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  • A SCOURGING PLAGUE
    Oct 22, 2009  - CLICK HERE TO WATCH    Mr. Speaker, there are families in America where assault, violence and terror at home are a way of life.    Yvette Cade got a restraining order against her abusive husband, a man that she daily and dreadfully feared. But a Virginia judge lifted t... More
  • GUN CONTROL
    Oct 20, 2009  - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Mr. Speaker, the Supreme Court said last year that the Second Amendment means what it says: "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." There is nothing vague about that personal right. Never mind, Chicago still has a gun ban law. So the Supreme C... More
  • NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR MURDER VICTIMS
    Sep 25, 2009  - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Madam Speaker, this day, we honor the memory of those whose lives are suddenly violently taken by homicide. Everything a person was or ever will be--stolen by the assassin's hands. Most of us will never lose a loved one to a violent crime. Most of us never even think about m... More
  • THE CRUSADERS: NATIONAL NETWORK TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
    Sep 17, 2009  - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Mr. Speaker, LouAnne is an elementary student in Texas. In the mornings, she eagerly awaits to be picked up by the school bus. After school, she rides the bus home, but sometimes she hesitates and slowly gets off that bus.    Once, she just sat on the bus when it pulled in fr... More
  • COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010
    Jun 17, 2009  - CLICK HERE TO WATCH I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I appreciate the gentlewoman from Wisconsin for her representation and hard work on this amendment.    Mr. Chairman, this amendment is a strong amendment, and it puts forth the proposition that victims' issues aren't partisan issues; th... More
  • RECOGNIZING 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN
    Jun 9, 2009  - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Madam Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman from Pennsylvania yielding and the support of the gentleman from New York.    I'm proud to sponsor H. Res. 454, which recognizes the 25th anniversary of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.    As founder and co-Ch... More
  • LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HATE CRIMES PREVENTION ACT OF 2009
    Apr 29, 2009  - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Mr. Speaker, in a courthouse in Houston, Texas, where I worked 8 years as a prosecutor and 22 as a judge, there is a statement that says, ``Equal justice for all.'' I guess now we need to change that, but to the phrase, ``but more justice for some.''    This bill makes some v... More
  • SUPPORTING NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH
    Apr 28, 2009  - CLICK HERE TO WATCH I yield myself such time as I may consume, Mr. Speaker.    I'm pleased to join my Judiciary Committee colleague, the gentlelady from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) as an original sponsor on this resolution. I want to thank her for her efforts in presenting this to Congress. I would ... More
  • SUPPORTING NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS WEEK
    Apr 28, 2009  - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.    Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join my colleague and friend Mr. Costa from California as an original sponsor of this resolution to recognize and support the mission and goals of National Crime Victims' Rights Week. Toge... More
  • SUPPORTING NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS WEEK continued
    Apr 28, 2009  - CLICK HERE TO WORK Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.    Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the chairman from Virginia for leading this resolution, but also I do want to thank my friend from California, Mr. Costa, for not only sponsoring this legislation, but for his hard work nat... More
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have." ~Thomas Jefferson
"Socialism is the Philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." ~Winston Churchill
"The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." ~Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher