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Anna Eshoo
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 - Jan. 9, 2009
January 9, 2009
Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my strong support for H.R. 11, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I salute the extraordinary work of Chairman Miller and Congresswoman DeLauro to bring these important bills to the floor today. Lilly Ledbetter worked for nearly 20 years at a Goodyear Tire and Rubber facility in Alabama. After 20 years, she received an anonymous note alerting her to pay discrimination against her. She learned that she was the lowest-paid supervisor at the plant, despite having more experience than many of her male […]
Kathy A Dahlkemper
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Honoring The 56th Brigade Combat Team Of The Pennsylvania Army National Guard - Oct. 14, 2009
October 14, 2009
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman for recognizing me. I want to rise today in proud and enthusiastic support to House Resolution 754, honoring the citizen-soldiers of the Pennsylvania National Guard, including the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, known as the Stryker Brigade of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, on its return to the United States from deployment in Iraq. On January 15, 2009, the 56th Stryker Brigade was deployed to Taji, Iraq. Just last month, this extraordinary combat team, 4,000 strong, returned to their families in Pennsylvania […]
Kathy A Dahlkemper
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Health Care - Oct. 13, 2009
October 13, 2009
Thank you, Representative Pingree, for allowing me to join you and my other colleagues here tonight as a fellow freshman. This is certainly an historic time for us to be new Members of Congress, as I think we are working on probably the most important piece of legislation that we will probably ever take up within our time here in Congress, something that touches every American, something that touches every one of the constituents in our districts. I, like so many of you, spent my entire August going out and […]
Ginny Brown-Waite
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009 - Jan. 28, 2009
January 28, 2009
I rise today in support of the American taxpayer, not the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. For months the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was billed by President Obama as a job creating, infrastructure improvement package. I know I wasn't the only one that heard the words ``shovel ready'' over and over again when I inquired about ways to help Florida's 5th Congressional District. Despite the fact that this bill was crafted exclusively by President Obama and Speaker Pelosi, we as a country were asked to give President Obama a […]
Marsha Blackburn
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Cap and Trade: Statement Before the House Energy and Commerce Committee - April 21, 2009
April 21, 2009
Mr. Chairman, last week the EPA positioned itself to regulate carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act, with or without Congressional consent. We are then, faced with a choice, we can acquiesce to bad regulation that will have certain and disastrous impacts on our economy or we can legislate an even more harmful system. It is as though, when faced with a gun to our heads, Congress is opting to shoot ourselves in the chest. For the record, I would remind the Committee of my bill, H.R. 391, which […]
Carolyn C Kilpatrick
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 - Oct. 03, 2008
October 3, 2008
Madam Speaker, it is with significant reluctance and reticence that I will vote yes, on final passage, of the Economic Recovery Act. In the State of Michigan, which is facing record high unemployment, failure of businesses, and increasingly tighter credit markets, we must do something, right now, to ensure that the citizens, businesses, and organizations of the city of Detroit, the State of Michigan and the United States of America survive. This is not a perfect bill. I would have preferred that Congress explore other options, most of which did […]
Carolyn C Kilpatrick
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act - July 12, 2007
July 12, 2007
Mr. Speaker, the Greek historian Herodotus is often called the "father of history." In his work, The Histories, he attempted to chronicle the origin and outcome of the Greco-Persian War so that future generations could learn from experience. Unfortunately, for the men and women in Iraq and their families and for the American people, President Bush refuses to use what we have learned to revise our strategy for Iraq, redeploy our troops, and refocus on the priorities and protection of America's families. The President continues to insist that America's involvement […]
Michele M Bachmann
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
The Nation's Current Financial Situation - Sept. 14, 2009
September 14, 2009
Mr. Speaker, the context of my remarks is engaging the issue of the current financial situation that the United States finds itself in. Mr. Speaker, it was less than 1 year ago that the government began Bailout Nation, which was $700 billion in tax money that was given to the United States Treasury Secretary for the purpose of stabilizing America's financial situation. Let's take just a brief history of what has happened in the United States in just less than 1 year's time. This Congress appropriated essentially a blank check […]
Carolyn C Kilpatrick
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Supplemental Appropriations Act - May 14, 2009
May 14, 2009
Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support for the work of our Chairman, John Murtha, our Ranking Minority Member, Bill Young, and the Democratic and Republican staff of the House Appropriations Committee on Defense. Unlike years past, this legislation demands that our President provide us with a plan as we move forward in Afghanistan; demands that our President provide us with a plan as we close down Guantanamo Bay; provides more funding for "stop loss" and helps to protect our country against flu pandemics. This bill provides direction for the […]
Kay Granger
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
WW2 Code Talkers - Sept. 23, 2008
September 23, 2008
Mr. Speaker, I was unable to get here in time to speak about an issue I feel very strongly about. I speak about the need to honor the Code Talkers. It was brought to my attention by my friend and constituent, Mr. Ben Tahmahkera, of Fort Worth, Texas. He is a proud Comanche himself and passionately articulated the important role of the Code Talkers contributed to our Nation during World War II. Mr. Tahmahkera came to me and pointed out that in July, 2001, President Bush honored the Navajo Code […]