It is necessary to have attorneys represent these individuals in order to hold the Government to that high burden of proof.

I think diversity is important, both personal and professional diversity on the bench, because a diverse bench represents the community that it serves.

thank you for your patience. I want to begin today by reiterating my sadness about the passing of our friend Senator Dianne Feinstein. Senator Feinstein's death strikes at the heart of so many of us committed to public service, as she was…

over the next days and weeks and months, we are going to hear a lot about our dear friend Dianne Feinstein, and I am so glad that some of her friends from California and the Speaker-- former Speaker--Nancy Pelosi and her family are here to…

no one wins in a shutdown--not Republicans, not Democrats, and certainly not the people of Hawaii or Americans across the country. I have been here for three previous shutdowns, in the majority and in the minority, and I have seen the same…

Access to water is essential for the health and well-being of our communities.

Unless we change those laws to create parity with other Indian as well as Alaskan entities, we are going to continue to be plagued.

Congress cannot and should not stand by as the United States heads down another path of broken treaties, agreements, and trust responsibilities to Indian tribes.

For too many Native communities, the total lack of access to clean and safe drinking water and sanitation facilities is an everyday reality.

Access to water is essential for the health and well-being of our communities.

Congress cannot and should not stand by as the United States heads down another path of broken treaties, agreements, and trust responsibilities to Indian tribes.

Access to clean, reliable water is essential for the health and well-being of all people in the United States.

First of all, we can certainly debate the efficient use of our funds for expenses and the cost, but I strongly suspect that my colleague's objections in this amendment do not relate to cost but to a judgment about what should and shouldn't…

Again, we have an amendment that would want us, apparently, to occupy some other state of reality as opposed to the world as we have it today. In that world, we do have transgender individuals who need help, children whose parents are…

Obviously we have a difference of opinion here. I would also submit that the leadership of our military have a difference of opinion with the perspectives expressed by the author of this amendment. Again, they understand the values of…

We have confirmed, to the prior amendment, that Floyd Bennett Field in New York is not a military installation. Do we not value diversity in our military? That is the question in this amendment. Does it matter that we have a diverse…

First of all, I think we are trying to confirm whether or not Floyd Bennett Field is, in fact, a military installation within the definition of the gentleman's amendment. That point aside, again, I would say that if we are trying to solve…

I just heard my friend and chair of the subcommittee say something that I completely agree with, which is we need real solutions to immigration and the border crisis, and that is true. This takes a piecemeal approach that is unnecessarily…