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2006 Speeches

December 2006

• The Tax Relief and Heat lh Care Act of 2006      Video
• Honoring King County Deputy Sheriff Steve Cox  
• The President's Policies are Allowing Iran to Take Over Iraq     Video
• Americans Deserve More From the President     Video

November 2006

• Middle East Moderate and Secular Leaders Offer Ideas for Stabilizing Iraq     Video
• Despite Shortcomings, U.S. Vietnam Trade Agreement Shows America
   At its Best     Video

September 2006

• Americans Want a New Direction  
• Republicans Introduce the "We Run the World Act"     Video
• The Child and Family Services Improvement Act     Video
• Undermining Efforts to Fight Terrorism     Video
• Republicans are Out Of Touch     Video
• Republicans are Fencing Out Ordinary Americans     Video
• "Voter Interigty Act" Will Restrict Voting Rights     Video
• Restoring Economic Opportunity for the Forgotten Middle Class     Video
• There is No Oversight, Just Blind Allegiance in Iraq     Video
• Remembering Those Who Perished     Video
• Iraq Watch     Video
• Republicans Have Short Changed Americans For 12 Years     Video
• Republicans are Afraid of Losing Power     Video

July 2006

• Moral Outrage     Video
• Calling for a Cease-Fire in Lebanon
• Honoring Tim Friedman
• Sectarian Break-up of Iraq is Inevitable     Video
• Republicans Intend to cut a Lifeline to Americans in Grave Danger     Video
• Herger-McDermott Legislation Will "Make America a Little Safer
   for Vulnerable Kids"     Video
• McDermott Statement on Resolution that Condemns Recent Attacks Against Israel
• This is a Time for Commitment to Welfare, not Spin     Video
• There Can't be a Welfare Victory Lap Because the Race is Not Over      Video
• Middle East Crisis, Does Silence Mean Agreement?
• Transfer Secretary Rumsfeld     Video
• Tragedy in India
• Congress Has Allowed the President to Do Half the Job
• Iraq watch     Video
• The Violence in Iraq      Video

June 2006

• Straight Facts About Iraq      Video
• "Stay the Course" is not a Slogan, It's a Direct Order for Republicans
• Our Iraq Policy     Video
• It's Time to Broker Peace from the Sidelines Instead of Fighting on the Front Lines      Video
• A Morality Tale on AIDS     Video
• Do House Republicans Understand Concept of Separation of Powers?     Video
• World Refugee Day
• War isn't Waged by a Political Party, Nor is it Won by Political Ideology      Video
• Iraq Debate Will Be a Scripted Non-Event     Video
• Iraq Week is a Staged Republican Campaign Event     Video

May 2006

• A Good Offense is the Best Defense
• Drilling in ANWR is a Symptom of the Oil Problem, Not the Solution
• Delay Bill Creates Meaningful Incentives for States Help Foster Care Children     Video
• Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act Will Not Help Israel or the Palestinian People
• Middle Class Gets a Massive Tax Increase... They Just Don't Known it Yet     Video
• The Do-Nothing Congress's Sham Budget     Video
• Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Plan was Faulty in its Inception
     Video
• Tax Policy Benefiting Top 1 Percent of Americans     Video
• McDermott Leads Floor Fight on Tax Reconciliation
• The Big Chill in Washington D.C.     Video
• Honesty in Budgeting
• Honoring Kenneth Galbraith
• Recognizing Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
• For Big Oil, Too Much is not Enough     Video

April 2006

• McDermott Introduces Language to Close Tax Loopholes for Oil Companies
  and to Drop Limit Tax Holidays for the Super Rich     Video
• "Do Nothing Congress" Republicans Haven't Changed Much Since
  Truman's Time     Video
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Others Expresses Opposition to
  The Iran Sanctions Act
• America Must Resist Temptation to Start a War with Iran
• Repocracy: A New Form of Government in America      Video
• The Republican 2007 Budget Resolution: "They're back!"      Video
• The Party of the 1 Percent

March 2006

• House Republican Rubber Stamp is the Order of the Day     Video
• Recognizing National Kidney Month
• Extension of Unemployment Benefits, Necessary but Way Too Late      Video
• A Travesty of the Political Process
• "The Center Cannot Hold"
• HSA's Will Cause More Problems Than They Solve      Video

Febuary 2006

• Stuck in the Middle of a Civil War     Video
• No More Tax Holidays for the Rich     Video
• By the Light of Day     Video
• Republican Reconciliation Offers Dollars That Make No Sense      Video
• K Street Project Kleptocracy     Video

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