While I love many things in the bill, promising someone else will cut spending in the future does not cut spending. Deficits do matter and this bill grows them now. The only Congress we can control is the one we’re in. Consequently, I…

And just for clarification of my colleague, that is actually 500 employees or less. So I think when we are talking about small businesses, I just want to clarify that we are talking about 500-employee businesses. So, first of all, I also…

my colleagues know it is a good bill because the left hates it--the left that defunded the police; the left that let 10 million people illegally enter our country in a 4-year time span; the left that wants men to compete against women in…

I’m so happy right now. Honestly, this season hasn’t been good at all but I swear, not one of us players right now care about that.

I thought that was a profoundly wrong sentiment. That's one half of his job. The other half of his job is to check the excesses of his own branch.

tonight is about the millions of lives Republicans are destroying. I rise for a single mother in my district caring full-time for her 16-year-old daughter, Naomi, who has chronic health conditions. I want Americans to know the face of this…

Not the actual physical tapes. But they’re out there.

please let me share the story of two of my constituents who will be hurt by the cruel bonanza for billionaires budget bill. Bonnie is 82 years of age. She is the primary caregiver for her 63-year-old nephew, Michael. He is deaf…

His absence will be deeply felt, both in Congress and on the international stage.

You cannot have a country where the American people keep on electing immigration enforcement and the courts tell the American people they're not allowed to have what they voted for.

Mr. Speaker, I am a proud Virginian. Virginia is the birthplace of American democracy. It is also the birthplace of American slavery. From the beginning of this country, we have been on the right side of history and the wrong side of…

The deputy mayor is a Black woman. The Department of Planning and Development is a Black woman. Infrastructure deputy mayor is a Black woman. Chief operations officer is a Black man. Budget director is a Black woman. Senior advisor is a…

Most of the time, I don’t give a s--- about this stuff. I don’t even think that much about it.

You can probably imagine that people in the United States are extremely excited about you.

Mayor Johnson is proud to have the most diverse administration in the history of our city. Our administration reflects the diversity and values of Chicago. Unfortunately, the current federal administration does not reflect either.

Black folks will be here in this city and in cities across America, protecting this democracy, protecting humanity, because that's what Black people have always done.

as we talk about the importance of Black history tonight, I also want to highlight northeast Ohio's rich connection to Black history. In northeast Ohio, our Black history legacy stacks up against anyone's. In fact, one of the first places…

No, what I’m saying is when you hire our people, we always look out for everybody else.