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Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I appreciate hearing from my distinguished friend and colleague on the Rules Committee, Mr. Burgess. There is a lot to unpack from what he said. Let me make a few points before I…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I note that using that logic, people might have said the same thing about my grandparents who came over from Italy at the turn of the previous century, who came to work…
Mr. Speaker, on Monday, the Rules Committee met and reported out a rule, House Resolution 492, providing for consideration of H.R. 582, the Raise the Wage Act, under a structured rule. The rule provides 1 hour of debate equally divided and…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, although the gentlewoman from Indiana (Mrs. Walorski) did not actually talk about the minimum wage increase which is before us, I do note that about 40 percent of the…
Mr. Speaker, for years Republicans in Congress and the White House have made it a top priority to end healthcare protections for millions of Americans. They voted more than 60 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but when the time…
Mr. President, I join my colleague Senator McConnell and offer my congratulations and my kudos--that is singular, as we learned in our caucus lunch a few weeks ago--to my dear friend from Vermont, Senator Pat Leahy, on his 16,000th vote as…
Mr. President, I ask that the 11 o'clock vote series start now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the amendments to the treaty are withdrawn. The amendments (No…
Mr. President, I promise to work with Senator Isakson to ensure that the Tehran hostages receive the compensation they deserve and provide equitable treatment for all victims of terrorism. ____________________
Mr. President, last night, we received the news, the sad news, that Justice John Paul Stevens passed away at the age of 99. He was a son of the ``greatest generation,'' a code breaker in the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor, a lifelong Chicago…
Mr. President, first, let me thank my colleague and friend, the Senator from New York, for the amazing work she has done to get this bill to this point. She has worked long and hard on this for years and years and years with compassion…
Under the subpoenas that we issued to DHS, your office has produced to this committee data showing that child separations skyrocketed after your zero tolerance policy went into effect.
Did you see the images of officers circulating photo-shopped images of my violent rape?
And do you agree with the Federal court's decision that halted your child separation policy?
Did you see the posts mocking migrant children's deaths?
Why should these activities be consolidated under one corporation?
We are discussing a currency controlled by an un-democratically selected coalition of largely massive corporations.
Do you think that there is any risk here? From scrip to the issues with how Facebook handled our elections.