To secure our border is our responsibility.

They have ignored the problem. They have created the problem. And they have played politics with the problem.

A fair way to judge it would be encampments should be significantly down if not eliminated, and there should be housing being built, underway, at a much more rapid pace. And there should not be 40,000 people who are unhoused, that's for…

In Los Angeles, 40,000 people are sleeping on the streets every day. I believe that times of inflection require reflection. And I believe it's time for Angelenos to remind ourselves where we come from and who we are. My first act as mayor…

Mr. Speaker, this is a great country. I rise to honor the life and legacy of Judge James Ortega Perez. Part of the Greatest Generation, Judge Ortega Perez grew up in my district, in a segregated community, a farmworker. When World War II…

Madam Speaker, I first thank Bishop Barber for that very powerful prayer for our Nation. Today, the Poor People's Campaign's California Statewide Convening will uplift the launch of the California-led campaign for the Third Reconstruction…

Madam Speaker, I would remind my colleague from the State of Illinois that this bill more than adequately went through regular order. We held a legislative hearing in April of 2021. The bill has garnered 218 cosponsors of our colleagues…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Madam Speaker, I just remind the gentleman from Illinois that I did cite an egregious example of the VA ignoring the conclusions of an arbitrator in a patently unfair way…

Madam Speaker, earlier this year, President Biden called on Congress to comprehensively address the effects of toxic exposure in our veterans. My bipartisan Honoring our PACT Act is the largest expansion of VA benefits in a generation. Now…

Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1518, I call up the bill (H.R. 1948) to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration, and ask…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material on H.R. 1948, as amended. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of my bill, H.R. 1948, as amended, the bipartisan VA Employee Fairness Act. This legislation ensures important collective bargaining rights for all…

Madam Speaker, in closing, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 1948, as amended, the VA Employee Fairness Act. It represents the right thing to do for those who care about our Nation's veterans. I wholeheartedly support this bill, and I…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Before I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Green), I would like to rebut some of the points that the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Bost), my good friend, has made. I believe…

I think there's a need for an intervention there by his family or somebody else. You know, I don't think he's on the level now.

I think President Biden has done an excellent job as President of the United States. I hope that he does seek reelection. He's been a great record.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), my colleague on the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this measure under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection…