the murder rate in the United States today--the global murder rate--is infinitesimal. It is a fraction of what it was 200 years ago, 400 years ago, 600 years ago--a fraction of what it likely was in the Bronze Age or in the days when…

So the message that Donald Trump is sending here is that if you're a flag officer and you're doing what you think is right and constitutional, that's not good enough. You do what I tell you to do.

This is what a king does. This is not how a democracy works. One man does not decide how taxpayers' money is spent.

But with the exception of Don Bacon, pretty much every other Republican member of the house and almost every Republican member of the Senate is a wholly owned subsidiary of Donald Trump.

Congress has the power of the purse. And no, the president doesn't have the right to say, sorry, Congress, even though you appropriated it, I'm not going to spend it.

I bet he wasn't elected to make people hungry, to make them homeless, and to make sure that they couldn't heat their houses in the winter.

No, never has a history -- in our 250-year history. Has a president said, stop all foreign aid, stop all spending?

I come to the floor to join many of my colleagues in expressing grave alarm over the choice of Pete Hegseth to run the Department of Defense. It is not hyperbole to say that we have never seen a candidate--at least in modern times--to lead…

Here we are on the final legislative day of inauguration week. As a Democrat, this was a week of mixed feelings for me and for my colleagues on this side of the aisle. I am also a genetic optimist, so on Monday, I went to the inauguration…

I thank the gentleman from California for his comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Jackson).

I thank my colleague from Vermont for her words as we close this up. As is so often true in this Chamber, we heard lots of words, and I think they were powerful words, honoring those who protected us and honoring the truth, but what can we…

I thank the gentleman from Illinois for his words. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Vermont (Ms. Balint), my fellow New Englander.

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for his comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Costa).

I am a healthcare provider, and I have been one for 30 years. I rise today in support of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to protect the lives of our country's most innocent. This is not about abortion. As a physician, it…

we are in the midst of considering Peter Hegseth to be the next Secretary of Defense. I don't think there is a more important office in this country, having power and responsibility for 3.4 million Americans, most of them in uniform, many…

I am here this morning, and I rise to speak and address the Nation's number one insurance program: Social Security. Mr. Speaker, it might surprise you that on average, there are about 150,000 Social Security recipients per district. What…

I want to address some concerns that my Republican colleagues have raised about my decision to insist on a 1- day debate on the nomination of John Ratcliffe to be the Director of the CIA. Plain and simple, I think we should take some…

reserving the right to object, as the Senator knows, there are serious concerns that many of us have about John Ratcliffe's ability to distance himself from the political interests of President Trump in his work as CIA Director. During his…