Jerry Costello

Population growth and development place additional stress on the Nation's water infrastructure and its ability to sustain hard-won water quality gains.

Coal is absolutely critical to our nation's economic health and global competitiveness.

Train service is particularly vital for the students and employees of Southern Illinois University.

In celebration of this Earth Day, I encourage all Members of the House to support legislation aimed at investing in the improvement of water quality in our Nation's lakes, rivers, streams and estuaries.

While some people are certainly seeing economic benefits, many others are unemployed, underemployed, without health insurance and struggling to make ends meet.

Every day more Americans watch their jobs being shipped overseas.

The State of Israel has faced obstacles and challenges to its very survival, with conventional military attacks leading the way to suicide bombers who have killed innocent Israeli men, women, and children.

With faith and courage, generations of Armenians have overcome great suffering and proudly preserved their culture, traditions, and religion and have told the story of the genocide to an often indifferent world.

Mr. Speaker, genocide is the most potent of all crimes against humanity because it is an effort to systematically wipe out a people and a culture as well as individual lives.

Maintaining clean, safe water remains one of our greatest national and global challenges and responsibilities.

Every day, hundreds of thousands of men and women protect and serve, often putting their own lives at risk.

This was a tragic event in human history, but by paying tribute to the Armenian community we ensure the lessons of the Armenian genocide are properly understood and acknowledged.