I want to take just a few moments to talk about an issue that's very, very important to a significant number of citizens in our great country. The Wharton School of Business recently held a conference named in honor of Whitney Young, a…

When the 1965 Voting Rights Act became law, it did not cover congressional and legislative redistricting. The Fair Housing Law wasn't perfect when it was passed. Bipartisan changes were made to improve all of these measures. I sincerely…

Yesterday, men and women from all across America came here to tell us what the repeal of health care would mean for them. Stacie Ritter of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, told us how her 11-year-old twin daughters were both diagnosed with…

I cannot think of anybody whom I have ever served with who personified that passage more than Gabby Giffords. Gabby Giffords is our neighbor, not just here in this body, but she is our neighbor on this great planet, because we learn from…

I rise in strong support of H.R. 4783, the Claims Resolution Act of 2010. Today is a great day for our Nation's black farmers and Native Americans who were discriminated against by their own government for years. Thousands of families have…

I wish to thank my colleague and occasional sparring partner for making what I consider to be reasonable improvements to this bill. Mr. Speaker, in keeping with the bipartisan, in fact, unanimous vote in favor of this legislation, I will…

I rise in strong support of H.R. 4785, the Rural Energy Savings Program Act. The Rural Energy Savings Program, or Rural Star, as it is popularly called, is an important piece of the Make It in America agenda. It is a program that will…

I want to first thank my good friend, subcommittee Chairman Bobby Scott, for yielding me this time and for his leadership on this very important issue. He and committee Chairman Conyers have worked for years to eliminate the unjust and…

I was born and raised in the little town of Sumter, South Carolina, and just outside of Sumter is a little town of Mayesville, the birthplace of Mary McLeod Bethune, the founder of the National Council of Negro Women. When I was growing…

In fact, Judge Childs will also be the third woman and the third African-American justice.

President Obama has chosen two very well-qualified individuals whose nominations are very historic.

I want to begin by thanking my colleague from South Carolina, Senator Graham, and really wish to associate myself with the remarks he just made.

I believe that if people aren't condemning these actions, then you're aiding and abetting this kind of terrorism.

If people aren't condemning these actions, then you're aiding and abetting this kind of terrorism.

This bill will immediately begin to close the doughnut hole for prescription medications for the seniors.

I consider this to be the Civil Rights Act of the 21st century, because I do believe that this is the one fundamental right that this country had been wrestling with now for almost 100 years. I think tonight, we took a giant step toward…

Mr. Speaker, we have come to a defining moment in our Nation's history. Tonight I am thinking about the woman who called in to a talk radio program that I appeared on last August. She called in to take issue with the gentleman who had just…

This bill will immediately begin closing the 'doughnut hole' for prescription medications for seniors.

I want to join all my colleagues in calling for jobs legislation that will get our people back to work and asking for a health care reform bill that will be affordable and accessible to all Americans. But, Mr. Speaker, I rise also to ask…

I believe that all of us who are familiar with the various areas of our great country know that it all depends on where you live as to what kind of catastrophic event you can expect to visit your community. For many of us, it may be a dust…

Charlie Bolden is a very, very special person to all of us in South Carolina.

It is high time that that be done, and I am very thankful that we had rural broadband in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

This report indicates the rural economy and I quote, 'is now losing jobs at a faster rate than the rest of the nation.'

We realized that folks that live in rural areas are just as much taxpaying citizens as people that live in urban and suburban areas.

there needs to be more specific language in the RFPs issued by Federal grantees