Patrick Kennedy

I cannot emphasize enough to the people in this Chamber, my colleagues watching on TV and the American people at large, that this is no light matter that we have been talking about. We seem to be taking such a cavalier attitude to this…

that was not dangerous to the future of this republic. It did not justify throwing this democracy into a constitutional tailspin, and it will not justify it. Gifts, testimony, executive privilege, all these things, do these justify…

I rise today in defense not of the President but rather of the Presidency. Trent Lott, the majority leader of the Senate, has just spun to the press that, quote-unquote, bad conduct is grounds for impeachment. To me, this is shocking. I…

I went into the maquiladora section. I went to several maquiladora sections. I went in unannounced to factories and introduced myself to the workers. Most of the workers were women, most of them were 14 and 15 years old. Most of them, I…

My colleagues, what we are doing today is wrong. We are taking a bill that is supposed to help missing and exploited children and runaway and homeless youth, we are taking this program and we are saddling it with a political agenda. We are…

But the point of my remarks holds true, because what I am talking about here is the voice of democracy, whether that is TV or radio. The issue here is making sure the message gets across to the people of Cuba, and that is what is so…

Mr. Chairman, I want to echo some of the comments that have been made by my colleagues, most particularly the comments just made by my colleague, the gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis), with respect to the marketplace and the fact that…

today I stand on behalf of Kathryn Carberry in my State of Rhode Island. She was released too quickly from the hospital because her insurance company denied her treatment for a breast operation that she had and continued treatment for…

I want to join those who have already stood in support of the National Endowment for the Arts. It has been spoken to in many instances already, but let me say, for our State of Rhode Island, this is an issue of particular importance…

the point I want to make is, here these women are serving our country, and, guess what? There is something called the Supreme Court, and it gives us our constitutional rights, and in those constitutional rights is the right to a legal and…

I want to say, it is really unbelievable to me that we are really on this floor discussing this issue. This is not an issue of Row v. Wade. That issue has been decided. Women in this country have a constitutional right to have a safe…

during the First World War, the Armenian people suffered greatly under the hands of Turkey, leading to what we now have come to call the Armenian Genocide. It was one of the first state ordered genocides of this century, and would later…

let me just say here very quickly, if there is a problem, as the gentleman said, then that is a problem that needs to have law enforcement. If there is a problem with the fact that these people need to have the visa overstay enforced, that…

I would like to add, Mr. Chairman, that by the whole tone of this debate, by declaring Portugal and Greece not eligible for the visa waiver program, it sends a very chilling effect between the United States and our two closest allies that…

I want to say with respect to Greece, my colleague said Greece's refusal rate is higher than Portugal; yet their overstay rate, according to his statistics, is lower. And the point is that it is arbitrary.

let us just make it clear here, the idea is, the Attorney General still has discretion to reject these countries based upon any concerns that she may have with respect to these issues that, I might say, are ancillary. You are talking…

Let me just say that consistent with the Principles 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the Annex Resolution 1541 of the United Nations General Assembly, the U.N., statehood is the decolonizing status option for decolonization.

the fact is that if everyone is so insulted by this process, I hear the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez) and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Gutierrez) say, ``I don't like this process because they shut out a political party in…

Mr. Chairman, ultimately this is a political football. The Solomon amendment is meant to kill this bill. To think that we are asking the Puerto Rican people to be forced to speak English. I would ask the gentleman from New York (Mr…

The reason why this is so awful to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez) and people of Puerto Rican descent is the same reason it is awful for people who feel that we ought to have statehood for Puerto Rico. That is, without…

I am telling my colleagues today, I never thought I would see the day when their fight was not over. But it is not over; it is carrying on with this bill, 1428, as we speak on the floor. Last year, the Republicans put before this House a…

I am sure that recitation of all the facts regarding these meetings really did a lot for the American people, the 40 million Americans who are without health insurance today. I am sure the gentleman is really glad that he did point that…

I am very honored today to be able to rise and speak about my good friend, Ron Dellums. I am pleased to be able to rise on behalf of my family who, if every member of my family who has ever worked with Ron could be here standing in my…

I asked Larry Tribe, perhaps our Nation's most renowned constitutional scholar, to describe the upcoming vote to begin, just to begin, an impeachment inquiry; and his answer, my colleagues, captures everything that I want to say today.

Asthma kills roughly 5,000 people every year. There are over 30 million Americans who depend on those metered-dose inhalers, such as the one I have in my pocket, in order to relieve themselves of the terror of being gripped with asthma…