Kirk Watson

Can you name anything he's accomplished as a Congressman?

I would just like to close out this hour by saying all those who came forward this evening we appreciate so much because you represent different areas of the country, and we hope this word can get out across the country that we're ready to…

I just want to say that Members in this first hour have struck a chord with the American people and the needs. And when we talk about homeland security, it is not the land, it's the people on the land. And I am very disturbed that we're…

I rise to speak on the Watson-Cummings amendment to section 595 of the National Defense Authorization Act. Our amendment would strengthen the Senior Military Leadership Diversity Commission by including the U.S. Coast Guard as part of the…

It is wonderful to live in a democracy when we can recognize our athletes, when we can recognize our entertainers, we can recognize all of our people, along with doing the people's work. The idea of a democracy says anyone at the lower end…

On behalf of the over 14 million Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and the entire population of America for that matter, let us demonstrate our full support of this year's celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month by passing…

I just want to end this with this: I went over to the Chair of Intelligence. I said, Do you know about this? He said, No. He can speak for himself. But why at this time are we given information that is supposed to be so strategic we have…

I am continuing to object until I am satisfied that this meeting is necessary in secrecy and why it didn't go to the Intelligence Committee first. I don't feel comfortable being manipulated with scare tactics. Why is it this didn't come…

I want to know why the Intelligence Committee did not receive the confidential information that I am hearing is going to be discussed here. If the information discussed here is not confidential, why do we need a secret session and to what…

Today, I join my colleagues, Madam Speaker, to override the President's veto of H.R. 3963, which the President vetoed on December 12. Since then, we received more discouraging news regarding the growing domestic and global economic crisis…

Yesterday's hearing in the Government Reform Committee left me with many concerns. I am concerned about Blackwater's role when they get involved in U.S. military operations. In April and November of 2004, Blackwater personnel attached…

As this session of Congress begins, one of the most important pieces of legislation is the one we have been discussing, and that is increasing the minimum wage. This bill is long overdue. During the first 100 hours, this Congress will vote…

Very quickly, I want to thank you, Mr. Larson, for having us come to herald the fact that we are indulging in an unwinnable battle, because the war against terrorism is a war against an ideology, and the only way you are going to change an…

And I want to thank you so much, Mr. Mollohan and Mr. Wolf. Amendment Offered by Mr. Culberson

We are going to see that your passion spreads throughout this House. And I would like to ask, now, Mr. Mollohan the same question. Would you be willing to work with me to allocate additional funding for the State Department's Bureau of…

There is no way that a deputy chief of staff in the White House to even mention the name of Ambassador Wilson, not naming his wife would not know, because she is the one that sent him over there to Niger. {time} 1600 So how did Robert…

I would hope the Members would support my amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Watson). The amendment was agreed…

I lost $90,000 in the stock market. The privatization program will only make stockbrokers richer. It is the stupidest thing that President Bush has done. Please stop President Bush from privatizing Social Security. I have paid into Social…

I was appalled and shocked that we are dealing with something that was outlawed, we thought, by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. But we always have to be awakened to the facts and realities in which we live, that racism is not dead in this…

We need observing. I observed the election in 2000 from Micronesia. I was ashamed. I was embarrassed because I had to go out and interpret what had happened. I did not find those elections to be free or fair. The spaghetti ballot, the…

As you know, in April 1915, approximately 1.5 million Armenians were systematically killed in an organized fashion by the Ottoman government. Ample documentation of these facts exist; yet today, almost 9 decades later, the government of…

In reading the base bill I have a concern, and it has nothing to do with the number of days, but it has all to do with how that is triggered. In the legislation itself it says, ``Extraordinary circumstances occur when the Speaker of the…

What I did say is it would have placed my number one USC volleyball team at risk because this bill eliminates the Women's Educational Equity Act.

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