Madam Speaker, our Nation is the land of promise and the land of opportunity. We open our doors to the tired, to the poor, and to the huddled masses. And, for decades, we have opened our doors to Liberian refugees fleeing vicious civil…

Madam President, I rise to join my colleagues in sharing my concerns and all of our concerns that we have--and really the concerns of a nation--about the announcement last night from a Department of Justice that works for this…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for as much time as I may consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I had the opportunity to visit Honduras when the elections were happening in 2017.

Thank you, and I hope you all will indulge me because I know that many of the people who are watching this testimony are like me.

I believe that insisting on human rights standards around the world is not just a moral responsibility but a national security imperative.

I find it a little disturbing that we are having this conversation after 11 days of the shooting in New Zealand.

The country that I come from--Somalia--really is an example of what my colleague from New York was talking about.

It could very well have that effect.

I hope that as we continue to have a conversation about Africa, that we engage Africa and what that process looks like.

Is it correct that the administration's policy would make it easier for gun manufacturers to sell to governments with patterns of human rights violations?

Is it your understanding that this administration would make it easier for American manufacturers to sell weapons to Guatemalan police?

Mr. Speaker, this March, during the National Hockey League's Gender Equality Month, I want to congratulate the Minnesota Whitecaps for making it to the National Women's Hockey League playoffs. Not everyone can play professional sports, but…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a heavy heart as another individual has lost her life on U.S. Highway 12 in my home State of Minnesota, in fact, right in my neighborhood. U.S. Highway 12 is the road we drive to get to and from our hometown…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize HealthPartners for receiving the 2019 CMS Health Equity Award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This award recognizes organizations that demonstrate an exceptional commitment to…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise with great urgency to sound an alarm because we have a community in peril. The Liberian community in Minnesota and around the Nation is dealing with a crisis of our very own making. When the DED, Deferred Enforced…

We are working hard to have those conversations about how we can bring rural broadband, high-speed internet to every single part of America.

Then make a better bill.