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I would like to applaud the House for passing the Respect for Marriage Act with significant bipartisan support earlier this summer. It is now the time for the Senate to do the same. I would like to take a moment to speak to my Republican…
Mr. President, I rise today to speak about the Respect for Marriage Act. I was proud to introduce this bill earlier this summer with Senators Baldwin, Collins, and Portman. I am greatly encouraged by yesterday's bipartisan vote of 62 to 37…
Madam Speaker, when the Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, I was totally outraged. We knew that that day was coming, and as horrific as it was and is, we were ready. But I was not alone in that outrage. Madam Speaker, over the…
Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the House amendment to S. 3902, the FIRE Act. I am proud to support this bill and thank my good friends and fellow Californians, Senator Padilla and Congresswoman Lofgren, for their leadership, and…
Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 4524, the Speak Out Act. I am proud to support this bill and thank my good friends and colleagues Senator Gillibrand and Congresswoman Frankel for their leadership, and Chairman Nadler and the…
We are going to miss the leadership of Congresswoman Bass.
Veterans have made immense sacrifices on behalf of all of us, and one of my top priorities in Congress is to ensure that our veterans can receive high-quality accommodations and timely services.
the voters rejected the vile, violent rhetoric of extremism that we've seen from the Republican Party.
what can you point to as specifics of accomplishment?
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sound the alarm that the 117th Congress and, indeed, this body is on track to surrender its last chance to safeguard American democracy. It has been 1,045 days since this Capitol, this very building, this very…
Scripture teaches us that for everything, there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. My friends, no matter what title, you all my colleagues have bestowed upon me, Speaker, Leader, Whip, there is no greater official honor…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my constituent and dear friend, Alfredo Acosta Figueroa, for his lifelong dedication to social justice and his relentless advocacy for civil rights during the Chicano Movement with Cesar Chavez and Bert…
It is, of course, natural that the Congress bemoan that Karen Bass is leaving us, but she is coming to us in Los Angeles.
We have to have a contingency plan should the Ethiopian Government fail to meet its conditions under these agreements.
There is no legitimate reason for Eritrean troops to be in any part of Ethiopia.
There are many issues in Africa, but I am going to devote my 5 minutes to the conflict in Ethiopia and Tigray, which is the bloodiest conflict in the world this decade.
Will you commit to not supporting lifting AGOA and not supporting international lending until these ethnic Tigrayans are released?
Throughout my time in Congress, I have worked to shift the paradigm from seeing Africa as a continent that is defined by crisis, conflict, poverty, and corruption, to engaging Africa as a continent with immense opportunities for robust and…