I rise disappointed and angered by the President's veto of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, and I rise in solidarity with my 237 colleagues and the 63 Senators who voted to overturn the Bush administration's policies that have…

And I'll just also end by saying thank you very much, Mr. Inslee, for joining me and for helping, I hope, being able to talk about what is such an important issue for every American, and that is how to create less expensive, more…

A couple things on what you say. One is that I think we also ought to make clear, and I know in your proposal and you are talking about it is that this isn't about a new big government program, this is about working with the private sector…

I just want to ask you a little more about that. I think sometimes for those of us who are not scientists out there, there is sometimes a feeling when you hear about that, it is what can we do about that? We need to use all of this energy…

Just to be a little political here for a moment, because you brought up, I think, how do we take what we are saying and make it happen. I mean, that really is sort of what we are talking about; and again, we are starting to sound sort of…

I was going to bring up another aspect of all of this discussion. I think also that sometimes when people hear these kind of conversations, they think, well, it is not really about me. What can I do that would really affect carbon…

It is not using our imagination and our skills to move forward. And, also, I will just second the point you made. I do feel very strongly that the public buildings, for example, and our public procurement, that is what we buy, we should be…

It was interesting in the Budget Committee when we talked about the principle that you are talking about, that we should know where the revenues are coming from if we are going to spend money. That is really what we are talking about. It…

the gentlewoman makes an important point, and I think one of the ways to help Americans understand what this really means to them because these numbers are very big, it is sort of hard to say, well, you cut $1 billion here, $1 billion…

Your comments, I think, do speak to the frustrations we hear from Americans. But I hope that as we end this evening's discussion, we can also leave with the understanding that Americans, I hope, will feel hopeful. Because, in fact, you…

There is an explanation. I cannot necessarily and I do not want to make explanations about why it was done this year. I will talk about that for a minute. The fact is that it is reasonable for us to say that there is going to be an…

In fact, we are often asked, how would we find additional resources in a budget? And you make a good point, that there are, in fact, expenditures that we would not make, that we would choose to use in different ways. And certainly, the…

I rise to reject the borrow and spend policies included in the Republican budget, a budget that fails to balance the Federal checkbook, ignores our obligations to Americans, and heaps debt on our children and grandchildren at the rate of…

since February 2003, it is estimated that the government-sanctioned violence in Darfur has displaced 2 million people, forced 200,000 people into exile and led to the murder of 300,000 civilians. In July 2004, the United States Congress…

I rise to turn back the clock. No, I am not referring to the annual daylight savings time change that occurred this past weekend. Nor am I having a moment of nostalgia. Rather, I am referring to the famous clock that tallies the Nation's…

on Monday, I was briefed on current security and commerce issues by the executives of the Port of Philadelphia. These men and women operate the world's largest freshwater port and one of the Nation's strategic military seaports. While…

the budget reconciliation process has been used since 1974 as a vehicle to set priorities, enact fiscal discipline, and reduce deficits. The last three budget reconciliation packages, which were passed in 1990, 1993, and 1997, each…

the base realignment process is designed to provide a more efficient and effective military structure. But, BRAC 2005 failed to meet these goals and that is why I will vote against implementing the recommendations of the Department of…

there is no doubt that the entire Nation is paying a price for the astronomical costs of oil and gasoline, and, Mr. Speaker, Pennsylvanians are no exception. Just yesterday, Philadelphia residents were told that their home heating bills…

It is true the private accounts really do not have the details from the President about how they would work, what they would really mean; and it is true that they do not strengthen the fiscal viability of Social Security unless what we are…

I know that my constituents sent me here to speak up for them, to look out for them and really to be an advocate for fiscal discipline, fiscal responsibility and for wise Federal spending. As a former State legislator, as a State senator…

I can say as someone new to the Committee on the Budget, I appreciate the gentleman's wisdom on this. If we are going to meet some of our obligations to families and communities and to local governments, we have to be able to correct this…