Last year, the Republicans passed a corporate tax giveaway that adds $1.9 trillion to the deficit. I was proud to join all of my fellow Democrats in voting against that. Today I am here to talk about a new bill I introduced, the Students…

My amendment, which I am proud to sponsor with Representative Blumenauer, makes a small, sensible reduction to unnecessary nuclear weapons spending. The National Defense Authorization that we have before us this week authorizes hundreds of…

Our nuclear arsenal is capable of ending human life on the planet five to seven times. I don't understand the need for redundancy when it comes to the extinction of humanity. Once should be more than enough to kill every man, woman, and…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 224.

I thank the chairman of the subcommittee for the great work he is doing on this. We all agree that we want a strong nuclear deterrent, and we all agree we want that deterrent to be as stabilizing as possible. We don't want destabilizing…

Whatever money you need to actually do your work, please let us know and we will work with you.

The systems that were supposed to protect athletes failed.

I thank the chairman of the subcommittee for the great work he has done and for his leadership on this issue. I do agree with my colleague from California, yes, we need to do modernization. If you will remember, President Obama pledged to…

I think that everybody in this room agrees this is a terrible tragedy that happened and we can't let it linger along.

We are here today because there have been warning signs about sexual misconduct in sports for decades.

For too long, there has been a culture of disregard for our community financial institutions out of Washington, D.C. Regulations that were intended to bring discipline to the Nation's largest institutions have instead suffocated Main…

It does no good for our athletes to stand on a podium if they've been harmed by the people and organizations that help get them there.

I appreciate the gentleman's leadership. The Trump administration is set to announce proposed regulations regarding the title X family planning funding stream, very similar to Reagan-era rules, to clearly separate family planning from…

I think that we have actually found some common ground when our colleague is saying, let's use science. Effectively, that is what we are talking about with this amendment, to be able to have analysis, to be able to have project planning…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 538, after line 23, add the following new section: SEC. 8506. WEST FORK FIRE STATION. (a)…

West Fork is in a remote part of Dolores County, Colorado, surrounded by the San Juan National Forest. Emergency and fire response is a challenge in this part of the county because the closest fire station is currently 26 miles away. The…

I thank my friend from northern California, and his points are really well taken. This investigation, rather than just sort of pushing some paper around, we have had other special counsel appointed from time to time and just in this--some…

I think it is worthy of discussion.