I rise today as the Democratic cochair of the Women's Caucus to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. Mr. Speaker, I'm so pleased to join millions in our Nation and around the world in commemorating this…

You know, you have made a very good point. If you going to downsize and if you are going to make those sacrifices, number one, our workers have said we will negotiate that. We will try to help our State. But if you are going to downsize at…

Backwards instead of forward, $900 million from our school system, $250 million in State aid for the University of Wisconsin system, $71.6 million from the technical college system, low-income children and families requiring women who…

Exactly. That is the same reason that the Governor, then- county executive, lost his case by firing those 26 guards because he is creating, once again, the same pattern, creating a false emergency.

I thank you so much, gentlelady from the Virgin Islands, for pulling this hour together. As my aunt used to always say, the truth will set you free. And I hope that those who have watched this debate will try to see through some of the…

In January, our economy nationwide gained 36,000 jobs, hardly anything to brag about. But I can tell you this: this Wisconsin State budget fires 21,600 State employees alone. And when you consider the cuts to municipalities, cities…

The check is small. {time} 1740 There is some talk of requiring them to move from 28 hours of work a week to 30 hours of work a week and reducing the amount of child care that they can get. Again, the theme for this budget, our Governor's…

Reclaiming my time, you know, I will tell you there are a couple of other myths I want to bust before I turn to the gentlelady, the doctor, physician in our caucus, to talk about Medicaid a little bit, because that links in with this…

It is very interesting that you should raise that, because in fact the governor of our State, in his previous capacity as the Milwaukee county executive, hired private security guards for the county jail. And a court just this past January…

Well, thank you so much for yielding, and thank you, Mr. Speaker, during this hour. I want to thank the Congressional Black Caucus members and the women of the Congressional Black Caucus for joining me here today. The Congressional Black…

There are some things that I don't understand. Now, another myth and an untruth that has abounded in this debate is that somehow these public sector employees who are very well educated-- I mean, some of them are nurses, school teachers…