We cannot afford to allow that to happen. This is the United States of America, the exceptional nation.

Shortchanging the census is penny wise and pound foolish.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I introduced the All Circuit Review Act, Mr. Speaker, to send a clear message to all Federal employees who blow the whistle on wrongdoing that we here in Congress have their backs…

The Census Bureau is dangerously underfunded and has been for years, and unless we do something about it right now...

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the committee for promptly reporting H.R. 2989 to the floor for consideration. I rise today in support of a bill I have cosponsored with Delegate Norton, the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act. As…

Do you agree that the grid is at risk from cyber attacks from Russian hackers, or other hackers for that matter?

You could start a cultural revolution within the Administration that says we are going to pay attention to ethics.

I have been chairing this Democracy Reform Task Force. We are actually releasing a report today called Trump's High Flying Cabinet which details what I see as kind of a culture of entitlement among many of the cabinet members in terms of…

The U.S. intelligence community, as you know I think, has drawn a definitive conclusion that Russian hackers were interfering with our elections last year.

As a leader in the United States Government, the choices you make and the work that you will do have profound effects upon our nation and its citizens. And the citizens deserve to have confidence in the integrity of their government.

I see. And that is an historical process that has continued, the executive agencies?

Maintaining the official records of a constitutional democracy like ours is a sacred public duty.

Chairman Harper, thank you very much.

The preservation of public records is a core service the government provides and is providing today.

In authoritarian societies, it is essential to extinguish public memory and alter public records.

Mr. President, I wish to join my colleagues and all Americans in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and the innumerable contributions of the Hispanic American community. There is much to celebrate. Although Hispanic Americans comprise 18…

Mr. President, the United States is facing an urgent nuclear crisis with North Korea. President Trump should not trigger another nuclear crisis with Iran. North Korea's nuclear program presents a clear and direct threat to the United…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his answer. Let me, if I might, Mr. Speaker, simply suggest to the gentleman, we certainly understand, and this side agrees, we want to have secure borders. There is, obviously, a disagreement on the…