valiantly fought by soldiers and Marines, but badly managed.

for too long we have borne witness to relentless attacks on America's poor and working families. We saw those divisions up close in the aftermath of Katrina as the poor and especially the working poor were left behind. Abandoned by…

Hurricane Katrina put a human face on hardship. It reminded us that there are Americans who work hard and pay their taxes and play by the rules, yet are still hanging on by a thread. It reminded us how easily that thread can break. In the…

Adolfo Aguilar Zinser was a scholarly and outspoken Mexican diplomat and politician whose independent struggle for democracy helped end 71 years of single-party rule. Ambassador Zinser was killed in a traffic accident while driving back…

our hearts go out to all who have suffered the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. Our hearts also go out to those who have suffered the tragedy of a failed Federal Government in coming to their aid in saving people's lives. I ask my friends on…

I yield myself 3 minutes. Prescription pain relievers, stimulants, and other controlled substances play a crucial role in health care; but when misused, these same medicines can be enormously destructive. Some are addictive. Some are…

I yield myself 4 minutes. I am pleased to join the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Deal) in supporting H.R. 3204, which reauthorizes funding for State high-risk insurance pools. I commend my colleagues, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Shadegg)…

I yield myself 3 minutes. It is tragic when Americans die prematurely despite modern medicine. It is heartbreaking when Americans die because of modern medicine. Medical errors take lives, medical errors waste money, and medical errors are…

I yield myself 2 minutes. Drug addiction is a problem we must face both at the individual and the systemic level. We bear the cost of addiction as a society. These costs are measured in lives and unmet human potential; and, frankly, in…

House leadership promised to bring the Central American Free Trade Agreement to the floor this week for a vote. They have said, Congress will stay here over the weekend until it is done. The President has said that defeat on CAFTA ``is not…

the sugar provisions in the Central American Free Trade Agreement would cost U.S. taxpayers $500 million over the next 10 years, according to estimates released this week by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The CBO, the arm of…

this morning I joined my friend, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones), to attend a prayer breakfast near the Capitol where more than 50 representatives of the Christian and Jewish faiths issued a national call for reflection on…

that is the same in my State of Ohio. When we talk about numbers and the trade deficit, we talk about the millions of lost jobs, but it comes down to every family that loses a job, what they go through, every neighbor, every school…

the gentleman talks about stability of those governments. I have heard the whole series of arguments. It was not much different with NAFTA. The President started off telling us NAFTA would be great for businesses, workers, and small…

tonight is an unusual, if not unprecedented, special order. It is one that I think that the country will appreciate and I think our colleagues in this Congress will appreciate it; one where we have brought at least a half dozen, and more…

I sit here a bit incredulously listening to my colleagues brag about U.S. trade policy. The reason CAFTA has not come for a vote, even though it has been promised to have been brought forward four times, is because Democrats and…

That was very well said. An example is if in my City of Lorain, Ohio, if the city council would say that if police cars that the City of Lorain were buying, if they passed a law, had to be cars made in Lorain County, Ohio, we make cars in…

last year, this Congress was promised a vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement by the end of 2004. December 31 came and went. Then, at a White House news conference, the President called on Congress to pass the Central American…

last year the House Majority Leader the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), the most influential Republican in the Congress, promised that this Congress would vote during last year on the Central American Free Trade Agreement, a trade…

the Central American Free Trade Agreement will likely be brought up for a vote this month. The opposition to CAFTA is broad and deep. Dozens of Republicans and Democrats in this body oppose the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Small…

reclaiming my time, both the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pascrell) and the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) have pointed out how these agreements are not fair. They are written by a select few for a select few, and the gentlewoman…

last year, during the 2004 election season, the Republican leader, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), the most powerful Republican in the Congress, in the House or Senate, promised that this Congress would vote up or down on the Central…

I hear my friend from New Jersey, well, all of my friends from New Jersey. They are arguing on behalf of the drug industry. Here is what this is all about, as the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Gutknecht) said. The drug industry funds a…

last week, finally, and mercifully, the national basketball season drew to a close. But the debate on the Central American Free Trade Agreement goes on and on and on. Last year, during 2004, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), the most…