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Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers), the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. General…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on S. 2040, currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to override the President's veto. It is the right thing to do. Justice is the right thing--to let American citizens have access to their courts for torts for terrorist attacks that occur on American soil…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison), the co-chair of the Progressive Caucus.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, the 40-hour workweek used to mean something. It was installed many years ago so that people wouldn't have to work 6 and 7 days a week, 10 or more hours a day. They could work…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to respond. Mr. Speaker, I want to remind people that, of the people affected and the people that routinely work overtime, complying with the rule will add less than one-tenth of 1…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez), the ranking member of the Small Business Committee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Adams), the ranking member of the Investigations, Oversight, and Regulations Subcommittee of the Small Business Committee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Pocan), a member of the Education and the Workforce Committee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano), the ranking member of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and a hardworking member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume just to acknowledge the retirement of the Chair. I have only been ranking member for this Congress, but we have been able to work together constructively for elementary and secondary…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I stand in opposition to H.R. 6094, the inappropriately named Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act. First of all, it is not limited to…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the terrorist attacks perpetrated against our Nation 15 years ago killed nearly 3,000 people. No one can fully fathom the grief still felt by families to lose their loved ones…

Any one of those in that very, very long list, to me, says obstruction of justice.

What is important to maintaining a civilization with justice and fairness is a little righteousness where people are treated fairly across the board.

target African Americans with almost surgical precision

Yes, but it's an example of the opposite of what you're asserting.