Republican opposition to these reforms, as seen by the almost farcical arguments that we have heard during this hearing, is obvious because they benefit from this broken system.

A core component of H.R. 1 looks at partisan gerrymandering in our country, and ensuring that every voter and district is represented equally instead of carving out districts so that one party is favored over another is critical to restore…

Thank you both for being here. And I was on the border a week ago today, in the Brownsville, McAllen area.

In 1960, presidential candidate John F. Kennedy needed to win the State of Illinois to win the election.

Mr. Chairman, in 1960, presidential candidate John F. Kennedy needed to win the State of Illinois to win the election.

I thank the Senator from Alaska for this opportunity to come to the floor to talk about what this Chamber needs to do, along with the House and the President, to get this government reopened and to fund border security, something that all…

I want to talk about Tom, who is a 32- year Federal employee and works as an agricultural statistician. He calculates how many cattle are in the western United States and how many acres of hay and crop that we have. This is his fourth…

I thank my friend from Maine. This subject is so serious and so infuriating because it is absurd. We have shut down our government--we are the only country in the world that does something like this--inflictin harm on our employees, on…

Here we are in the fifth week of this shutdown. I want to talk about two stories. One is Tyler. He is a resident of Golden, Colorado. I have known his family a long time. He has two small children. He says: Two weeks ago, I received a…

as you know, I seldom rise on this floor to contradict somebody on the other side. Over the years, I have worked very hard to work in a bipartisan way with the Presiding Officer and with my Republican colleagues, but these crocodile tears…

I thank the Senator from Texas for having this conversation. I don't think I was yelling--but I will go watch the tape--or screaming at you. I also have never called anybody on this floor a liar, as you did, in 2015. I get the theatrics of…

I am asking you to please communicate to the Department that they do need to comply with this document request.

over the weekend, as you may have heard, our government set a new record. It wasn't for the number of roads being built or repaired in this country. It wasn't for higher math scores or graduation rates for kids in the United States of…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 29.

I thank Mr. McGovern for yielding time to me. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the rule and the four underlying bills to help fully reopen the United States of America. Here we are, 19 days into the Trump shutdown, and all we see is…

I rise tonight to talk about the government shutdown. I thank my colleague from Minnesota for her remarks. I remember the 2013 shutdown that she talked about. The reason I remember that is that while this place was shut down by the Senator…

I believe this body can do different, so I ask my colleagues to put politics aside and vote yes on the motion to proceed to this legislation that will help enhance our national security and will take strong action against a reprehensible…

In that letter, we asked for immediate bipartisan response against BDS, including moving today's legislation forward. In that letter, we quote the minority leader, Senator Schumer, when he spoke at the annual American-Israel Public Affairs…