Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Let me just say that I have personally witnessed the effectiveness of these courts in my own community. They have saved lives; they have fixed lives; they have repaired lives; and they…

Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in passing H.R. 4635, as amended, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mr. Rafael Barboza on his retirement after more than 30 years of service as a guidance counselor for the students of Coachella Valley High School. For more than 30 years, Mr. Barboza has…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the teaching brewery at Morrisville State College, which, despite opening just last fall, has won the title as Grand National Champion brewing school in North America at the 2018 U.S. Open College…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mr. Kent Braithwaite on his retirement after 39 years of service as a teacher, counselor, and role model for the students of Coachella Valley High School. During his tenure, Mr. Braithwaite has…

I believe in our democracy and what you're doing. I think we always have to be mindful of protecting our own democracy.

In my view, we should be working to reauthorize CFATS and, hopefully, improving it.

Just because a facility is not covered by CFATS does that mean it is not a potential target by terrorists?

Mr. Speaker, I stand here today, not only as a Member of Congress but as a mother, to say that I am outraged, I am heartbroken, and I am embarrassed by the barbaric activity of our government on our borders. The Trump administration's…

I believe we must acknowledge that the CFATS program is not comprehensive and that security gaps do indeed exist.

his policy at the border is, as I said, is a disgrace to our country.

I have seen, not only in this country but around the world is we have an administration that is trying to, I will say, disempower women in every way possible.

If you think you're going to get democracy in the world, we better empower the women.

As some people say, otherwise you're going to be on the menu.

I think that might be a sound next step.

to me is abominable and just it goes against everything that I know I was raised to believe about a great country.

CFATS is an important part of our nation's counterterrorism efforts to secure high-risk chemical facilities.

It's an extremely important issue. These are life and death situations and it's important they have the information they need to respond.