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2008 Speeches

September

• Privatizing Social Security
• The Bad Old Days
• Free Enterprise is Not Free Anymore
• More Drumbeats to War
• A Stroll Down Memory Lane
• McDermott Signs onto Resolution Considering Impeachment of the President

July

• Speech on Gas Stamps Legislation
• House Acts on Key McDermott Africa Initiative
• Floor remarks: The Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act
• Floor Speech on Energy Prices
• Speech on Single Payer Health Care
• Floor Remarks: The Same Iraq Treaty 78 Years Later Video

June

• Bill to Improve the Lives of Foster Children Passes the House Video
• Floor Remarks on Israel and Iran Video
• Floor Remarks on oil pricesVideo
• Floor Remarks on Emergency Unemployment Insurance Extension Video
• Opening Remarks on Emergency Unemployment Insurance Extension Video
•  One Minute on Emergency Unemployment Insurance Extension Video

May

• National Foster Care Month Video

April

• They're Still Trying to Hide the WarVideo
• Universal Health Care Is PossibleVideo
• Rep. McDermott Speaks Out in Support of Leadership to Fight HIV/AIDSVideo

March

• 1-Minutes Remarks - No to War.Video
• Rep. McDermott - 2 Minutes On the Budget Video
• Rep. McDermott says Air Force Tanker Decision Should be Grounded Video
• House Passes McDermott Naitonal Service Amendment Video

January

• New Legislation to Amend Wrongly Accused African-American Soldier at Fort Lawton During WWII Video

2007 Speeches

November

• Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Act Video
• Iran War Game Video
• 13 Is the Number Before Us Video
• Waterboarding Is a War Crime. Video

October

• Rep. McDermott Opposes Diluting FISA Video
• "Iran in the Crosshairs" Video
• "Remarks on October 2 - Gandhi's Birthday: An International Day of Nonviolence" Video

September

• "A Second 5-Minute Comments on Iraq" Video
• "5-Minute Comments on Iraq" Video

July

•"Children's Health Care "   Video
•"Under the clouds of war, it is humanity that is hanging on a cross of iron"   Video
•"Iran: No, Not Again"   Video
•Tribute to John R. Hogness  Video 
•Another Whitewash from the White House   Video
•National Homeless Youth Awareness Month   Video
•SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act   Video

June

•The Vice President Should Resign or Face Impeachment   Video
•It is Time to Look at the Actions of the Vice President   Video
•Bring the Soldiers Home Now   Video
•Too many young Americans are out of school, work, home,
  and luck and it's time that America pays more attention   Video
•Mr. Tom Skerritt - Participant Citizen   
•Wartime and Our Soldiers   Video
•Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act   Video
•President's Iraq "Stay-the-Course" Strategy
  Has Evolved Into a "Stay Forever" Strategy   Video

May

•A Vote Against Giving the President a Box of Blank Checks   Video
•Bush Authorizes Covert Action Against Iran   Video
•Being Honest About Plans in Iraq   Video
•The Mysterious Murder of Tom Wales   Video
•No Funding For War with Iran with Congressional Approval   Video
•House Vote on Whether To Go War With Iran is Needed Now   Video
•Resolution Recognizing "National Foster Care Month"   Video
•A Call for a Full Accounting of Camp Falcon Attack in Iraq   Video
•Up or Down Vote   Video
•Humpty Dumpty   Video
•The Terrorist We Caught But Won't Prosecute   Video
• In Honor of Dr. Arthur J. Ammann
•Mission Accomplished? All but the Most Important One   Video

April

•We are not sending the President a message, but his veto will send
  one to the American people   Video
•McDermott's Child Abuse Prevention Month Resolution   Video
• Washington State Quarter Unveiling
•The Drum Beats of War are Growing Louder   Video
•Defusing the Will of the American People   Video
•Green Zone Attack Confirms That No One is Safe in Iraq   Video

March

• It is Time to Provide Universal Health Care for Every American     Video
• The Budget is a Statement of Principles and What Society Cares About      Video
• A Vote of Conscience     Video
• What are Rove and Miers Afraid of?     Video
• Remembering Jack Metcalf     Video
• Using Constructive Engagement in the Middle East     Video
• White House Needs To Change Rhetoric     Video
• Protecting Workers Rights to Have a Level Playing Field     

Febuary

• We Have to Get Out Now, Not Two Years From Now     Video
• Let's not make Iran the next Iraq     Video
• Ending the Iraq War     Video

January

• H.R. 6 - The Clean and Renewable Energy Legislation      Video
• US Policy Towards Cuba Is Hurting Innocent People      Video
• A New Direction     Video
• We Can Transform Common Dreams Into the Common Good     Video
• Investing In America's Future     Video
• The Oil Industry is the Main Beneficiary of the Iraq War      Video