Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chairman, I rise to speak in strong support of H.R. 2200, the Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, as this is a necessary piece of legislation that is long overdue. In fact, we have never fully authorized the TSA since the… Read more »

Mr. PASCRELL. Madam Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman from Maryland, the gentlewoman from Oklahoma. This resolution, H. Res. 471, is a resolution that deserves all of our support. The legislation expresses our sympathies to the five victims and their… Read more »

Click image to open in Windows Media Player.    Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 2187, the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act.    My friend from Texas, I think he is still my friend, my friend from Texas would have to admit that we already have a sucking sound and that is we have been… Read more »

Click image to open in Windows Media Player.    Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chairman, I hope folks are watching and listening. We had a debate on credit cards. You heard the debate last week. Now you know who is on the side of the consumer and who is dealing in gibberish.    Secondly, we have a debate today on the Anti-Predatory Lending Act. There is no doubt… Read more »

Click image to open in Windows Media Player.    Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chairman, that was, to my good friend from Alabama, the best apologist presentation that I have heard in a long time.    The very same people stood on the floor of this House and condemned folks trying to get a part of the American dream in buying a house and then finding out they… Read more »

Click image to open in Windows Media Player.    Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1139, the COPS Improvements Act of 2009. I want to thank my colleague Mr. Weiner, who understands the significance, the history, the data, and even the science of the success of this bill and this law.    Mr. Speaker, after September 11th, as we… Read more »

Click image to open in Windows Media Player.    Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I proudly rise today in strong support of H.R. 146, a bipartisan piece of legislation that will do wonders for conservation and historic preservation across the United States. If one, Mr. Speaker, were to add up all the hours that were devoted to each part of this legislation in the House and… Read more »

Click image to open in Windows Media Player.    Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend from Massachusetts, and my good friend Todd Platts who is the co-chair of the Traumatic Brain Injury Task Force.    Mr. Speaker, I learned about this injury about 10 years ago when I was approached by one of my constituents, Dennis Benigno, whose son was… Read more »

Click image to open in Windows Media Player.    Mr. PASCRELL. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I rise in support of H.R. 1262, the Water Quality Investment Act. I want to commend Chairman Oberstar and Subcommittee Chairwoman Johnson for bringing this critical legislation to the floor, and it has had bipartisan support for quite a few years. We didn't give up on it, did… Read more »

Click image to open in Windows Media Player.    Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chairman, in Italian we say ``tutti possible,'' anything is possible on this floor.    We passed in 2008, eliminated the AMT tax, but we paid for it. You missed something. You left out a paragraph: We paid for it. And we are going to handle it again.    For the last 8… Read more »