Latinos have played a positive and dynamic part in weaving the fabric of the United States of America's past and present.

The Mall, more than any other public space in our country does indeed tell the story of America, and yet that story is not complete.

Equally as important, the Commission would be tasked with examining any potential disparities in the federal response to Puerto Rico compared with 2017 Mainland disasters.

I am confident that H.R. 229 will provide the forum and the opportunity to get to the bottom of reasons for the abject failure of the Federal response to the 2017 natural disasters in Puerto Rico.

It is critical that we get answers to why this administration keeps moving the goal posts on permanent work projects, while the communities of Puerto Rico continue to suffer nearly 2 and a half years later.

My legislation, H.R. 229, would create a non-partisan commission to look at how the administration's response to this disaster was shaped by the artificially low death toll.

California has the fifth largest economy, if it were its own country.

Putin has sent troops to Venezuela to prop up the illegitimate dictator Nicolas Maduro.

Russia put its thumb on the scale during the 2016 election to support President Trump's campaign.

Russia has weaponized its energy resources, expanding into European markets and creating greater and greater dependency.

Laws and public policy have consequences and you can see clear differences in the policy requirements to write a policy in Michigan versus to write a policy in Ohio.

I believe today's markup does just that by addressing timely issues facing small businesses across the country.

I want to thank both Representative Crow and Representative Balderson for working together to ensure that millions of small businesses can protect their data.

It seems to me that, when it comes to counting Russia, it is difficult to prioritize where we should direct most of our efforts.

I don't think anyone should be deprived of the right to vote because of a technicality.

I particularly find purging voters from files without any notice or followup really depriving American citizens of their right to vote.

Many of our ancestors gave their lives for us to have the right to vote.

That's outrageous that all the machines are broken. I don't think anyone should be deprived of the right to vote because a machine is broken.