Marty Meehan

Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier.

— Marty Meehan

Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance; it should be a tribute to our history and reminder…

— Marty Meehan

The 55% of American households that make less than $40,000 will get a tax break of only $7 while the households that…

— Marty Meehan

I don't want to remember 2005 as a year that the government heaped unnecessary burdens upon American families. Stealing from the poor…

— Marty Meehan

Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.

— Marty Meehan

As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue…

— Marty Meehan

We need a tougher enforcement program and, most importantly, we need to fix the badly broken ethics system.

— Marty Meehan

At the same time, Republicans are pushing a $70 billion tax package that will overwhelmingly benefit the most wealthy Americans and actually…

— Marty Meehan

For three years now, our brave men and women in uniform have done everything their country has asked of them, yet President…

— Marty Meehan

The reality is that we have missed a lot of opportunities in Iraq because of a failed policy.

— Marty Meehan

The poorest residents of the gulf coast were most affected by the devastating hurricanes, and the poorest Americans have shouldered a disproportionate…

— Marty Meehan

Well, Mr. Speaker, if so many of these Iraqis are ready to come up and to provide the security, the police work…

— Marty Meehan

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we…

— Marty Meehan

First of all, I'm in favor of making price gouging a crime, and in fact, one the reasons I didn't vote for…

— Marty Meehan

What's interesting is there are $12 billion of breaks in the energy bill that passed, yet we see that the sixth major…

— Marty Meehan

The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today.

— Marty Meehan

Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees…

— Marty Meehan

Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq.…

— Marty Meehan

The fact is I've been in Massachusetts for the last two weeks, and it seems over the last few days that the…

— Marty Meehan

Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the…

— Marty Meehan

Forty-five percent of Iraqi citizens think it is morally okay to attack American troops.

— Marty Meehan

Recently, lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry wrote a prescription drug bill that increased their profits and did nothing to help seniors. The…

— Marty Meehan

It is never too late to regain our credibility around the world.

— Marty Meehan

I support responsible spending, and balancing the budget, but this tax cut and the budget cuts of last month accomplish neither of…

— Marty Meehan