In 2005, women are stuck with a Social Security program that is inherently flawed and biased against their needs and concerns for the future.

Coming from Florida, we obviously have a large number of seniors; and particularly in my district, we do not have wealthy seniors.

Too often, this House has dealt with the aftermath of turning a blind eye to the horrors of present regimes and of past despots.

It is not the first time that Florida has been devastated by three hurricanes all at once. The State has experienced such occurrences before.

Having been involved and had people who suffered through both of those hurricanes, I see a much more rapid response on the part of FEMA this time.

When I was a State senator in Florida, I accomplished some tort reform in the area of nursing homes because we had nursing homes leaving the State.