Speeches

Rep. Quigley delivers a speech on the House floor denouncing those that misuse the myth of President Ronald Reagan to defend a hard-line stance in debt limit negotiations. "

The great Mark Twain is credited with quipping, "Denial aint just a river in Egypt." If he were around today he might add: "It also passes for gun control policy in the U.S. Congress." "

This legislation would render the EPA toothless to enforce the Clean Water Act, giving polluters more leeway to break from clean water standards. "

Raising the debt ceiling must be accompanied by deficit reduction, starting with eliminating some unnecessary tax breaks. "

At its core, this month stands to recognize a fundamental belief upon which this country is founded: equality. "

My colleagues in Congress are faced with a critical opportunity to do the right thing and pass the most common sense of common sense policies by closing the terror gap. "

"We must be careful to maintain our investments in programs like Chicago House that save lives and dollars." "

No matter the challenges that arise in the Middle East, we must never lose sight of the most dangerous threat of all A nuclear armed Iran. "