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Burgess Owens is an American politician and former professional football player who has served as the U.S. Representative for Utah's 4th congressional district since January 3, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Owens has focused on issues such as education, healthcare, and economic growth during his time in office. He is known for advocating for school choice and has expressed strong views on various social issues. Prior to his political career, Owens played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets and the San Francisco 49ers, winning a Super Bowl with the latter team.
Not for one moment would I want to minimize the role of the caucus in stimulating, the caucus stimulated the activity from the general community and from the White House. We played a major role. The leadership of the first Reconstruction…
I would appreciate that, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the spirit of NetDay, I said, has to be kept alive because even after NetDay takes place as it did in New York City on September 21, you find that it was basically a failure in terms of…
the gentlewoman is very much on target. All of these things are inextricably interwoven. You cannot have education go forward unless you have a commitment from the Federal Government through the budget and the appropriations process. I…
these are the closing days of the 104th Congress. I just wanted to again congratulate the American people or their common sense. As we close out the 104th Congress, the situation in American political life is very different from what it…
Is it true that the Justice Department has already concluded that they do not need to investigate?
So the Justice Department will not conduct its own independent investigation; it is going to cooperate with the CIA Inspector General?
You have the overwhelming support of the African-American community. Our community overwhelmingly supports this effort. They want to see the truth come out. They want to get to the heart of this problem.
the serious problems we face with the African-American community in most inner cities, one of the problems is no jobs. But I think more important than the fact that there are no jobs is the drug problem, which is more devastating, because…
This ``just say no'' slogan; was it not originated about the same time that the other hand of the Government, the CIA, was encouraging the sale of drugs?
we are moving toward adjournment. There is a rumor that we may be adjourning the 27th or the 28th of September. And there are some very important unfinished business items that relate to education which I would like to discuss tonight. The…
a U.S. Government English-only policy would, at best, be counterproductive, isolationist, and simpleminded; at worse an English-only policy is an elitist, bigoted, and racist policy. English plus, the amendment to be offered later by the…
the message of this bill this morning is to the workers of America, ``The Republicans want your overtime pay,'' from the same people who brought us streamlining, downsizing, the tremendous gap in income. The same people who have attacked…
America needs a raise; most of America needs a raise. Really, the CEO's are doing very well in America. The stockholders are doing very well. This is a time of prosperity and a great deal of growth. it is time to share the wealth, however…
today the common sense of the ordinary American people came home here to the Chamber, and a fraudulent campaign reform bill was voted down by the majority of the Member of this House. It was a fraudulent bill. It was an insult. It was an…
Welfare reform is very much in order. The business of policymakers is reform. As legislators, the constant improvement of Government functions and programs is our job. Reform is a permanent, ongoing process. There is not a single…
today we passed the Republican majority's welfare reform bill, H.R. 3734. I think this triumph of the Republican majority again proves what we have said all along, that Democrats put families and children first, Republicans put families…
Democrats are insisting that we put families first. Republicans are insisting that we put families last. Republicans have continued their attack on American families, but now with a double-barreled shotgun. They are attacking minimum wage…
today we passed the Church Arson Prevention Act, and I think practically every Member present voted for that act. It is to the credit of this Congress that this is a bipartisan effort to deal with a heinous set of crimes and to let the…
Those of us who oppose the TEAM Act say that the legislation and the context of union-busting that is taking place in the country now is another form of intimidation, another form of ambush that can be set for workers and that we do not…
on May 22 of this year, the Senate, the other body, heeding the voices of more than 21,000 construction contractors and millions of American workers throughout the Nation, voted to reject any plans to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. By the…
this Employee Commuting Act is a cheap device being utilized to sabotage the effort to increase the minimum wage by 90 cents over a 2-year period. This Employee Commuting Act is one more attack on American working families. This is…
there is a move afoot to pass labor legislation in this half of the 104th Congress through a kind of guerrilla warfare process, antilabor legislation, I should say antiunion labor legislation, antiworker legislation. We had a very…
The caring majority budget of the Congressional Black Caucus and the House Progressive Caucus meets the mandate that we produce a balanced budget. But this budget does not produce a murder of Medicaid. It does not reduce EITC or wipe out…
we have just completed phase I of the most important process that takes place here in the Congress, and that is the budget of the United States of America for a 1-year period that deals with the fiscal 1997 budget, which will run from…
Mr. Chairman, I am proud to rise today in support of the CBC/Progressive Caucus budget. Finally, Mr. Chairman, we have a budget on the floor that is courageous enough to say: It is time for America's corporate welfare kings and bloated…
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