Chaka Fattah

So are there certain religious affiliations that would be acceptable and others that would not?

Just a factual question, on page 9, the language at the bottom where it refers to religiously affiliated schools, is my reading of this to say that this bill would allow for religiously oriented schools to utilize these scholarships that…

That is my question. I would not understand that there are any accrediting procedures for religious schools now in the District. And if there are, I would be interested in knowing that.

I personally think that private school choice is wonderful and if people want to make private choices, I think they should pay for them privately. This is a public enterprise and we have to make public choices. If we have got 70,000…

I think he most appropriately understands and appreciates the work that the city's leadership, the Mayor and the council and its delegate, the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton), have done to rescue the city from its…

The issue of budget autonomy is one that I support, and I am the cosponsor of the bill, but it is also a matter of having the city be able to reach the revenues that are here. The city is prohibited from taxing sales that happen on Federal…

I support this resolution along with my colleagues. We must act, not just speak. Action is our Nation's heavy burden tonight. Let us began first, care for the wounded, rescue any survivors, bury the dead, heal New York and begin to rebuild…

Our fraternity had the ``Stay in School and Go to College.'' That was one of the very early programs of the Alphas. My son had a perfect attendance up through his high school graduation, and it was an important choice. But, nonetheless…

It really is a substantial effort that, even if I was not a member of this great fraternity, I would be supportive of it, because it really gets at the heart of where we need to be, and that is communicating with individual young men and…

Let me say in conclusion, because we have no further speakers on our side, that I thank the gentleman from New York (Chairman McHugh) and I would hope that the naming of this post office, even though it is in East Chicago, Indiana, in some…

I do want to thank all of my colleagues, many of whom have cosponsored this legislation who are on both sides of the aisle, for this Congress to pause and to reflect on the importance of the contributions of African-American music to not…

I think that we all should understand that the American public are not just going to be mere spectators in this masquerade, since we are getting close to Halloween, I guess we want to get there earlier, of a legitimate inquiry. This…

I want to first of all thank him, mention to the House that we will be having a markup quite soon on some important legislation, and I know that he would like to have the House's attention on, but I take this time to let him know that I…

I would hope that my friends, and many are indeed my friends in the majority, would recognize that in their attempt to get Bill Clinton, they have at least lost one Speaker and one Speaker to-be

I want to just finally state that, notwithstanding his great service to our country, both in the armed services and here in the Congress and the Texas Legislature, I think that our colleague would want us to know that in all likelihood as…

I know that the gentleman is sincere, but I wanted to ask one question. What would prevent a group of projects that some might call pork being put together to get over the 200 million mark? There was some creative budgeting done back home…

Under the bill, the President says we can reduce funds appropriated for a particular House committee, perhaps in response to an oversight investigation by that committee. In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, if we pass this bill and give up control…

In a day that could have passed being fairly irrelevant to real Americans, this is something that I think we all can be proud of. I would like to congratulate and thank my fellow Pennsylvanian, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr…

I do, however, think there is something sinister about one particular part of this reform package... for any of us to feel comfortable with casting a vote to take away their voice on this floor, that is wrong.