Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, I thank both Representative Escobar and Representative Gonzales for their leadership to right this wrong, this injustice. I thank the dean of the House, Representative Young…

In closing, Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation for the Gila River Community of Arizona, as corrected. I thank the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gallego) who knows the State very well. I urge support of the Gila…

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline) for making the pilgrimage and paying his respects at the memorial. Madam Speaker, at this time, I have no further requests for time, and I would inquire whether my…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to strongly condemn the terrorist acts conducted by Hamas against the State of Israel. These horrific scenes coming out of Jerusalem depict countless rockets being launched from Gaza with the intent to massacre…

Mr. Speaker, I want to cut to the chase this evening. It is a story I don't really tell much, but when I was 16 years old, I was held up at gunpoint. I was coming home from basketball practice, and it was dark. Frankly, they just came…

The inflation report came out this morning, 4.2 percent increase in inflation. You have got to ask yourself what happened and how did it happen so fast? Well, one of the key things we are seeing in this economy is very clear. What we are…

we need to have a better system, going forward, to make sure we have accountability for polluters, to make sure that we are protecting our communities across this Nation.

Today we have a major generational challenge: Whether we are going to allow the pollution of the 20th century to persist well into the 21st century.

Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano).

The allegations that have been anonymously made about me and then endlessly repeated by the America last media are false. Innocent people are often eager to share that they are innocent. I don`t know if you`re a Billy Joel fan, but I feel…

I will point to one example of my former boss, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, who has the 5,000 Role Models of Excellence Project.

We have to fund it. We have to make it programming, and someone has to be in charge of and accountable for this work.

And I appreciate your comments.

I look forward to continuing today's discussion with all of my colleagues as we work toward providing all young people with the support, they need to lead fulfilling lives and strengthen our communities.

Now is the time for us to build on the broad support of the WIOA and strengthen these critical services for the millions of young people who urgently need them, particularly now during this pandemic.

Today, we meet for the first of three bipartisan hearings focusing on reauthorizing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

We get what we pay for. No program can be expected to meet the needs of our communities while we consistently underfund it every year.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge defeat of the previous question so that we can immediately consider the Protect and Serve Act, my bipartisan bill to increase penalties for individuals who…