If you do not own transportation, and there is no public transportation, the closure of a polling place that is 2 miles from your house now being moved to 10 miles from your house has not only a chilling effect on your right to vote, it…

I stress to you, it is a corporation, not a 501C3 religious institution.

Mr. Chair, I thank the ranking member for the opportunity. This amendment ensures adequate funding for the purposes of instructing the FAA to continue the remote tower pilot program. Remote towers provide air traffic control services…

This is an issue that I don't believe should be partisan.

Mr. Speaker, under President Obama, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created and tasked with implementing critical protections for the American people. That work continues to be important today, and I urge the CFPB to maintain…

I do think that this bankruptcy piece is so important.

These are responsible people. They are paying their taxes. They are paying their loans. They are doing what they are supposed to do.

Pennsylvania has the highest student debt levels in the country, 1.8 million people have some amount of student loan debt in Pennsylvania.

The issue of student loan debt is one that comes up at every town hall and every constituent conversation that I have.

The focus on elections and both the impact of the major tech companies certainly came to a head in 2016...

I, frankly, believe that we should draw together to find the best solution for that, because truth does make for a better democracy.

the approach that has been taken has been so egregious and so flawed and sometimes so directly intended to harm voters of color

minority voters are disproportionately affected by purging

We intend to do that.

We are stuck on that, because I think you made a point is that purging suppresses and oppresses the vote, and it creates an aura of fear which happened in my Congressional district.

The chilling effect was already present.

Any illegal vote deprives Americans of their voice.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the hero who has too often been forgotten; Frank Wills is his name, the security guard who discovered the Watergate burglary in progress. Mr. Wills' discovery ultimately led to the exposure of…