
Mr. Speaker, I honor the life and lasting legacy of an LGBTQ pioneer in my district, David St. Pierre. David was the longtime owner of The Menagerie, a welcoming LGBTQ nightclub and restaurant in downtown Riverside. Since taking ownership…
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Mr. Speaker, I honor the life and lasting legacy of an LGBTQ pioneer in my district, David St. Pierre. David was the longtime owner of The Menagerie, a welcoming LGBTQ nightclub and restaurant in downtown Riverside. Since taking ownership…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Texas for hosting this very important hour. I think what you have captured here in calling our Nation's debt a curse is very important, very apropos. When you do the math with the $31 trillion worth…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1403 Resolved, That the following named Member be, and is…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the House passage of bipartisan, commonsense legislation that will expand access to healthcare in underserved communities across the country. I grew up in a rural farmworker community in the Coachella…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Mr. Dennis Salts, who was a dear friend and leader in the Buena Park community in my 39th Congressional District. Dennis had a passion for service as a member of Rotary International, and…

Mr. President, I rise to introduce the Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022. This legislation would ensure that noncitizen service members have access to the information and resources they need to apply for citizenship in the United…

Mr. President, I rise today to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Tibetan Policy Act, which I was pleased to introduce in the Senate in May 2001, along with 20 bipartisan cosponsors. This critical legislation…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, 5 minutes is not enough to go through each and every item that is wrong with this bill, so I am going to try to summarize, and some of it may be redundant. The authors…

AFA supports Senator Reed and Representative Swalwell's bill, the Protection from Abusive Passengers Act.

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6889) to mend the Federal Credit Union Act to modify the frequency of board of directors meetings, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. First, I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Vargas) for offering H.R. 6889, the Credit Union Board Modernization Act. This bipartisan bill would revise Federal credit union…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. H.R. 6889 will incentivize Federal credit union boards to ensure their institutions are highly rated and well run in order to reduce the number of board meetings they need to…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material thereon. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, the Banking Transparency for Sanctioned Persons Act of 2021 will help ensure that Members of Congress have the information they need to provide more effective oversight of…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2710) to increase transparency with respect to financial services benefitting state sponsors of terrorism, human rights abusers, and corrupt officials, and for other…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2710, the Banking Transparency for Sanctioned Persons Act of 2021. This legislation requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress…

Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 2794) to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase automatic maximum coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program and the Veterans' Group Life…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let me just respond, that every day my colleagues are making threats to file a lawsuit to stop the interim final rule. Like the ranking member believes, as do many on his side of…