one of the problems I have with us here is the definition of child abuse and child neglect, it has to be a caregiver, a parent.

And frankly, if a girl runs away, that doesn't mean that she wants to be trafficked.

We are very sensitive to cases of collateral misconduct because we know that is an impediment to reporting and an impediment to coming forward for--to support the investigation.

The message has to change. I mean, I think part of what we need to train everyone is that most of those who file reports are telling the truth.

Mr. Speaker, I rise because I am deeply troubled by the Trump administration's executive order expected to be signed today that will potentially expand offshore oil drilling in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans. My district, the…

Mr. Speaker, this Sunday, April 30, marks 42 years since the fall of Saigon, commemorated as Black April in Vietnamese- American communities across the United States. Along with Congresswoman Lofgren, Congressman Correa, and other…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today for rural America. I represent the central coast of California, one of the most beautiful and bountiful districts in our Nation. With its many and diverse crops, it is the salad bowl of the world. Now, I know it…

Mr. Speaker, with TrumpCare 2.0, Republican leaders took a bad bill and made it worse. On top of causing at least 24 million more Americans to be uninsured, raising costs for middle class families, imposing an age tax on older Americans…

I would like to say to Reverend Willie Gable, Pastor at the National Baptist Convention USA, I want to thank you for what you are doing.

Earlier this week the Majority held a hearing during which their witnesses shared so many alternative facts, that I was sure they must be living in an alternative reality.

We have to stop this Wrong Choice bill.

Thank you to the witnesses for joining us today, especially Senator Elizabeth Warren, who created the idea of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and gave the force behind it to make it a reality.

Mr. Speaker, I rise out of a concern of this administration's policies to North Korea. I urge the administration to look at recent history. From 1994 to 2002, North Korea was not developing plutonium and there was no threat of medium- or…

Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 230. ____________________

Mr. President, I wish to introduce a Senate resolution to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles civil unrest. On March 3, 1991, an African American named Rodney King was driving on a Los Angeles interstate when officers…

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained on a rollcall vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 232.

I think that the Dodd-Frank law has worked pretty well. I think that it has performed generally well.

Mr. Speaker, yesterday Representative Fitzpatrick and I introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on the House to commit to the removal of political gerrymandering from congressional redistricting and to improve the public confidence in…