Today, Rep. John Lewis encouraged schools throughout Georgia’s 5th Congressional District to take part in a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) program called “Picturing America” which engages student interest in American history through art.  Already 112 schools and libraries in Atlanta have engaged in the program.  Those schools will receive 40 high-quality reproductions depicting many of America’s most historic pieces of art as well as an in-depth resource guide to help teachers build lesson plans around the art.  The deadline to submit an application is October 31st.

House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) today announced that the Subcommittee on Oversight will hold a hearing on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”).  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., in the main Committee hearing room, 1100 Longworth House Office Building.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the bill and against the amendment.

Members of Congress, you are not the mayor of Washington, D.C., you do not sit on the City Council, you have not been ordained to stand in judgment. I dare you to act as judge and jury and sentence the people of the District of Columbia to unfettered access to guns.

Washington, D.C.—Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the most comprehensive energy-reform legislation in more than two decades.  The Comprehensive American Energy Security & Consumer Protection Act is a short-term compromise with a long-term vision.