I want to thank Senator Booker, who has been my friend and champion on a number of issues...

What is the best way for us to reduce recidivism? To ensure people from all walks of life and from every single community have access to opportunity.

I believe that those are some of the reasons why black men, men like myself, are incarcerated at a rate six times higher than men that look like you.

Criminal justice reform is a critical topic facing our nation as a whole.

Unfortunately, our new attorney general, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, seems to want to turn back the clock on policies we feel failed in the past and reimpose the imposition of extreme sentences for low-level and non-violent crimes.

Ranking Member Cummings and Congressman Issa of our committee have a bipartisan, bicameral bill called the Fair Chance Act.

Smart policies, like those we heard advocated for a little earlier in this hearing from our two senators and by Congressman Cummings and others on this committee, allow us to do both.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis) for proposing this amendment. The Rebuild America's Schools Act would help ensure that each of our Nation's 50 million public school students, taught by 3 million teachers, will…

I am not asking the others of you to take a position on what your state should do, but I am asking you whether or not you think Ban the Box legislation has been useful.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 497 authorizes a land exchange in California between the San Bernardino Valley Conservation District and the Bureau of Land Management. After 15 years, stakeholders have…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. Aguilar).

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 220 would authorize an expansion of the existing Terror Lake Hydropower project in Alaska to meet increased powder demands from Kodiak Island. The expansion would…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, as my friend, Mr. Cook, just pointed out, H.R. 1500 designates a small triangle of land in Washington, D.C., as Robert Emmet Park. The parcel is home to a statue of…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the bill before us today, H.R. 1073, authorizes the National Park Service to construct a visitor services facility that includes a restroom at the U.S. Marine Corps…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1135 reauthorizes the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program. This program provides grants to revitalize and conserve historic…

Mr. Speaker, I yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn), the distinguished leader.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Adams), a distinguished Member of Congress.

Mr. Speaker, how much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining.