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my friend died on Saturday. Bill Emerson and I knew each other for many years, traveled together, supported one another in our endeavors in Congress--especially in humanitarian work. We served the Congressional Hunger Center as cochairmen…
However, I am disturbed with the levels appropriated under title II of Public Law 480 Food for Peace Program which provides American-grown food to foreign countries to combat hunger and malnutrition. With the greatest agricultural…
Mr. Speaker, this bill, as I said before in my opening statement, is an extremely important bill to the Congress and to people all over the world. In many cases, it does mean life or death. I have had the privilege and the honor of being…
H.R. 3286 provides a tax credit to parents of an adopted child of up to $5,000 to cover certain adoption-related expenses. H.R. 3286 aims to bring more children from foster homes into loving families, which should be an important goal of…
I look at raising the minimum wage very simply. I have just met a lot of people around the country, at different food banks and soup kitchens, and they are not making it. A lot of them are working poor, and sometime during the month they…
while I support the majority of the provisions in H.R. 3121, which makes various technical amendments to the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act, I strongly oppose the section which authorizes the resumption of…
The conference report on H.R. 2854 reauthorizes farm programs for 7 years. It replaces the current Federal programs for major crops with a new system of fixed annual cash payments that would eventually be phased out. The measure is a…
Since 1961, when President John F. Kennedy signed an Executive order establishing the Peace Corps, 140,000 men and women have represented America by volunteering in 125 countries around the world. I am proud to say that I am among that…
I am very concerned with provisions in the bill which could result in the abolition of USAID, the U.S. Agency for International Development. This Agency provides vital assistance to millions of poor and hungry people in developing nations…
I think USAID is probably one of the more important programs that we have and when we consider where we used to be years ago, when we had $19 or $20 billion in foreign aid, which is like less than one-half of 1 percent of our total budget…
it is a pleasure to speak on the accomplishments and contributions of Shirley Chisholm during this special order on Black History Month. Her political life took root when she decided to become a teacher. During her years in college, she…
Mr. Speaker, I find it amazing and unfortunate that the real vestige of the cold war thinking is right here in the U.S. Congress. Now that democracy is at the doorstep of nations formerly a part of the Communist block, this bill takes $30…
I rise in opposition to House Resolution 83, the rule limiting debate on the National Security Revitalization Act. As my colleague on the other side of the aisle well knows, the bill before us today is the most far-reaching foreign policy…
I rise in support of the Conyers and Schumer amendment and in strong opposition to H.R. 728. Last year, Congress voted for an anticrime strategy that struck a much-needed balance between law enforcement and swift punishment, and innovative…
the Republican proposal to block grant current Federal nutrition programs such as WIC, Food stamps, and the School Breakfast and Lunch programs is a terrible mistake. The proposed block grant will shift the responsibility to the states…
I am also concerned over the way in which the bill is being brought to the floor. It is a major piece of legislation, and just fundamentally changes the procedures for handling future legislation. Yet it is being rammed through with no…
Child survival activities, basic education, vitamin A, micronutrients programs, they work. And they save millions of lives. And they do its very inexpensively. Mr. Chairman, last year the gentleman and I worked very hard to achieve the…
Mr. Speaker, the agreements reached on the human services legislation pertain to critical issues that directly affect the lives of millions of children, low-income citizens and families having difficulty making ends meet. The measure…
I rise in strong support of the Assault Weapons Ban Act. The increase in violence in our Nation's communities is an issue that deeply concerns me. As a Representative from my district of Dayton, OH, I have heard from many constituents who…
it is with great sadness but deep fondness that I recall the memory of our former colleague and Speaker, Thomas P. ``Tip'' a friend. Tip loved public service and he loved the House. He truly believed in the people he served. Several times…
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