the language the gentleman quotes is the same language that I quote. I applaud the committee for adding that in there. The problem is that the total amount of money for the agency was not changed, and to get any more than $2.2 million…

Yes, I think it is in writing. It is in the cost estimates or in the reports that have already been forwarded up to the State Department. But I do not think they were ever forwarded to the committee. I applaud the committee concerns about…

Well, Mexico, I think if they see that we are moving to raise the levees on the American side, they will be caused to take action on the Mexican side. This is simply, the cost that I have talked about is only the U.S. side of the levees…

That is why I say, naturally, the kind of budget challenges they face in Mexico, if they say we are raising our side to meet this flood problem, we believe that they will act to raise it on their side also.

this bill provides very limited administrative flexibility, essentially just legalizing what a handful of States are already doing with foster care. But this tiny finger of flexibility given with one hand is taken away with both hands from…

it has been a long, long, long slog, whether measured in lives or limbs lost. So many days with no real plan for peace, no real plan for security for our families, so many tears shed by too many families. Too little armor and too little…

I applaud the gentlewoman for her very important motion to instruct. It is a motion to instruct that is designed to prevent an ideological experiment being conducted on some of the most vulnerable people in our society. It is about what…

calling this partisan Republican scheme ``bipartisan'' reminds me of those tinhorn dictators who attempt to mask their authoritarian regimes by calling their countries ``democratic. We need an independent citizens commission like the 9/11…

it is possible to enjoy the many benefits of trade extolled here tonight without having a race to the bottom on working conditions. It is possible to enjoy the benefits of expanded trade without endangering our environment. It is possible…

I rise on the joyous occasion of celebrating the life and the public service of a great Texan and a great American, J.J. Jake Pickle of Austin, Texas. Congressman Pickle led a long life, 91 years. He led a long period of public service in…

today the minimum wage is at a level so low that it represents only one-third of the average hourly wage for American workers as a whole. This represents the lowest level for a minimum wage since 1949. This is not a ``living wage''; it is…

of the many reasons to vote against this measure, one of the most significant is its failure to address the ``opportunity deficit.'' Yes, this administration's many failures are reflected in the budget deficit and the trade deficit, but I…

I would just note that even those individuals, who may be concerned more about that air base than whether hundreds of people were murdered, raped, suffocated or boiled alive, I think the point here is not just about human rights, it is…

this Defense bill has many good aspects, but I believe that it does contain at least one soft spot that undermines the high level of security that our families demand. The safety of our families is just too important to be dependent on the…

I rise to commend the gentlewoman from Texas for her leadership on this issue. I believe that getting additional information can only be helpful to the many law enforcement and prosecuting agencies that are trying to do an effective job of…

what happened in Tulia was a true disgrace. It is not an isolated example. While most of our law enforcement officers and prosecutors do a fine job and we support them, the type of information that this amendment would gather can only be…

some folks will get a lot of mileage out of this bill, but it will not be the hard-working Americans who have to pay more and more at the gas pump as a direct result of the policies of this Bush administration. When the same collection of…

Mr. Speaker, the REAL ID Act is a real travesty. It has little to do with homeland security, and it represents just the latest in a string of anti-immigrant proposals so unfortunately popular with certain of our Republican colleagues…

a new report indicates that 275 giant, multinational corporations have been paying taxes over the last 3 years at an effective rate which is actually less than the marginal rate, for a family making $35,000 a year. Over this same period…

Mr. Speaker, I thank our colleague, the gentleman from New York (Mr. McNulty), for introducing this legislation which was unanimously reported by the Committee on Government Reform on September 15. It enjoys the full support of the entire…

I am proud to support H.R. 480 which designates the U.S. postal service facility at 747 Broadway in Albany, New York, as the Henry Johnson Annex. Henry Johnson was a native of Albany, served in World War I, and was an African American who…

there is no doubt that I and all of my colleagues in the House of Representatives share a profound sorrow and outrage about the tragedy of September 11th and extend our deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and our greatest…

the Khodorkovsky/Lebedev trial resumed on Monday last week before a three judge panel in Moscow. Since the last hearing three weeks ago, the physical appearance of the court was much improved: the courtroom had been air conditioned and the…

over a century ago, my great-grandfather came from Sweden to chop sugarcane in Louisiana. He came for the same reason that so many people come to this country from Mexico today--to take on some of our society's most difficult jobs, to…

this last bizarre argument that was made that this amendment would somehow violate our world trade obligations, does the gentleman understand that argument to be that we are forced to outsource our national security and our homeland…