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Mr. Speaker, I would simply ask that all Members support this bill. There have been a lot of really bad Supreme Court cases over the years, but I don't think it can be said better than Senator Charles Sumner said all the way back in 1865…

Mr. Speaker, I will note that I currently chair the Joint Committee on the Library, and I welcome the bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), our majority leader.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of this bill. This bill, which passed the Senate by unanimous consent last week, directs the Joint Committee on the Library to remove the bust of Chief Justice Roger…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 5229) to direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to remove the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the Capitol and to obtain a bust of…

I thank the Witnesses for coming today. Again, I express my gratitude to Chair Sheila Jackson Lee.

If more guns made us safer, we would already be the safest country on the planet.

Americans are 25 times as likely to die from gun violence as citizens in other countries.

Mr. Speaker, just over 30 years ago, I made the decision to run for the Long Beach City Council because I felt that my councilmember really didn't listen to the constituents and to my neighbors and myself. This journey of public service…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Act that will add additional funding for our local police officers. In my local police agencies, they are asking for this funding, they are asking for…

Madam Speaker, the 117th Congress, I believe, will go down as one of the most successful Congresses in modern history. We have passed over 200 bipartisan bills, provided funding for vaccine relief, the American Rescue Plan, $1.2 trillion…

I am going to try to sneak in one more question, and that is on appraisal management companies.

Let's move forward to Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans.

I think we talked privately about Dodd-Frank Section 1071, which requires financial institutions to compile and maintain and submit data to you...

Mr. Speaker, I was chairing the crypto hearing. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 519. Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress Axne (Pappas) Beatty (Neguse) Brooks (Fleischmann) Burgess…

Mr. Speaker, it is with great joy and great pride that I rise to celebrate two longtime members of our congressional community-- indeed our family--as they prepare for retirement: Ella Terry and Patricia Smith, better known as Miss Pat…

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield back the balance of my time as we end our tribute to two great Americans, members of our families, Miss Pat and Ella Terry. Thank you all so much. ____________________

Thank you all. Good morning, my friends. It is wonderful to be here with you. Thank you for the recognition. L.F. Payne, thank you for keeping this going and for your leadership. It was an honor to serve with you in the House--each and…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3648, the Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment, or the EAGLE Act of 2022. While I, like many others here today, would prefer to see a more robust approach to fixing our broken…