Editorial
'Not fully funding No Child Left Behind- UNINTELLIGENT
'Not providing a real benefit to Seniors for prescription drug purchases - SHAMEFUL
'Not putting forth a real solution to significantly decrease the $44 million uninsured- BAD MEDICINE
'Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq: A LIE
Westchester, New York
Good Evening,
Good morning ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure to be here.
I want thank Adelphi University and my good friend Steve Malito for making this event possible.
Westchester, New York
Good Evening,
Thank you. I'm happy to join with my colleague, Representative Joe Crowley, and the residents of Co-op City in celebrating Black History Month 2004. It's ironic that this program should take place on February 23rd, W.E.B. DuBois' 136th birthday.
Although voters will not cast ballots for the next President and Congress for some time, it is already clear that health care coverage will be the number one domestic issue. The American people are demanding an end to the national scandal in which tens of millions of their fellow citizens go without health insurance, and tens of millions are under-insured.
I would like to thank Timothy Mitchell, President of the Jamaica Business Resource Center, and Leslie Schweitzer, Senior Trade Advisor at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, not only for the warm words of welcome, but also for the collaborative spirit with which they went about helping putting this event together.
Mr. Chairman, I rise today to speak about my recent trip to Iraq and to answer some of the questions millions of Americans have been asking every day since the President first announced that he would seek another $87 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mr. Speaker, this last day of February marks the end of Black History Month, the annual celebration commemorating the contributions of African Americans to this great nation.
I thought it fitting, as its Representative, to pay tribute to some of the many great African Americans that hail from the Sixth Congressional District of New York.
Thank you Mr. Speaker.
I rise in opposition to H. J. Resolution 114.
Fellow members and the American people, today we have an opportunity to debate an issue that is of great importance. An issue that involves both the known and unknown consequences that only a war can produce, for America, the Middle East, and indeed the entire world.