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Betty S Sutton
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Lowering Student Loan Interest Rates - Jan. 17, 2007
January 17, 2007
Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong support of H.R. 5 to cut interest rates on student loans for 5.5 million of our students most in need of financial assistance. This cut is vital because there is nothing more important than ensuring our students are well prepared to enter our nation’s workforce. Many students in our nation lack access to an affordable higher education and this should be considered nothing less than a crisis. While access to higher education has become more critical for our younger generation, the cost is rapidly […]
Mary Fallin
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Speech Opposing the Iraq War Resolution - Feb. 15, 2007
February 15, 2007
Madam Speaker, I would like to begin by reviewing some history. There have been a number of times in American history when wars didn’t go as we hoped or planned. That winter at Valley Forge was difficult. During the War of 1812, the British occupied this very building. The Civil War was far more costly and far longer than we hoped it would be. In World War II, the North African campaign was something of a mess. And the bloody island campaigns of the South Pacific were not something we […]
Mary Fallin
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Virginia Tech and Lessons of the OKC Bombing - April 19, 2007
April 19, 2007
Mr. Speaker, today I would like to discuss something that is neither Democrat nor Republican in nature, but simply American. That, Mr. Speaker, is the greatness of this nation and of the American community, the extraordinary ability of American men and women to overcome tragedy and to be stronger for it. Twelve years ago today, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was destroyed by an explosion that claimed the lives of 168 men, women and children, and that left over 800 injured. At the time, it was the deadliest terror […]
Eddie Bernice Johnson
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Statement Opposing the Escalation of Troops in Iraq - Feb. 14, 2007
February 14, 2007
Mr. Speaker, the American people want a new direction in Iraq and they expect Congress to act accordingly. It has been almost four years since this Administration declared the end of major combat in Iraq. Since this declaration we have seen more than 3-thousand soldiers killed in combat, and more than 22-thousand injured. We can’t forget that these aren’t just numbers. These are our sons and daughters. There are now more than 3-thousand men and women who will never return home to their families. Many are children, 18, 19 or […]
Carolyn C Kilpatrick
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Support for the Hate Crime Prevention Act - May 3, 2007
May 3, 2007
Dear Mr./Madame Speaker: At the beginning of every Congress, every member of this august body takes an oath to “defend and protect the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” It is an oath that I am proud that the majority of the citizens of the 13th Congressional District of Michigan have honored me with their vote for more than 12 years. One of the most important duties that I have as a Member of the United States House of Representatives is to protect and defend […]
Michele M Bachmann
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Interstate 35W Bridge - Aug. 3, 2007
August 3, 2007
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding time to me. In what feels now like a lifetime ago but was in fact only 2 days ago, on August 1, the world changed forever for the people of our State of Minnesota. Our people witnessed an event so unlikely, the sudden and complete collapse of nearly 2,000 feet of eight lanes of highway, propelling nearly 50 cars in midair for a horrific 60-foot plunge into the currents of the Mississippi River. An event so unlikely that we in Minnesota collectively […]
Louise M Slaughter
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Support of New Deployment Regulations for Soldiers Headed to Iraq - Aug. 2, 2007
August 2, 2007
The war in Iraq has taken us into uncharted territory as a nation and as a society. During the Vietnam War, four percent of the general population served in the military. During World War II, fully twelve percent of our people served. Forms of personal sacrifice and national service were to be found everywhere - planted in victory gardens, or held in war bonds. Even during the Civil War, a conflict from a different age, more than one in ten Americans fought. Never in our history has America fought a […]
Louise M Slaughter
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Support for State Children's Health Insurance Program - Aug. 1, 2007
August 1, 2007
I am enormously proud of the accomplishments that we can credit to this Democratic-led Congress. From education to healthcare, from national security to increasing the minimum wage, great strides have been taken to make our country stronger, healthier, and better prepared for the future. But it is with special pride that I rise today. I feel that what motivated me and so many of my colleagues to come to Washington in the first place was the thought that, on any day, a vote could be held that would improve the […]
Debbie A Stabenow
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Iraq Resolution - Feb. 16, 2007
February 16, 2007
On December 23, 1783, George Washington, having successfully lead the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, appeared before the Continental Congress and resigned his commission as commander of the armed forces. It was a quietly pivotal action in the history of our young country, an event so important in shaping the nation that it is one of only eight moments in our history deemed worthy enough of gracing the walls of the Capitol rotunda. A painting of Washington’s historic act hangs not far from this chamber alongside more […]
Cynthia A McKinney
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In Opposition to Resolution to go to War in Iraq - Oct. 9, 2002
October 9, 2002
Thank you very much. I share the same revulsion that many others have towards Saddam Hussein. We all know that he’s brutal, and that his regime has terrorized the Iraqi people and the people of nearby countries. But there was a time not so long ago when despite all of this, we chose to allow him to be our friend. There was a time we supplied him with chemical weapons and other military technologies. If our nation really cared about Iraq's neighbors, we never would have supplied him the military […]