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American politician (born 1939)
I used to be a teacher. I can guarantee my colleagues that smaller classroom sizes, you have much better performance by the students. Do not take just my word for it but go out and look at all of the research on this subject and you will…
I rise today to say thanks to Capitol Police Officer Jacob Chestnut and Special Agent John Gibson for being there when we needed them the most. I really shudder to think of how much worse this tragedy could have been if these two men had…
Let me just briefly end by talking about this is really something the American public wants. It is something that we have with the Shays-Meehan bill. We have a bipartisan bill. All you have to do when you talk about influences, all you…
As a mom, my children used to love for me to read the Alice in Wonderland story. They used to ah and ooh and giggle as I read it, because left meant right, up meant down, and nothing was what it seemed to be. While I participate in the…
After more than a year of stalling, the Republican leadership has finally agreed to schedule a vote on campaign finance reform this spring. I am thrilled about that. The question, though, is a vote on what? Will it be a vote on real…
I support charter schools as a means of providing expanded educational choice for parents, and I support the intentions of this legislation. This will allow us in Oregon to continue to offer parents and teachers that have previously…
As irreplaceable as Walter Capps will be for the Members of the House, his loss will I am sure be deeply felt by his district. We express our heartfelt condolences to them. We also grieve with Walter's family, his wife Lois, his children…
A bipartisan group of freshmen legislators have crafted a campaign finance reform bill that can pass with strong support from Members on both sides of the aisle. This is not a radical measure. It is incremental and focuses exclusively on…
I have the sad obligation today to join this House in mourning the death of the father of the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Pascrell], my friend and colleague. Mr. Speaker, I did not have the pleasure of meeting William Pascrell, Sr., but…
Again, all I want is a chance for it to be brought up so we can look at all of the different ways. I think we can do it within the current system, but I would like to see it brought up so we can have that debate on how do we solve this…
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