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Norma Torres
@normatorres· Democratic · CA· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Rules. {time} 1100 Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, what we are doing here today is simply insane. For 8…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-21
Norma Torres
@normatorres· Democratic · CA· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to strike the text of this rule and insert House Resolution 774, Representative Denham's bipartisan queen-of-the-hill resolution. This rule would bring up four…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-21
Andy Barr
@andybarr· Republican · KY· Jun 21, 2018

With the privilege of representing the Horse Capital of the World comes the responsibility of fighting for its future.

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Bob Menendez
@bobmenendez· Democratic · NJ· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. President, today I would like to raise concerns about efforts to erode the effectiveness of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, or CAATSA. This law requires the administration to impose a host of costs on the…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-21
Lisa Blunt Rochester
@lisabluntrochester· Democratic · DE· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to again vote against the partisan GOP farm bill. Mr. Speaker, I traveled across my State and heard countless stories from Delawareans of all backgrounds: farmers, emergency food providers…

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Jeff Duncan
@jeffduncan· Republican · SC· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome our guest chaplain, Reverend Dr. Alexander S. Campbell, ``Alex'' to those who love him. He is of Christ Reformed Church in Anderson, South Carolina. In 2007, Dr. Campbell and his family moved from…

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Yvette Clarke
@yvetteclarke· Democratic · NY· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Illinois for bringing to the fore the concerns of children in our country who are looking at what is taking place on our border and not quite understanding, not grasping, the weight of why and how…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-21
Yvette Clarke
@yvetteclarke· Democratic · NY· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, this evening the Congressional Progressive Caucus is going to be sharing some thoughts with the American people about this extremely horrible zero-tolerance policy that Mr. Trump has subjected our Nation to. Mr. Speaker, I…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-21
Yvette Clarke
@yvetteclarke· Democratic · NY· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for his eloquence and putting what has been a very disturbing period of time for the American people in perspective. Indeed, as our children born in the United States witness what is…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-21
Yvette Clarke
@yvetteclarke· Democratic · NY· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from New York for her sentiments as well. And as she has stated--I didn't state this in the beginning of my remarks--I happen to be a second generation American myself. My parents came from the…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-21
Yvette Clarke
@yvetteclarke· Democratic · NY· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman of the Ninth Congressional District of Illinois, a very prominent member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, for really drilling down on a number of the issues that we all have to grapple with here…

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Yvette Clarke
@yvetteclarke· Democratic · NY· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Connecticut for her impassioned plea and for enumerating for us the type of work that we are going to have to engage in to redeem ourselves by looking at reunification of these families to the best…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-21
Yvette Clarke
@yvetteclarke· Democratic · NY· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from New Hampshire for her impassioned plea, for really setting the table with regards to the type of child abuse that we have all witnessed and with which we are all trying to grapple at this time, and…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-21
Pete Aguilar
@peteaguilar· Democratic · CA· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I am here today to ask every Member who believed in bipartisan, open debate on DACA here in the House to vote ``no'' on the previous question. Every one of the 216…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-21
Yvette Clarke
@yvetteclarke· Democratic · NY· Jun 21, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of this evening's special order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-21