Southern states in the confederacy were not ready to give up their fight to secede or give up their way of life, which was made possible in large part through the blood, sweat and tears of African slaves.
I don't want to sound cocky or anything, but I work hard. I work 24/7.
As the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court case has shown us, separate is not always equal.
If one of you pass out and go to the emergency room, the hospital has to see you. But when you go to the emergency room, you've had a stroke, or you've had a heart attack. If you had preventative medicine, you could maybe be taking your high blood pressure medicine so you wouldn't have a stroke and cut down the costs.
Bullies have played a dirty trick to force me out of office by re-drawing my Congressional district to cover a largely rural area of north Florida and include 22 prisons, and convicted felons can't vote.
Everybody understands about expanding Medicaid. It's really simple.
I guess I'm a black woman with a mouth.
I just want someone to explain to the American public why investing in transportation in Iraq is so much more important than investing in passenger rail right here in the United States of America.
As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget.
I don't do radio or TV. I do people.
The punishment should fit the crime and if a doctor or drug company does harm knowingly or negligently to a patient they should be compensated to make them whole.
A lot of people talk about running for office, but what are you going to do when you get there? It's about service - and there aren't enough hours in the day.
I represent central Florida, which depends on tourists for its economic survival. We need people to be able to get to the State and enjoy it.
Veterans continue to get the short end of the stick when it comes to this administration.
This administration is cutting the programs that our Nation and its citizens need most, while dissolving the safety nets created to protect the elderly and less fortunate in this wealthy Nation.
I don't have to prove my innocence to the court or to the news media.
I think it is scary anytime anyone is coming at you asking questions.
Once again, we see the Bush administration paying for its failed policies by cutting funds to vital public services and jeopardizing more American jobs.
The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not reach Texas until after the end of the Civil War almost two years later.
Transportation funding is a win-win for everyone involved.