Joe Cunningham

I would add a couple of things to it; first of all, that in Kosovo the KLA Albanians have been described by the CIA and FBI as some of the most ruthless and dangerous cocaine and heroin dealers in the world. In Europe they are the major…

I introduced H. Con. Res. 189 to send a clear message that shark finning is wasteful and unsportsmanlike. The destructive practice of shark finning in the American waters off the central and western Pacific must stop. Mr. Speaker, years…

let me give my colleagues some facts. The gentlewoman from Connecticut said that we were cutting NIH because we delayed 40 percent. My colleagues support the President's budget which only increased NIH 2 percent, so even if we delay 40…

I think it is the height for someone that spent time in the majority that consistently voted to take money out of Social Security to then come up and rail on Republicans on Social Security. The gentleman that just spoke did that very same…

our military cannot fight one MRC, that is regional conflict, today. General Ryan shut down the Air Force that put 1 year of life on every aircraft from Kosovo. Last week the press reported that the services are being hit with a $5 billion…

I would say to my friends, the issue of whether we want to end up in space or not is a valid issue. But we are ready to go with this system. The gentleman talks about cost, but this Space Station has been redesigned and redesigned and…

Mr. Chairman, we thought very carefully when we went through the list on potential offsets and tried to minimize. For example, the FEMA funding of $5 million, the most it has ever been funded is $10 million each year. This year it still…

Mr. Chairman, again I would like to thank the gentleman from New York (Chairman Walsh). The gentleman has had a difficult time finding different offsets for different programs. Although we operate under a balanced budget and we feel for…

again I thank the gentleman from New York (Chairman Walsh). I know what a difficult time he has had. We happen to disagree on this issue; not only myself, but take a look at the supporters we have on this particular amendment. The chairman…

for some of us this issue is very, very difficult, when heart, economics, pain are all tied up into one. I understand the version of the gentleman from New York (Mr. McNulty) of this, and I understand the gentleman's, and what I would do…

I want my colleagues to look up in the web page www.dsausa.org. It stands for Democratic Socialists of America. In there, the Progressive Caucus, 58 Members of the Democratic party belong to that. What do they want, Mr. Speaker? This is…

I rise not to oppose the gentleman's amendment, but to address the concerns many of us have about the impact that the Colombian flower industry is having on American flower growers. I won't disagree with the gentleman that the Colombian…

while I agree with my friend, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton), on the service of our military men and women, because their efforts are laudatory, I disagree extremely with the laudatory comments about our diplomatic corps and the…

where do we have to go from here? First of all, NATO nations have got to upgrade their own military so that we do not have to fly 85 percent of all the sorties and drop 90 percent of the bombs in the future. We cannot afford it, to take…

one of the things I think most of us respect mostly on this floor is someone that we may disagree with but fights for principle, and I know the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), even though we disagree on some issues, one thing he does…

I did not say the word of the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton) was not good. I said I did not believe the word of the President without its being in writing. I totally take the word of the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton).

I thought it was unfair to characterize this as a vote against our troops. As I see it, what our original base bill did was prevent the President from taking supplemental money that the House and the Senate voted for and passed for…

I rise in support of the rule. But let me address some of the things my colleague, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Frost), said about the bill being pulled last week. First of all, this House had a vote and voted not to let any of the…

I would like to address my good friend the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Meek). I do not know of a sweeter lady in this body than the gentlewoman from Florida. But I say to the gentlewoman, because there is payback; 500 troops and $20…

I would tell my colleagues that if I were to see a cobra, and the cobra was mounted, I might catch it and milk his venom and use that venom for good. And I think in some ways we need to, whether it is the Middle East, whether China or…

I respect immensely my friend that spoke about abortion, but that is not really what this whole issue is about. Most of the women in the military overseas are very, very young. Even someone that voluntarily wants an abortion, I can imagine…

I rise in strong opposition. I do not have a dog in this hunt. I do not represent farmers; I do not represent ranchers. I have got mostly a city area in my district. But I want to tell my colleagues that San Diego is a series of canyons…

Mr. Chairman, I know Members are anxious for the debate to quit, but in the 8 years I have been here I do not think there is very many things as important as what we are discussing here today regardless of what side colleagues come down on…

Mr. Chairman, I want, and let me finish, I want him to read, Mr. Chairman. Look on the web page, look at www.dsausa.org. That stands for: Democrat Socialists of America. They want government health control, they want government control of…

I do not feel that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, the answer in their Patients' Bill of Rights was to have unlimited lawsuits, which in my opinion would drive up the cost of health care and destroy our HMOs, versus what you…