I would like to commend Subcommittee Chairman Istook, Subcommittee Ranking Member Olver, Chairman Young and Ranking Member Obey for including a provision I have been fighting for during the last several years to protect workers negatively…

tonight I want to focus on some very important issues which impact the middle class of our country, and I do that as the only Independent in the U.S. House of Representatives. And as an Independent, the views that I am going to express are…

I thank my friend very much. My friend talks about the importance of economic reform in China, and I agree with him. But do you not think we also should be talking about the loss of millions of decent paying jobs?

the corporate media does not talk about it too much, and we do not discuss it terribly much here in the Congress, but the United States of America is rapidly on its way to becoming three separate nations: An increasingly wealthy elite, a…

The sides on this debate are very clear. One side are the credit card companies and the very large banks who are making huge profits from their consumers and, in some cases in our low-interest moment, right now, who are charging 25 or 29…

I came into this issue when, several years ago, my phone lines bounced off the hook because large numbers of workers at the Vermont IBM plant in Essex Junction, Vermont, suddenly learned for the first time that the pensions that had been…

I think there is something fundamentally wrong with the priorities of this country when we have men and women who have put their lives on the line, who in Vermont and all over this country are on waiting lists, people who served this…

The bottom line is, it is not acceptable that the veterans of this country not know the benefits to which they are entitled.

I rise tonight to offer an amendment on a very important issue, namely, the government's authority under section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act to access library circulation records, library patron lists, library Internet records, book seller…

Mr. Chairman, I find myself feeling good that once today I can agree with the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), and that is that the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Otter) has brought forth a very important amendment which is addressing an…

the reality here is that throughout this country today, over 100 cities and towns have spoken out, including three States, with deep concern about various aspects of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act. For many people, conservatives and progressives…

I turned on the television and found this bill on the floor of the House. Nobody gave us warning this bill was coming to the floor of the House. Second of all, this is a legislative body. I know the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wolf) is a…

I have never done this before. It is not my style. I had an amendment at the desk dealing with an issue of deep concern to tens of millions of Americans and, I think, a majority of the Members of this body, and that is to make an important…

I must say, nobody should be happy that the American people are not going to have a debate on one of the most important constitutional issues facing this country. This process was very, very faulty; and I think it is unfortunate that that…

I want the President of the United States to go in front of the national media and say, I am vetoing this bill because I believe in more media consolidation. I think fewer large corporations should control what we see, hear, and read. I…

the Sanders-Kind amendment would increase funding for the very successful Weatherization Assistance Program by $15 million, from $225 million to $240 million. Even with this $15 million increase that we are proposing, funding for the…

I think what is very interesting on this issue is that we are finding people from different philosophical perspectives, Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Conservatives, Progressives, Liberals, Moderates, coming together and making one…

common sense would dictate, is it not far more difficult to regulate the vegetables or the beef or pork that are raised on farms and ranches, what pesticides are they using, who knows, it is very difficult to regulate, but it is okay to…

I am pro-choice. I am proud of it. I have always been, and I will always be. But for the pharmaceutical industry to lie about the pro-life people just shows the desperateness as to where they are. What they are nervous about and what this…

Mr. Chairman, let us think for a moment about what our great Nation can be and then think at the same time about the direction in which we are going. And this legislation, this appropriations bill reflects the fact that we are moving in a…

I am not really a Blue Dog. Mr. Speaker, the Republican proposal ignores the most important prescription drug issue facing our country: cost containment and the need to end the national disgrace by which our citizens are forced to pay, by…

Let us be clear what this is about. This is not about saving the family farm. This is not about protecting small business. This is about over a 10-year period giving $160 billion in tax relief to the richest 2 percent of the population…

I have no problem with this legislation. It would be very nice if Members of Congress worked together to build a few hundred units of affordable housing. The problem is that in the United States of America today, we have a housing crisis…

What that should tell the American people is that there is widespread anger, frustration and disgust with what the pharmaceutical industry is doing to the people of this country. Three years ago, I became the first Member of Congress to…

I would say to the 750,000 people who communicated with the FCC, the 750,000 people who said do not deregulate the industry more so that a tiny handful of companies will control what we see, hear and read, I would say to those people and…