Occupation: U.S. Representative Birth: May 16, 1929
Journalists become candidates for cardiac arrest when they see or hear an African American disagreeing with an African American. We would become inau….
We must ensure that these acts of terror do not accomplish in a slow burn what the fires of the World Trade Center and Pentagon could not - subversiv….
I love these members, they get up and say, 'Read the bill ... What good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and you don't have two days and ….
Back in 1792, Dr. Benjamin Banneker, the famed African-American inventor and scientist in Washington, proposed a Department of Peace for the new Nati….
I am a Korean War veteran. I support our troops as much as anyone in this body, but I do so by advocating redeployment out of Iraq as soon as it can ….
Stealing has always been a way of redistributing wealth..
If we quickly cast aside our constitutional form of government, then the enemy will not be the terrorists, it will be us..
We should not take a Memorial Day recess until we pass a proper memorial for the slain students in Littleton, Colorado, and other school gun tragedie….
It is distressing to me that we live in an age in which we still must fight to protect our civil rights as Americans, in which a hate crime perpetrat….
Custodial education does not have as its objective the education of youth but rather social control over them. It suppresses rather than stimulates t….
Too many of my constituents, like many other hard working Americans across the country, are suffering unnecessarily due to our flawed health care sys….
When it comes to civilian deaths, violent hostilities play no favorites..
There is no better illustration of that crisis than the fact that the president is openly violating our nation's laws by authorizing the NSA to engag….
According to recent opinion polls, a large majority of Iraqis believe that the U.S. military has no intention to leave Iraq, and that it would stay e….
Once the violence has ceased, the US should immediately call on the World Bank and other international institutions to convene a donors conference to….
The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security implications of the Dubai Port World's potential management of o….
A day of peace and sharing can lead to greater understanding and cooperation among political parties, faith groups, and people of different races and….
The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is helping terror….
It's not enough for women to speak out on the issue - for the message to be strong and consistent, women's voices must be backed up by men's..
Every few generations there are people who come along that change the way we look at the world, for musical enthusiasts Monk is one of these individu….
The time is now for Congress to address health care in America..