The fact is that we are more concerned about millionaires getting a few dollars in tax breaks than we are in providing health care to our veterans. It is a simple fact. The President and the leadership of this House can argue otherwise…

Yes, I agree. Now, if I can just make an observation: I think the American people would accept from this administration, from the President, a statement that things have not gone just the way they hoped they would go; that perhaps mistakes…

The big lie theory. And the fact is that this is being repeated over and over and over in the face of evidence of this bipartisan commission that it is simply not true. Why would a member of this administration continue to say something to…

let me say this, if I may. Some people think if you repeat something often enough even if it is not true, people will come to believe that it is true.

former Governor Kean, the Chair of the 9/11 Commission, a Republican, a highly respected Republican ex- Governor, has said, and he said it over the weekend, I heard him, that there were many more reasons to believe there was a connection…

I want to read another paragraph or two from the Dallas Morning News. This is no left-wing newspaper. This is the Dallas Morning News, a major newspaper in the President's home State. They said at the beginning of their editorial: A time…

He is, in fact, one of the architects of this war, as we know. He is the Deputy Secretary of Defense. And I was appalled a few weeks ago when he was asked how many American soldiers we had lost in Iraq, and this man who pursued this war…

that is a question that needs to be explored. And, quite frankly, now we know that Iran apparently is going to pursue their nuclear capabilities. And what are we going to do about it? What are we going to do about it? With 135,000 troops…

I rise today to talk about yet one more example of how the Bush administration seems to put the needs of Iraq and Iraqis over the needs of America and Americans. We all know that during the first Gulf War there were a significant number of…

according to The Hill newspaper, former American prisoners tortured by Saddam Hussein's regime in the first Gulf War are criticizing the Bush administration for fighting their compensation claims while planning to compensate the Iraqi…

The reason it was a forum and not a hearing is because we could not call a hearing. We do not have the authority. Only the majority party can call an actual hearing, and so we had a forum; and in that forum, we did receive information from…

The same people who made those faulty decisions, who made those misjudgments, who made those mistakes and are unwilling to admit them are the same people who are still in charge and they want to make decisions regarding our future.

I think the ability or the willingness, the capability to admit a mistake is a sign of strength and a sign of character. I fear the person who is so self-assured and so arrogant in his or her self-confidence that they refuse to acknowledge…

But to have the callousness of heart to imply that this bump up in the use of food pantries is due to people wanting 'the easy way out,' what does he mean by 'the easy way out?' This man, like myself and many others who serve in this…

I do not have a lot of constituents who would want to go out and buy a $360,000 plane, but I do have a lot of constituents who would like to buy a pair of tennis shoes for their child or maybe some vacation time for the family. Those are…

If I could interrupt and say, for him it may be the best economy of his lifetime, and I do not doubt that. But what about the workers there in Washington County in a little town called Marietta that I met with this week who are losing…

I watched the special order which preceded this special order, some of our colleagues. Quite frankly, I sat in my apartment watching the television as they spoke, and I was wondering if they are from Michael Jackson's Neverland, because…

I stand here today beside this picture. On the right is President George W. Bush and on the left of the picture is a man by the name of Chalabi, Mr. Chalabi. We have heard a lot about Chalabi in recent days. The President, apparently…

I am struck by the fact that right up there in the balcony during the President's address to this great body... more than 800 precious American lives have been lost in this war. We went into this war based on bad information received from…

I was listening to my friend on the other side earlier, and the chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Health indicated that those of us who oppose this bill wanted to do nothing. Well, that is so far from the truth. We had an alternative; we…

the seniors of this country, the senior citizens in this country need to understand that what we are dealing with here is an administration that appears to want to obliterate, to get rid of, Medicare as we know it, to make it more of a…

I sometimes wonder if the leadership of this House and the President of the United States understand the pain that is being felt by people throughout this country. I can only speak for my State and my district, but Ohio is part of the…

as the gentleman shares these numbers, and I see the very significant savings that would be available to seniors if we were able to negotiate these discounts for them under Medicare, and when I see the great savings that are available to…

I talk to people frequently in my district who suffer from various kinds of arthritis, osteoporosis and other kinds of chronic illnesses and diseases, and some of them are unemployed. We have lost a lot of jobs in Ohio, especially a lot of…

we are told that these drugs will provide a 10 to 25 percent discount. There is no guarantee of that, obviously. But we are told that is likely to happen. But here is what has happened. The drug companies have raised their prices already…