You can't cry over spilled milk. ... You need to regroup, and now we'll do what we can in my committee,

I can't say I hate cats, but holy cow, dogs are a horse of another color.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Peace Corps as it reached its 45th anniversary on March 1, 2006.

I have fought to protect those benefits that ensure better salaries for teachers across the Nation such as grants to pay off student loans and funding for Teach for America. Still, we must all do more to show our continued appreciation for our Nation's leading role models.

I worked with the March of Dimes to enact legislation for a national birth defects prevention program to provide surveillance, research and preventive services aimed at reducing the rate of birth defects.

In addition to serving overseas, the Peace Corps' Crisis Corps Volunteers have helped their fellow Americans.