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that led directly--I would say directly to the election of Congresswoman Grace Meng.

I would say directly to the election of Congresswoman Grace Meng.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in gratitude that my bill, H.R. 615, the Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act, unanimously passed the House. I thank my colleagues for their support. I am especially grateful to Chairman Engel and Ranking Member…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 85, nays 8, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 84, nays 9, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

Madam President, on infrastructure, yesterday, as everyone knows, Speaker Pelosi and I met with the President and a group of other Senators and Congress Members to discuss the prospects for a bipartisan infrastructure bill. We went to the…

Madam President, there is a lot of partisan squabbling that goes on around here. We all know that. Some of it is to be expected. After all, our parties have real disagreements about policy and the direction in which we think the country…

Madam President, earlier this month, a report from Hawaii's Mauna Loa Observatory found that carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere have now reached the highest level in human history--in human history. It was a chilling reminder that the…

Madam President, it has been a frightening 2 weeks for tens of millions of Americans who support a woman's freedom to make her own healthcare choices. Actually, if you believe the polls, there are hundreds of millions of Americans in that…

The way that the Medicaid program views the insular area is of second-class citizens.

It is imperative, I believe, that Congress properly address the Medicaid financing issues.

I believe, in the richest country on Earth, health care should be a guaranteed right for all, full stop.

Madam Speaker, I know the Secretary of the VA. We have disagreements with him, but he, himself, has testified before our committee talking about these programs and about the importance of these programs. If you want to be inspired, go sit…

Madam Speaker, I thank the chair for yielding. I thank Congressman Lamb for his leadership on this bill. I thank Congressman Roe for his leadership on this. I want to also thank Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on our appropriations…

We will not be able to adequately address the climate crisis or accelerate the clean energy transition unless we help finance an infrastructure build-out for cleaner vehicles.

Madam President, finally, there is a topic I have discussed before--the administration's moves to block access to telecommunications equipment to China's state-controlled and state- backed firms, like Huawei. I firmly back these measures…

Madam President, over the last year, women's reproductive rights have come under a new level of assault. From Alabama to Missouri, to Texas, to Georgia, and beyond, over 300 new restrictions have been proposed in 39 States--bans on…