Elizabeth Furse: “I think I would like to close by saying that good government is about making wise choices. We must remember that it is…”

here we are again. In 1993 we passed a budget here, only Democrats voted for it, that brought us to this situation where we now may have a surplus. Only Democrats voted for that budget, yet suddenly the Republicans are saying, well, let us…

we have, all of us, heard the salacious and speculative words being thrown around by the press and by partisans posturing both in this House and across the country, but this is too important, far too important

I am a sponsor of this amendment and, obviously, I rise in strong support of the Porter-Kennedy amendment. It would end taxpayer subsidies for the construction of logging roads in our national forests. People said it is not a subsidy? USA…

this resolution has two parts. Of course we support the troops, of course we do. But the second part of this resolution confirms that we should remove a ruler. I cannot believe it is in our best interests to decide who rules in what…