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Jackie Speier
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Urgent Need for Health Care Reform - July 15, 2009
July 15, 2009
Well, thank you to the gentleman from Connecticut. I want to thank you for your leadership and for your comments because this issue can't wait. I think we know that better than most. But tonight what I would like to do is talk to the 80 percent of Americans who have health insurance, who basically ask, Well, why should I care about health care reform? I have health insurance. And to the 80 percent of Americans who do have health insurance, I have a few things to tell them. Right […]
Marcy C Kaptur
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The Health of Our Economy - July 22, 2009
July 22, 2009
Mr. Speaker, our whole economy has been in trouble for a long time. We can no longer look at foreclosure rates but ignore our trade deficit, or discuss high gas prices without mentioning the billions spent on Wall Street and the growing U.S. debt that results from an economy not in charge of itself. Mr. Speaker, the health of our economy is not just one number, like Wall Street profits. It's not just our budget deficit. There are so many more aspects to our economy that weigh heavily on how […]
Marcy C Kaptur
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Support the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - Jan. 8, 2009
January 8, 2009
Madam Speaker, today I am here to express my support of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I would like to commend and indeed applaud my colleagues Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and Chairman George Miller of the Education and Labor Committee for their tireless efforts in support of fair treatment in the workplace. Jobs are on everyone's mind, and I rise in support today of H.R. 11, not only because it is the right thing to do, but also because, for me, it is personal. When our beloved mother, Anastasia, began […]
Marcy C Kaptur
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Escalating Conflicts in the Middle East - July 24, 2006
July 24, 2006
Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to discuss the escalating conflicts in the Middle East, and bearing in mind that the answer to real stability throughout that region is a resolution to the half century old Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a two-State solution with negotiations ongoing. That has not happened during the lifetime of this administration. In fact, they have ignored that completely. The second solution is to decouple U.S. foreign policy from our reliance on the oil regimes in the Middle East which supply the largest share of this country's […]
Dina Titus
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Amendment to Create National Service Reserve Corps - March 18, 2009
March 18, 2009
I rise today in support of this amendment which will create a National Service Reserve Corps. In recent years we have watched with broken hearts when the aftermath of some natural disaster has left people homeless, jobless, and helpless. But we have also felt, as we witnessed our fellow citizens rise to the occasion with perseverance and selflessness to assist those in need, a real hope for the future. Many wonderful Americans, including Members of this body, have reached into their hearts and their pockets to help, to serve, to […]
Dina Titus
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Provision to Improve Water Prediction Models - April 23, 2009
April 23, 2009
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to first thank Chairman Gordon for his hard work on this important legislation and for including the text of my amendment in his Manager’s amendment. This bill is critical to states like Nevada, where drought constantly threatens the availability of our already limited water supply and thus our environment and our economy. My language in this Manager’s amendment directs the interagency committee established in the bill to work to improve water prediction models and their applications, including analysis of variations in natural supply, watershed […]
Dina Titus
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Celebrating Greek Independence Day - March 24, 2009
March 24, 2009
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, for offering this resolution. I rise today as a proud member of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus to offer my strong support for H. Res. 273, celebrating the 188th anniversary of Greek Independence Day. I am proud to follow other members of this caucus and agree with their wonderful comments about this special occasion. My grandfather, Arthur Costandinos Cathones, for whom I am named, came to America from Greece in 1911 and instilled in me a love of Greece and Greek Culture. […]
Suzanne M Kosmas
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Amendment to Help Protect Central Florida's Water Resources - April 23, 2009
April 23, 2009
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank Chairman Gordon for bringing this important bill to the floor to address water research needs. Access to clean and reliable water supplies is an issue that affects every community across our country. In my district along the Central Florida coastline, local communities also must deal with the impacts of major weather events, such as hurricanes, on our water supplies. However, this isn’t just a coastal issue, as recent floods in North Dakota and Florida and tornadoes in Tennessee and Alabama demonstrate the need to […]
Jennifer Dunn
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Introduction of the Software Export Equity Act - Jan. 7, 1997
January 7, 1997
Mr. Speaker, on this, the first day of the 105th Congress, I introduce the Software Export Equity Act and urge my colleagues to support its swift enactment. The Software Export Equity Act enjoys tremendous bipartisan support as demonstrated by the members that join me as original cosponsors, Messrs. Matsui, Herger, Jefferson, Crane, Neal of Massachusetts, McCrery, McDermott, English of Pennsylvania, and Weller. Today, the U.S. software industry is a vital and growing part of the U.S. economy, exporting more than $26 billion worth of software annually. U.S. software companies perform […]
Jennifer Dunn
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Condemning the Bombing Outside the Mercer Island Jewish Community Center - March 13, 1997
March 13, 1997
Mr. Speaker, last week a bombing occurred outside the Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island, a city located in the congressional district I represent. It was a rare and threatening display of criminal behavior on Mercer Island and a crime that will not go unpunished. There is an extremely dangerous individual at large who is responsible for this bombing, a coward of the highest magnitude, and who remains a threat to the Jewish community. Whether a dangerously immature prank or a deliberately anti-Semitic effort to terrorize this peaceful community, I […]