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In 1995 I spoke on the Floor in support of a balanced budget amendment. That was sixteen years ago.

Last year, then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mike Mullen, said that and I quote: 'Our national debt is our biggest national security threat.' We must do something to start paying down the debt, and that something is in the hands of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.

A year from now, millions of Americans will head to the polls to exercise their most fundamental right the right to vote.

I oppose todays efforts by House Republicans on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to greatly decrease the federal workforce, a ploy to once again make federal employees a scapegoat for spending.

Community banks, Mr. Speaker, are the lifeblood of our local economies. They are locally owned and operated.

I thank Congresswoman Fudge and I am honored to be on the Floor with John Lewis, who came close to losing his life to make sure that Americans could register and could vote.

I was pleased to meet today with local educators to discuss how the American Jobs Act would help spur needed capital improvements at Catherine T. Reed Elementary School and many other schools in Prince Georges County and throughout the Fifth District.

I have long supported efforts to equip organizations serving battered women and their children as well as the law enforcement community with the resources needed to support victims and prosecute perpetrators.