I think it is legitimate to ask this question: Were these Saudis, were these members of Osama bin Laden's family given special treatment? Why would they have been given special treatment? Can you imagine how we would have felt, how we…

So this company is benefiting from the American taxpayer through the contracts, doing business with a country that the President stood at that platform and labeled a part of the ``axis of evil.'' Why is this happening?

I think we went into Iraq based on false information that was coming from the administration. But we are there now. But I think the American people need to know that when we went to war after the Afghanistan conflict, we sent our sons and…

I had several members of school boards in my office today from Ohio. They were here because they are concerned about the fact that we are underfunding the No Child Left Behind legislation and passing unfunded mandates over to our States…

Why do we continue to do business with a company like this that has shown such bad faith? Sixty-four million dollars or $65 million is a lot of money; $24 million is a lot of money. Yet we continue to allow this company to suck up tax…

They are profiteering on this war. That is what they are doing. They are profiteering on the war, and it is time the people in this country and those of us who serve in this Chamber say enough is enough. We are not going to continue to…

it is because of the unique financial situations that veterans and military personnel often find themselves in as a result of their military service to our country that I support this motion to recommit, which would exempt them from the…

But this bill was written by and for the pharmaceutical companies. Do the Members want an example of why I say that? A few days ago the Blue Dogs met with our Secretary of Health and Human Services, Mr. Tommy Thompson, and two Democratic…

today, this Congress is missing a golden opportunity to pass a real prescription drug benefit for all seniors. During the Energy and Commerce Committee's consideration of the prescription drug bill this summer, my colleagues and I offered…

But the gentleman from Florida knows that our appointed conferees were the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel), the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell), and the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Berry), and those three individuals were not…

I continue to object to my friends on the other side referring to this as a bipartisan bill. They know that no Democratic Member of this House was allowed to participate in the negotiations. And it is your bill, and you are going to have…

I ask a question: Was any House Democratic Member included in the conference negotiations? Were any of the Democrats included in the conference negotiations?

I feel a quiet anger because I think something is being contemplated in this House that is going to be detrimental, perhaps devastating, to what I would consider the second most important piece of legislation Congress has ever passed to…

We have talked this evening about the fact that this plan does not start until 2006... I hope we will have the courage to stand strong in the face of what is going to be, and we all know it, it is going to be an onslaught of TV advertising…

I would just concur with the gentleman that that is a very interesting Newsweek article. I read it a few hours ago. It is very disturbing because it does lay out how under the Vice President's leadership, this Office of Special Plans…

if the good doctor will allow me to interject a thought here, the President tries to set this up as a two choice paradigm. We either do exactly what we are doing now or, as he says, we cut and run, as if there are no other options, but the…

General Myers and others have been widely quoted in the press as saying this is not a money problem; it is a supply problem. Well, it is a supply problem because this war was under way for almost 7 months before the first request came to…

if I could just say a word about the troops. I spent some time last weekend with two young soldiers from my district, both of whom have been wounded, and they have come back for medical treatment. They are good, loyal, patriotic soldiers…

The same people who are in charge of planning for the future are the people who have gotten us to the point where we are now. And unless we look at how we got into this situation, unless we scrutinize the decision-makers who brought us to…

I want to say a word about this debate today. In my judgment, it has been one of the most thoughtful, substantive debates that I have witnessed in this Chamber, and I think the reason for it is it is not based upon being a liberal or…

But I want to just point out to my colleagues here in the House and to those who may be watching what the record is in terms of veterans and veterans funding and veterans health care. In 2002, the Veterans Administration decided that they…

It puzzles me. I do not understand why the President and the leadership in this House do not just solve this problem. It is so easy for them to ask for $87 billion for Iraq; it should be a no-brainer, quite frankly. They should decide…

We honor them. We love them for their service to this great country, but what we are talking about here is a policy that is flawed, and we are talking about the need to bring some common sense and sanity to the way we support our troops…

The civilian leadership, not the military. It is the civilian leadership, and we had months to prepare for this war. There were months during which we knew that war was likely to occur before the actual conflict started. General Myers has…

But the President is putting it on America's children. I mean it is a puzzle to me. This is strange thinking, that we are willing to pile debt upon America's kids and we are not willing to expect Iraq, with these huge oil reserves, to bear…