For nearly forty years, Ed Bradley dedicated his life to journalism and uncovered some of history's greatest stories. His legacy, his life's work, is a story for all of us to admire. Ed was a man of journalistic integrity, he not only set…

with the holiday season in full swing, many American families are feeling the strain on their family finances. This is especially true for the millions of Americans who work full time for minimum wage and only earn about $10,700 a year…

I rise in opposition to this $533 billion Defense authorization bill. But, Mr. Speaker, the bill before us today does have a very important provision in it: language preventing the establishment of permanent military bases in Iraq. This is…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in total opposition to the rule for H.R. 5825, the Electronic Surveillance Act, and the underlying bill. The FISA law the President chose to ignore, and that this bill seeks to bypass, is a law that powerfully…

25 years after the start of the devastating global HIV/AIDS pandemic, this disease is still devastating black America. Among young people, among women, among men, African Americans are most at risk of getting infected with HIV and…

I rise today to defend once again a woman's right to choose what is best for her own body. Prohibiting interstate travel for an abortion and punishing those who participated in that travel fails to protect the health and safety of women…

for 5 weeks President Bush has been telling the American people that they are safer now than they were before 9/11 even though all 16 of his intelligence agencies were telling him that simply was not the case. The Bush administration's own…

This is a good step in a direction that I hope will ultimately stop the slaughter, stop the genocide, protect the people of Darfur and allow the people of Darfur to go home. Over 2 million people have been displaced. We hear upwards of…

more than $600 million of Federal contracts has gone to companies whose business in Sudan may directly or indirectly support the Sudanese Government's campaign of genocide in Darfur. No one should have to worry that their tax dollars are…

Let me just thank you again for your calling this special hour and for allowing all of us to participate, and also for reminding us that as we promote democracy abroad, especially in Iraq, we are shutting it down here in America.

President Bush continues to say that one of the most difficult parts of his job is trying to connect the war in Iraq with the overall war on terror, but I tell you it is a difficult job because it is clear there is no connection between…

I want to thank Mr. Lantos for yielding and for your leadership and for your commitment to global peace and security. Today we should be reflecting on the fifth anniversary of the terrible terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. It should…

tomorrow the Prime Minister of Iraq will address a joint session of Congress, and I hope that he levels with us about the current situation in his nation. Over the past week, the violence in Iraq has been replaced on the front pages and…

today we are considering yet another fundamentally flawed free trade agreement--the U.S.-Oman FTA. How many times will it take to learn that the current model just isn't cutting it? Given the failures of NAFTA and CAFTA, you would think…

let me first thank Mr. Lantos for yielding; also just to say to him that I appreciate the respect and the space that you provide for all of us who may have a different point of view, but who all support peace and security and Israel's…

let me thank Mr. Conyers for his leadership and for yielding and also to Chairman Sensenbrenner and to Congressman Watt, our chair of the Black Caucus, for your leadership in ensuring that the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act did…

it is really with a deep sense of gratitude to Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King and our great warrior, Congressman John Lewis, that I rise in support of the renewal of the Voting Rights Act. There is no way that I would be…

in one week House Republicans have shown where their priorities lie, who they are willing to help, and who really gets left behind. I am sure the American people are not shocked to hear that Republicans once again sided with the wealthiest…

let me just say, thank you, again, to the gentleman for his attention to this issue and to so many issues that are important to our Nation. He is truly a courageous hero to many of our minds and many of our views, and we look forward to…

next week the House will finally have an opportunity to lift millions of hardworking Americans out of poverty. For the first time in a decade, we will have a vote on the House floor to increase the minimum wage so that 7 million Americans…

Washington Republicans realize they have a credibility problem with the American people when it comes to their cozy relationships with the oil industry. For 5 years now, President Bush has stacked his administration with energy executives…

although not a perfect bill, I plan to support H.R. 282 based on several important decisions I authored and that were included in the committee-passed bill. First, and most importantly, this bill includes my language explicitly stating…

I rise to highlight the cuts in the Republican budget resolution that target low-income children and women. A number of Federal block grants that help women, especially single and low-income mothers, are going to be forced to cut services…

I am disgusted by the course of events today. As the daughter of a veteran of two wars I am offended and outraged by this personal assault on decorated war veteran Congressman John Murtha. Mr. Speaker, the Republican majority has lost any…

I rise in support of H.R. 1973, the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005. I want to congratulate my colleague, Mr. Blumenauer for bringing this bill to the floor today, and I want to thank Chairman Hyde and the Ranking Member…