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

John Kerry has the right stuff.

But, Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Maryland so much for his friendship over the years, and I appreciate being a part of this special order to speak on this very special issue. As the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice…

I rise today on the last day of Black History Month to share with you a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The remarks to follow were given by my good friend and esteemed colleague, Representative John Spratt from the Fifth…

Mr. Speaker, today is February 1, the first day of Black History Month. We thought it will be a good time for us to open up some discussion of what we consider to be a very, very important theme for this year's celebration. The theme for…

We are focused on solutions.

Mr. Clyburn. Mr. Chairman, if I may, I want to say to Bob Livingston how much I have enjoyed his guidance.

But I would say, Mr. Chairman, I would like to see you back here, but I would rather it be as a Republican in the Democratic administration.

let me begin by associating myself with the statement made earlier today by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr

I first met Ron Brown in the late 1960s, when all of us were all about trying to find a way to get ourselves and those people that we represented into the mainstream of American activity. I grew to admire and respect him, and there was…

I want to congratulate those Members of the Republican Party for their foresight and fortitude in coming forward at this time with this CR, but it is more like a partial plan rather than a full plan. Of course, there are times when a half…

we have heard quite a bit of debate in recent weeks over Medicare and then $270 billion cut that we are proposing to make in Medicare. Of course every time I begin discussion of this with various people, I am asked time and time again to…

Absolutely. I think that most of our friends who have been looking at the Congress operate thus far have been surprised to wake up in the morning and all of a sudden see headlines indicating that such and such is about to happen. We have…

But to focus on those who are the weakest, those who do not have high powered lobbyists to argue their causes, to me is a bit much for us to be doing, and so I want to congratulate the gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. Fields] for bringing us…

I wanted to point out just one thing that she talked about. It is kind of interesting, but she mentioned that affirmative action, especially the goals and timetables part of it, got started under a Republican administration, under Richard…

tonight we are going to continue our discourse here on the subject of affirmative action. As you know, Mr. Speaker, that has become a subject that a lot of Americans are concerned about these days. So tonight, once again, I am pleased to…

We hear a lot of talk today about the time for affirmative action has passed. Let me say in closing just a little something to you about time. My friends in this body who talk about the need to do away with affirmative action are always…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of an amendment to H.R. 4301 which would authorize and request the President to issue posthumous commissions in the grade of second lieutenant in the U.S. Army for Johnson Chesnut Whittaker and James…

I rise today as a voice for the millions of Americans who are equally frightened and frustrated by the senseless wave of violence that has griped our Nation. They are frightened by the seeming randomness of violent acts that have occurred…

I would like to thank you for giving us the time to address the issue of welfare reform tonight. Since the beginning of this session of Congress, the issue of health care reform has been on the front burner. News reports, constituent mail…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the issue of welfare reform and why any reform attempted by this august body must be a comprehensive plan to systematically dismantle the system of ambiguous and conflicting Federal regulations that are…

I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee which--while certainly not intended that way by my colleague--seems to me to be penny-wise and pound-foolish. Instead, I would urge my colleagues to support the…

during the 2-week break, I found from my constituents a considerable anxiety about crime and its consequences. They led me to believe that crime and its consequences are first and foremost on their minds. Many of them are afraid to attend…

it was expected to be a fiscal failure. It was predicted to create a recipe for disaster. It was supposed to drive the economy in the gutter. It had been compared to a deadly virus that would kill jobs, stifle economic growth, and…

2 months ago the opponents of health care reform announced no crisis in health care. Now we hear them declaring the health care security plan dead. These prognostications remind me more than a little bit of things we were hearing last year…