Thomas Foley: “You can leave this in here but there will be a lot of blood on the floor if we pass this. Many of us will not survive.”

I rise today to bring to the House's attention a transaction that is being contemplated on five of our major ports, five important ports of entry in the United States. New Orleans, Miami, Newark, Philadelphia and New York are all being…

I've taken positions that I think were damaging in a political sense, but I don't have any regrets taking them.

there are a lot of collateral issues being discussed today, but the fact remains that the will of the House is not a mandate on the Senate. The Senate was unwilling to accept some provisions. Let us acknowledge that. But let us talk about…

This is a man who stood for the Constitution and civility, from day one of his congressional career to the last day of his last term.