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2005 Speeches

December 2005

• Congress is not "Reconciling" Budget Realities
• Republicans Don't Understand What People at the Bottom Really
  Have to Deal With   Video
• The Disintegration of Iraq   Video
• Republican Pension Reform Bill is Abusive and Irresponsible   Video
• U.S. Auto Industry Supports Universal Healthcare... in Canada   Video
• Congress Has Refused to Use its Power of Oversight
• Republicans Give the Poor a Big Lump of Coal   Video
• Time to End the Republican Wasteland of Environmental Policy
• Honoring the Extraordinary Service of Jim Dion

November 2005

• Diplomatically Pursuing Stability and Security in Iraq   Video
• Reconciliation Part 1: "A Very Republican Christmas"   Video
• Reconciliation Part 2: "Vote This Down"   Video
• Administration Continues to Act Like a Cowboy in a Western Movie   Video
• The Rubber Stamp Congress is Back in Session
• Budget Reconciliation Will Bleed the Economic Life Right Out of
Ordinary Americans
• Pension Reform Should Guarantee Fairness For Workers and Executives Alike
     Video
• America Has a Second President We Never Elected   Video
• America's Most Vulnerable Children Are Not Merely Left Behind,
  They Are Left Without "Fair Access"   Video
• Questions Needing Answers   Video
• Recognizing Family Caregivers Month

October 2005

• The Federal Government Should Set a Goal to Eliminate
  Child Poverty in Twenty Years
• Congress Goes Home Without Completing Its Work   Video
• Republican Budget Amendment "Takes from the Needy and Gives to the Greedy"

• Iraq Watch   Video
• Emergency Relief and Recovery Bill Offers Some Relief, But it is Totally Inadequate

September 2005

• A Society's Humanity is Judged by the Way it Protects Those Who Are Unable to Take Care of Themselves   Video
• Goal Should be to Help People in Need Without Compromising the Integrity
  of the SSI System   Video
• Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting a Different Result in Iraq   Video
• Peace Can Be Achieved Not By Force, Rhetoric, or the United States
• The President Has More Heart Than I Can Believe - September 21, 2005   Video
• You're at the Bedside, Make a Diagnosis, Give Us Your Ideas
• Modest Investments by Local Governments Can Reap Enormous
Community Benefits   Video
• We Need a Foster Care System that Doesn't Penalize Relatives
• After Katrina, Who Will Defend Foster Children?   Video
• Don't compound the Disastrous Federal Response by Ignoring Another Disaster   Video
• Administration Neglected to Heed the Threat of Katrina

August 2005

• We Cannot Change the Past, But the Future is Ours to Create - August 31, 2005

July 2005

• CAFTA Will Keep Central American Workers Down   Video
• Deal with the Real Reasons Behind the Trade Deficit, Don't Bash the Chinese   Video
• Communication From a Member of the Iraqi National Assembly
     Video
• Defend American values, Don't Dismantle American Principles   Video
• Inflammatory Rhetoric Does Not Belong in the House   Video
• Our Soldiers Don't Need Another Hollow Amendment   Video
• Americans Need the Minimum Wage Raised   Video

June 2005

• Meeting the Challenge to End Poverty in Africa - June 30, 2005
• McDermott Participates in DR-CAFTA Hearing Video Only
• TANF Extension Needed, But Falls Short   Video
• Nobody Trusts the President's Judgment on Iraq   Video
• Iraq Solution Lies with U.N. Involvement   Video
• Logical Withdrawal From Iraq   Video
• Investigate Guantanamo   Video
• McDermott Introduces the "Carlos Lazo Amendment"   Video
• Foster Care Kids are Our Responsibility
• Gratitude For the Free Press In England

May 2005

• President's "Old West" Strategy in Iraq   Video
• Universal Coverage is Inevitable
• 435 Theologians Face a Values Decision   Video
• House Committee Hearings on Social Security   Video
• Republican Extremists "Shall Inherit the Wind"   Video
• The Social Insecurity System   Video
• A Free American   Video
• Delivering Mail, Collecting Hope
• Time to Provide Health Care for All Americans   Video
• Dysfunctional Priorities   Video
• Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

April 2005

• Rubber Stamp Congress is Back in Shape   Video
• Practice What You Preach   Video
• Government Should Allow Sergeant Lazo to See His Children
     Video
• A Tribute to Jane Eaglen
• Why do they hate us? We have to find out   Video
• House Opens Hearings on CAFTA   Video
• Energy Bill Favors Corporate America   Video
• Remembering Robert Matsui
• Republican "Phonied Up" Rhetoric on the Estate Tax   Video
• McDermott Offers Amendment to the Energy Bill   Video
• Bush Changing Tack on Social Security, "'Nuff Said "   Video
• Republican Weapon of Mass Debt   Video

March 2005

• Wolfowitz Follows in McNamara's Footsteps   Video
• Vital Contributions of African American Newspapers Throughout Our History
  Video
• 2006 Budget Makes America Black and Blue
• House Republicans Do Not Believe in Process
• Bill Promotes Make Work, Not Real Work
• Workers Need a Realistic Road to Economic Freedom   Video

Febuary 2005

• Rate Spike Hurts Region's Affordable Electrical Rates

January 2005

• Death and Hope in Darfur   Video

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