it has been indicated what this bill would do relative to small tracts of land. I want to say that the Lowell National Historical Park was created in 1978, and it really created the vision for my hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts. Lowell…

I rise today to tell the Nation this fact: Right now, the world is less safe than it was a year ago, or even before the terrible events of September 11. We should be confronting violent extremism and people who want to destroy our life and…

the European Union agreed today to continue its funding for embryonic stem cell research, research specifically involving the use of embryos that would otherwise be discarded from fertility clinics. Today's agreement among the European…

you are the Republican Party in America and what do you do? You have had control of the House of Representatives, you control the Supreme Court, you control the United States Senate, you control the White House. What are you going to do…

high fuel costs are having a devastating effect on family budgets. Since President Bush took office, gas prices have risen 162 percent to almost $3 a gallon. Today, I am releasing a report that shows that Massachusetts' families will pay…

I am happy to hear all of that, but the crux of the issue here is that there is no way that not allowing former Members, for example, to be in the gym and to be on the floor would have undone what was done in the energy bill, for example…

4 years ago, in the wake of September 11, Congress passed the PATRIOT Act to provide law enforcement new tools to protect America from terrorism. The bill was a rushed response and passed in an urgent hour. Fortunately, the bill included…

Well, Mr. Speaker, if so many of these Iraqis are ready to come up and to provide the security, the police work in the country, then surely there should be no problem with putting American forces into the background instead of having them…

I yield myself 10 seconds. I can appreciate the gentleman from California's consistency. He was opposed to campaign finance reform. On the floor, he said he was opposed to any limit. He would just as soon have no limits at all on any…

I yield myself 35 seconds. Mr. Speaker, I am a friend of the Internet. In fact, I sponsored legislation that would exempt bloggers from FEC legislation. But the issue is how we draw the lines to balance. We do not exempt the Internet from…

I seek to manage the time allocated for the opposition to the motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentlewoman from California support the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Michigan?

the Pentagon announced today that 2,000 American servicemen and women have been killed in Iraq. On this same day, Iraqi officials announced that Iraq's constitution was approved with nearly 80 percent of the vote. This progress on the…

the gun industry would like to see this legislation passed today so that they can protect their profits. But I would like to talk about the real people who will be affected by this bill, people who have suffered enough. I would like to…

I have long believed that as a matter of principle we should try to take down barriers that divide economies and people. Under the right conditions, trade between countries can create American jobs and raise standards of living both at…

September 11 made it clear that the world had changed, that our law enforcement and intelligence agencies needed to change accordingly. Democrats and Republicans agreed on the need to update the tools necessary for law enforcement to…

I thank the gentleman, and rise today in opposition to the Ros-Lehtinen amendment because it essentially supports prolonging the deployment of the United States military personnel in Iraq. Our troops deserve clear, concrete measures and…

this weekend many of us learned that the Bush Administration may have a plan for a phased drawdown of coalition forces in Iraq in the next 12 to 18 months. Unfortunately, we did not learn about these plans from the Administration's legally…

I rise in support of H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, to put science and compassion ahead of ideology and fear. The promise of embryonic stem cells is that they alone have the potential to develop into any kind of body…

I rise to applaud my good friend, the gentleman from Michigan, for his commitment to protecting public health and the environment. Over the last century, the nation's wastewater infrastructure has resulted in enormous strides in improving…

this bankruptcy bill is but the latest attempt by the Republican Congress to undermine the economic security of the middle class. Health care costs, not spending sprees, are the single largest causes of bankruptcies in America. Health care…

I did not say the bill did not pay for service members' medical expenses who are injured in Iraq or Afghanistan. I said if they incur debt after they come back from serving this country and are forced to bankruptcy, they get the punitive…

I rise to oppose H.R. 418, the REAL ID Act. This bill is an expansion of the Patriot Act intended to punish immigrants without making America any safer. Any time a bill is brought to the floor with no hearings, no committee markup, and few…

tonight I would like to address the most urgent issue facing our Nation today, the ongoing war in Iraq. I recently returned from a congressional delegation trip to Iraq with the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Saxton) and several of our…

I rise today to oppose increasing the debt limit without putting in place any plans or mechanisms to bring our budget into balance. Increasing the debt ceiling is a technical term for what Congress is actually doing today--we've spent…

Mr. Speaker, for 10 years, a bipartisan group of legislators has been fighting to get tobacco regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA regulates products from Tylenol to bottled water to macaroni and cheese; yet it does not…