I am only responding to the statement of another Member that disparaged the faith and loyalty of trial lawyers on the floor just before I got up.

I rise in support of H.R. 743. First, I would like to acknowledge Mr. Matsui for working diligently on the Social Security Act of 2003. As we all know, H.R. 743 will extend the direct fee withholding program payment to attorneys who…

I say on behalf of all of the people of the United States of America, to the military troops across this world who are fighting on our behalf, thank you. I have said prayers day after day and as late as this morning on their behalf and…

oh, freedom; oh freedom. I pledge my unequivocal support for the Armed Forces of the United States of America. I, too, have visited troops in Germany, Italy, Kosovo, Qatar, Bahrain and Hawaii. I have attended deployments of two units from…

I am patriotic. To the whole world I still like peace, I want peace, and I am opposed to the war in Iraq, but I am a great American and I am a patriot.

this past December in West Virginia, doctors at four hospitals went on a 30-day strike to protest climbing malpractice insurance rates. Following, in January 2003, Pennsylvania narrowly averted a strike only after a last-minute deal was…

although no longer on the Committee on Small Business, I am still here to fight on behalf of small businesses, and I am pleased to join my colleagues today as we celebrate this piece of legislation coming to the floor. The passage of S…

Who could be against homeland security? I guess anybody out there in the public would want to know why should there even be a debate about what we do about homeland security. But the reality is that all of us are for homeland security. The…

I'm concerned about living with my conscience, and searching for that which is right and that which is true, and I cannot live with the idea of being just a conformist following a path that everybody else follows. And this has happened to…

I am really tired of people not telling the truth on the floor of the House. Hospitals are not going to stay open any longer because of this bill. People are not going to get any better health care because of this bill. What is going to…

I do not care what a survey said about 67 percent intending to purchase or 87 percent did purchase. They are consumers, and as a Member of Congress, I am here to protect the consumers from the State of Ohio, California, New York, and…

I stand this morning to congratulate the CEO of the Cleveland municipal school district. Her name is Barbara Byrd Bennett. Why am I up here? Because they attempted to take her away from the city of Cleveland after all the good work she has…

I rise this morning, Mr. Speaker, to commemorate my sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., that is celebrating its annual convention in Atlanta, Georgia. I am proud to be a member of that sorority that hosts more than 200,000 members…

I stand here, along with my colleagues, to commend the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee) for her leadership on the issue of the AIDS pandemic internationally. My colleague already read the declaration from the Barcelona conference. I…

I am pleased, as a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., an international woman's sorority, to stand here to salute my soror, the Honorable gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Meek). It has been wonderful to have an opportunity to…

I express my opposition to this bill that is particularly harmful to senior women, like my mother.

I rise here in support of this resolution. I am a graduate of Cleveland public schools, and I can remember as a little girl at Miles Standish Elementary School learning the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag and it being so important to me…

I came to Congress in January of 1999. In 1998 I was campaigning on behalf of senior citizens throughout these United States. I was campaigning particularly because my dad is 82 years old, my mom is 81 years old, all of my friends have…

as many Members know, June is Home Ownership Month. This past weekend in the great city of Cleveland in the 11th Congressional District of Ohio, we hosted a housing summit. It is wonderful that more than 500 people came out to the housing…

Giving every family and individual the tools they need to buy a home is good for the homebuyer, the community, and the Nation. We must never lose sight of our goal and National Homeownership Month is the perfect time to rededicate…

I have learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them. I have learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back. I have learned that it is not…

this morning I rise to salute the city of Cleveland; the CEO of the Cleveland Municipal School District, Barbara Byrd-Bennett; former mayor, Michael White; current mayor, Jane Campbell, because yesterday we broke ground on the first brand…

Mr. Chairman, there are a growing number of seniors who are raising grandchildren with their Social Security income. That is a group that we do not often talk about. Just a couple of weeks ago in this House when we dealt with TANF and…

sometimes God puts you at the right place at the right time, and I know he did not want to hear that from us from the floor of the House. I know what he wanted to hear from us was let there be peace on Earth, and let it begin with me. Let…

I rise today to oppose H.R. 2175, the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2001. Many individuals who support a woman's right to choose have argued that this bill is harmless because it restates existing law. I oppose this bill because it…