Political Quotes

Mr. Speaker, it is true that from the very first moment that we began the movement for bankruptcy reform, farmers in Chapter 12 were always one of the priorities, and not a day passed in the formation of the new bankruptcy reform bill that…

When we began this odyssey on bankruptcy reform some 5 years ago, we began with two staunch principles guiding our pathway. One was to guarantee that those who are so overburdened, so swamped, so flooded with financial obligations that…

The game is just beginning. We are in the first inning of what may turn out to be a long game in trying to overturn this decision by the Ninth Circuit. We must remember that this was only a three-judge panel, not representing necessarily…

I introduced H.R. 1209, the ``Child Status Protection Act'', in March of 2001 along with Sheila Jackson Lee. I was moved by stories of the children of U.S. citizens, constituents of my own and of other members, who were being punished…