Ron Kind

as described by the previous speaker, this legislation would reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resources Act for another 5 years. The very essence of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System is the series of paper maps that…

I rise tonight to honor Michelle Parks and her contributions as a great American educator at Northstar Middle School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. President Bush has honored Ms. Parks with the 2005 Presidential Award for Excellence in…

I yield 3 minutes to my friend and colleague on the Education and Workforce Committee, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kucinich).

college is an investment that pays off over a lifetime. Median annual earnings for a year-round, full-time worker with a bachelor's degree are about 60 percent higher than earnings for those with a high school diploma. Congress passed the…

early today the people of Wisconsin and this great Nation lost a great public servant, and I lost a good friend and a political hero, Senator William Proxmire. Senator Proxmire passed away at the age of 90 after a long and courageous…

I rise in support of the Eminent Domain Property Act offered by my colleague from Wisconsin, Chairman Sensenbrenner. This bipartisan-supported bill was introduced in response to the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Kelo vs. City of New…

what is equally troubling and if not more so is that the gentleman is talking about the prime retirement years of the baby boom generation. We all know we have an aging population in this country and that is when that demographic time bomb…

I thank the gentlewoman for Georgia for raising this issue. I am a member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce along with the Committee on the Budget, and we are looking at under the majority party's budget reconciliation…

the Endangered Species Act remains an enduring testament to the importance the American people place on preserving plant and animal species for future generations. That sentiment was reflected in President Richard Nixon's words during his…

the evidence of financial mismanagement is real, and I believe the committee has taken steps in this bill to try to address that, and this authorization bill goes a long way to do that. But as a member of the Committee on Education and the…

as our nation leads the world into the 21st century, we should not shy away from opportunities to guide and expand global trade. Lowering tariffs and advancing economic engagement among nations not only helps the American economy, it also…

We are waiting to get a cost estimate back, but based on two previous debates on this issue, it was comparable to the amount of money set aside for the health savings account that has been a part of this bill in the past, but is not this…

I just recommend to the previous speaker that he should talk to any Federal employee with regard to the choices that they are offered under the Federal Employee Health Plan. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs…

as the chairman is aware, earlier this year we did have a bipartisan letter of support from over 50 of our colleagues requesting a $20 million appropriation for NYSP. Given the importance of this program to many children throughout the…

I rise to join in this serious debate over the First Amendment and our Nation's flag, two of the most sacred institutions to this country. America is somewhat unique in its devotion to the Nation's flag. Perhaps because we come from so…

I rise in rejection of this budget resolution because it continues to mortgage our children's future. A vote for this budget resolution tonight is a vote to continue the record budget deficits that we have seen over the last 4 years. A…

40 years ago yesterday on March 7, 1965, events in Selma, Alabama, became a seminal moment for the advancement of civil rights in our country. Last weekend, I had the privilege to join one of my heroes, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr…

And, Mr. Speaker, not one Republican back then had supported the pay-as-you-go rules that required tough political decision-making, trade-offs, in essence, with the budget, which is something that the Democrats in Congress today are…

Mr. Speaker, this is an incredibly important program that was created in the mid-1970s. It was created under the premise that every child in America should have access to a quality education, including children with special needs. Since…

this has been a consistent pattern with this administration. Even with their own agencies producing reports on global warming, the President on down has kind of pooh-poohed the findings. And in fact at one time the President commented on…

In Wisconsin, people think the Dairy State, a lot of farms. There are still a lot of family farms in that. The operations are getting better. The livestock herds are getting larger. One of the grant programs that I and others were able to…

I commend him for it, his leadership throughout Congress and the Nation, in trying to draw attention to and highlight an incredibly important issue not only for the current generation but future generations. That is, how are we going to…

this literally is the ticking time bomb sitting beneath Social Security and Medicare. They do not want to talk about it. They do not want to talk about fiscal solvency and fiscal responsibility that will help shore up Social Security and…

I rise in favor of this important bill, but with great disappointment in President Bush's failure to take affirmative action to support the two-year extension of the Milk Income Loss Compensation (MILL) program to help Wisconsin's dairy…

the retaliatory tariffs that the European Union has issued over our delay in complying with World Trade Organizations are hurting manufacturers all over this country, and it is past time to address this issue. Legislators on both sides of…