Jim Clyburn

Sure, part of this compromise does violence. But I don't -- what's wrong with funding Head Start? And, so, what's wrong with funding higher education?

If it stays the way it is, then it's all a little bit more challenging for us.

67 percent of the Republican Congress decided to put political ideology ahead for the best interests of our great nation.

67 percent of the republican Congress decided to put political ideology ahead of the best interests of our great nation.

What campaign memos? I mean, what's that about? That was very bizarre to me.

I have had people that said to me, how could you, as a proud African-American, you cannot speak out, when you can see the race card is being played against African-Americans?

We cannot tamp down that enthusiasm, or we will not be successful in November.

I think black folks feel strongly that it is a strange way for President Clinton to show his appreciation.

When he was going through his impeachment problems, it was the black community that bellied up to the bar.

As they would say in Gullah Geechee country, he needs to chill a little bit.

As they would say in Gullah Geechee country, he needs to chill a little by.

Thank you, Mr. Meeks. Let me close my 5 minutes, Madam Speaker, by reiterating something that I think all of us ought to think about. Sylvia Pressley Woods' father died when she was 3 days old. He died from the effects of chemical weapons…

What I'm not proud of, however, is the headline that has been published this morning saying that a ``South Carolina Golf Center Nabs a $3 Million Earmark.'' That is utterly untrue. This $3 million request is so that we can put on military…

Hillary has an opportunity to be the first woman president. And that plays well with black women as well. Obama, an opportunity to be the first African-American president, and that plays with black people, male and female.

I think that Democrats in South Carolina want to be with a winner. They want to really be able to say we did launch this campaign.

Last night, Mr. Speaker, I re-read Martin Luther King, Jr.'s ``Letter from a Birmingham City Jail.'' In that letter, King dealt with the notion of timing. He said to us that time is never right; time is never wrong; that time actually is…

I am proud of our caucus and this legislation we have produced. We all seek to heal our Nation by ending the Iraq war. For the first time in 4 years, almost to the date, we have an opportunity to vote for binding legislation that changes…

For the first time in a long time, this Congress is going to break its silence, and we will no longer be a rubber stamp for this administration on Iraq.

I was not there. I have no idea what took place. But I have faith and confidence in our system.

I was asked the other day by a friend why was it that I thought that John Edwards was so optimistic about the future of this country when all the headlines around us seem to indicate something else. I said to him John Edwards was born in a…

John Kerry has the right stuff.

I am hopeful this body will do likewise. Mr. Speaker, as we approach the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, it is indeed an honor to stand in the Halls of the United States House of Representatives to…

I wish at this time to make an announcement that is very tough for me to make. We just received word that our colleague Julian Dixon of California has passed. I wish at this time for the House to stand at ease and for all of us to stand in…

Reclaiming my time, before yielding to the senior member from the California delegation, let me at this moment yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi).

Mr. Chairman, if we fail to seize this moment to make investments that will allow our great Nation to surge forward in the creation of this new cyber-civilization, then our children and grandchildren will frown on us and will lament the…