Does it really make sense for the U.S. to continue to allow millions of dollars to go into a French cultural fund every year?

Today at one o'clock, I will reintroduce 'The Federal Prison Work Incentive Act of 2009,' a piece of legislation designed to restore good time in federal prisons and correction facilities.

This is simply not fair.

It is time they start paying for the music they play.

Bobby Scott and I were authors of the bill on prison rape, and this has been a great hearing.

That is just not right!

Performers, too, are creators who deserve and need to be paid.

I am delighted to recognize the NAACP on its 100th anniversary. The NAACP holds a very special meaning to me because I have been a long-time active member of the group. I have had the honor of being Virginia's first individual Golden…

Again we've been lectured on economic theories. And we agree that there is a significant difference between the two sides on economic theory. And we've been begged to adopt the economic theory proposed by those on the other side. I would…

House Resolution 103 designates this week, February 2 through February 6, as National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week. It is designed to bring public attention to the problem of teen dating violence, and the need for…

I would like to thank the other side for their support of the underlying bill and for their comments that give rise to the challenge we may have in actually funding the legislation. Sixteen years ago, we had a Democratic majority, and we…

House Resolution 82 is a bipartisan measure and will help raise awareness of the terrible toll that stalking is taking in our society. Every year, stalking affects millions of Americans of both genders and of all races and ages. The…

Well, I mean, what you have is the homeowner over a barrel, didn't want to have to leave the house and be homeless, and you are gouging them for more than you could get under the legal process because you have that leverage over them.

How is the bank any worse off with cram down under bankruptcy--the fact is that the security they have is the cram-down amount--the value of the house is the security for the loan.

Five years, 10 years from now, we are not going to be right back where we are--the argument that when you made the loan, you knew who you were lending and what the rules where and, if we went down the road a little bit, we would be…

I oppose H.R. 6304. It allows widespread acquisition of private conversations without meaningful court review. The bill actually permits the government to perform mass untargeted surveillance of any and all conversations believed to be…

It also maintains accommodations for children's health care, higher education, and rejects the cuts in Medicare and Medicaid. It does this, maintaining the middle class tax cuts. So instead of following the reckless fiscal policies of the…

Mr. Speaker, when we talk about the budget, it's helpful to know where we are and how we got here. This chart shows the budget deficit over the years and shows that when President Clinton came in, we reversed the trend of deficit and…

Mr. Speaker, we have seen the price of oil skyrocket, from about $50 a barrel only a year ago, to nearly $128 a barrel as of last week. The retail price of gasoline has likewise jumped and is now in the range of $4 a gallon. Americans are…

Today we take urgent action to prevent a critically important immigration program from expiring. No one disputes that there is a health care crisis in this country. With our population aging, there can be no doubt that the demand for…

Mr. Speaker, Memorial Day is a solemn time when we, as a Nation, commemorate the ultimate sacrifice that our brave men and women in uniform have made for us. Sadly, there are those who, despicable as it may be, desecrate the grave sites of…

As many of our student veterans have come to realize, the current Montgomery GI Bill falls far short in meeting the needs of today's college students. The current program is designed as a benefit for peacetime service and was never…

I rise to speak in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. As a member of the Congressional Asian American Pacific American Caucus, and as the only Member of Congress with any Filipino ancestry, I'm pleased to speak on the floor…

I rise today in support of National Public Health Week and the health bills that the House will debate today. It is important that we recognize and build on quality public health programs that affect every aspect of our lives--from…

Mr. Chairman, we have to remind ourselves exactly where we are with the policies that took place in 2001 and 2003 and what has happened to our budget. You will see that we dug ourselves out of a ditch from 1993 to 2001, and it had a…