Small Businesses Drive This Economy And It

This Congress Has Promised All Manner Of Border Security And Port Security To The Tune Of Billions Of Dollars... Yet We Have - To Date - Funded Our Promises For Port Security At Only $900 Million. That's Quite A Distance Between What We Say And What We Actually Do.

To Honor Our National Promise To Our Veterans, We Must Continue To Improve Services For Our Men And Women In Uniform Today And Provide Long Overdue Benefits For The Veterans And Military Retirees Who Have Already Served.

Mr. Speaker, I Rise Today To Recognize The Peace Corps As It Reached Its 45th Anniversary On March 1, 2006.

This Nation's 23 Million Small Businesses Need A Budget That Reflects Their Value To The Economy.

Education Should Be One Of Our Top Funding Priorities; Talking About It Does Not Help The Teachers And Students Who Desperately Need Promises Fulfilled.