Federal funding for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program is set to expire September 30. This program in the Virgin Islands Department of Health gives at- risk pregnant women and families necessary information…

I want to thank the chairman and ranking member for agreeing to include my amendment en bloc in the NDAA. The amendment that we have is a transitioning of the Virgin Islands Active Guard and Reserve from overseas housing allowance to basic…

I only have 5 minutes to do justice to a great people, and it is with great honor that I rise today to speak on issues impacting the Caribbean and the contributions of the people of Caribbean heritage to the American fabric. On June 6…

In 2013, former Attorney General Holder issued a memo to Federal prosecutors urging them to ensure that our most severe mandatory minimum penalties are reserved for serious high-level of violent drug traffickers.

I find it very interesting for myself that we have Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and the next Member to come up is also from New York. Both of them have been Representatives of districts that I have lived in and that my family lives in. They…

At this time I rise to take this Special Order hour on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus. It is with great honor that I rise as coanchor for the next 60 minutes. We have a chance to speak directly to the American people on the…

I thank the gentleman for those words. We were discussing the Medicaid expansion and the fact that it is going to disappear after 2023. The other thing that is going to be removed from this bill is the Prevention and Public Health Fund…

I thank the gentleman so much for those thoughts and reflections that we should have about this bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Houston, Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee). She has been an advocate for Americans, has spoken, and…

At this time, it gives me great pleasure to yield to Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who not only represents California in the area of Berkeley as well as Oakland, but is also someone who is a real progressive fighter for the American people…

May I inquire as to how much time I have left. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands has 25 minutes remaining.

It is with enormous, not just gratitude, but great pride, actually, to yield to someone who, to me, is one of my big sisters here, who is the champion in the House, the foundation for those of us within the Caribbean Caucus who are…

I thank the gentlewoman for that information and for her passionate words. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore), who is an advocate for people throughout this country, not just Wisconsin, and who is a poet…

I thank the gentlewoman so much for that information, for much of the testimonies that you have given for the record. General Leave

I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Evans), and I will close out after that.

With this being Caribbean-American Heritage Month, I wanted to highlight and congratulate a native Virgin Islander who is now the new commander of the USS Gabrielle Giffords, which was commissioned this past weekend in Texas. The USS…

It is with great honor that I rise today to coanchor this CBC Special Order hour. I would like to acknowledge the great work and the leadership of our chair, Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, and, of course, my coanchor, Marc Veasey of Texas…

In addition to speaking out against the rising tide of hate, violence, and intolerance in this country, it is critical that those agencies--the FBI, the Department of Justice, as well as Homeland Security--speak out and proactively…