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WASHINGTON, DC (September 16, 2010) – Friday marks the 223rd anniversary of one of our nation's most important founding documents, one that too many people in Washington have forgotten about lately.
Tomorrow, we will commemorate the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. On September 17, 1787, the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia adopted the document, which was ratified by conventions in each state and has been amended 27 times. The first 10 amendments are known as the Bill of Rights.
I also cosponsored H. Res. 1522, which passed unanimously, 408-0.
An estimated 750,000 people in the United States carry a gene mutation that causes a predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer, and 5 to 7 percent of breast cancers and 10 to 14 percent of ovarian cancers are hereditary. It's important that we bring awareness to this issue and help those who have been affected by hereditary cancers.
Bilirakis introduced legislation in May that would improve the background checks conducted on student visa applicants from high risk areas and enhance America's ability to ensure, once in the country, foreign students are abiding by the terms of their visas.
We are reminded from the aftermath of September 11th that America is a nation of resilient, compassionate and determined people.
The terrorists who struck our country failed in their attempt to scare us from our way of life. They failed in their bid to deter us from being Americans and the freedoms we cherish.
WHEN: Friday, September 10, 2010, 10 a.m.
During the health care debates, Democrats and Obama touted a provision that would cause insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions. But as you can read in Tuesday's St. Petersburg Times, it came with a catch.
Likewise, the Department of Homeland Security should not spend its time writing memos about how to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants or dismiss thousands of deportation cases.
As Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations and Oversight, I submitted a hearing request on Friday to find out more about the department's ideas for addressing illegal immigration.
Throughout the healthcare debate, Democrats claimed that if you like your health care plan, you'd be able to keep that health care plan.
But it's more than evident that just a few months after enacting Obamacare, that is not the case. Millions of people will have no choice but to switch their health care plans.