Mr. Speaker, may I inquire if the gentleman from Oklahoma has any more speakers.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, the reforms in H.R. 1, the For the People Act, will remove barriers to our democracy that drown out the voices of too many Americans. H.R. 1 will put the people back in…

Mr. Chair, I thank Mr. Loudermilk for the time, and I, too, thank the majority leader for his comments. But I don't think it should be removed from history that the Governor of Alabama at that time ran on segregation; multiple times, ran…

VAWA provides vital resources to support victims, hold offenders accountable, and keep communities safer.

VAWA needs to grow. VAWA needs to be inclusive. And VAWA needs to include all, if the violence is going to stop.

Mr. Chairman, Democrats have been marketing H.R. 1 as a necessary election reform measure, but the ugly truth is that this bill is not for the people. It is for the Democratic Party. The ugly truth is that this bill is a massive Federal…

As the Republican leader on the House Education and Labor, Higher Education and Workforce Investment Committee, we should be focusing on making colleges more affordable and helping more students complete their degrees, not subjecting them…

In many of our Tribal communities, we have what we call two-spirit people, who are LGBTQ people.

Each reauthorization of VAWA has made important improvements leading to tangible results.

The most critical factor enabling a victim of domestic violence to escape further abuse is the ability to obtain physical separation.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole) for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this rule is about what is called the For the People Act, but, to me, it should be called the ``For the Swamp Act.'' Now, we are going to have plenty of…

Madam Speaker, constituents, Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike, have told me that they feel that our political system is rigged against working, middle-class, and low-income Americans. And in many ways, they are right. It is…

Madam Speaker, Saturday kicked off Read Across America Day and officially began National Reading Month. The National Education Association celebrates readers, authors, and stories annually during March. For the past 20 years, NEA's Read…

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the leadership for bringing this bill up under suspension today, and to Representative Tonko for yielding time, also, to Republican Leader Upton for his kind words. Mr. Speaker, I would also like to thank…

You have a much bigger audience over there. You have an opportunity to make your case. Why not make the case?

What are they afraid of? I mean, as Kirsten mentioned, there's legit journalists over there.

By recognizing these chemicals as hazardous substances, the EPA can then require polluters to clean up the contamination that they cause.

But what we should never tolerate is federal workers and contractors being forced to work without pay because we in the executive and legislative branches have failed to perform our very basic duties as elected officials.