Secretary Nielsen today briefly stated that she was going resign so that she could spend more time with her family. Oh, the irony. Because every time she's seen now, she's going to be the woman who separated families.

He could, but thankfully the saner people, there are still some, I believe, in the administration convinced him that would be an economic disaster.

Let him explain to the American people why he wants to go back to ripping babies out of their mothers' arms.

So, Anderson, I am just appalled by what the president is talking about.

What the President of the United States is doing and Secretary Nielsen is beyond speakable.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler says he wants Attorney General Barr to testify about the Mueller investigation in early May, and Nadler says testify by Mueller himself is 'inevitable.'

Madam Chair, I move that the committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico) having assumed the chair, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Acting Chair of the…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that in the engrossment of H.R. 1585, the Clerk be authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, spelling, and cross-references and to make such other technical and conforming changes as may be…

Madam Chair, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Chair, I support this amendment which would increase the sexual assault services program authorization from $40 million to $60 million. This program assists States, Tribes, and…

Madam Chair, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New Mexico will be postponed.

Madam Chairwoman, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise in support of the gentlewoman's amendment. Representative Torres Small's amendment makes it clear that nothing in this bill impacts or changes any obligations or requirements…

I am, in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Stefanik moves to recommit H.R. 1585 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same…

Madam Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. This is…

Madam Speaker, in the United States, 1 in 3 women have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner; 1 in 7 women have been injured by an intimate partner; 1 in 10 women have been raped by an intimate partner; and 1 in…

Mr. President, first, let me thank my good friend the Senator from Illinois for those great words. We have had police officers in New York hit the same way. There is a bridge in New York on Southern State Parkway that we named after an…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1044 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Mr. President, rather than spend time yesterday on a terribly destructive rules change, Leader McConnell could have focused the Senate on an urgent matter that this Chamber has failed to act on: disaster relief. In a few moments, Senator…

Mr. Speaker, due to a conflict on Thursday, April 4, 2019, I was not present to cast my vote on the Republican Motion to Recommit on H.R. 1585 and Final Passage of H.R. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019. As a…