I introduced something called the bipartisan Resilient Coast and Estuaries Act, which would reauthorize the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program.

Madam Speaker, I have heard over and over again we ought to harden our schools. We ought to let every teacher have a gun. One question that needs to be asked as that argument goes forward: Why? Why do we need to do that? We need to do that…

Madam Speaker, it is time to act. On January 19, 1989, my wife Patti and I entered the ICU at San Joaquin General Hospital. We were there to see a five-year-old boy and his parents, who recently fled from war-torn Laos. The boy was…

I intend to work with whoever will work with me across the aisle to try to get anything done that we can to reduce our greenhouse gas footprint.

We have to do it all, and we have to do it now. The science demands we act and that we take bold measures that are actually going to be up to the task.

I`ve had it with this guy. What he did is unacceptable. Nobody can defend that and nobody should defend it. The only discussion I would have with him is that I think this will pass and it would be my recommendation that you should resign.

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I commend him for his leadership in bringing this important legislation to the floor. Protecting our kids; what could be more important than that? I thank the gentleman for channeling…

Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of this bill, the Protecting Our Kids Act. I point out that every argument we have heard against it so far is nonsense. Every student deserves to feel safe in school, and every parent should know…

We cannot just sweep this under the rug. We need to know why it happened, who did it, and people need to be held accountable for it. And I'm committed to make sure that happens.

We cannot just sweep this under the rug, we need to know why it happened, who did it, and people need to be held accountable for it. And I`m committed to make sure that happens.

This is so unAmerican. I condemn any of this violence that`s happening in the Capitol right now. I could not be sadder and more disappointed with the way our country looks at this very moment. People are getting hurt. Anyone involved in…

The violence, destruction and chaos we saw earlier was unacceptable, undemocratic, and unAmerican. It was the saddest day I`ve ever had as serving as a member of this institution.

Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 7910, the Protecting Our Kids Act. I thank Chairman Nadler for bringing these bills to the floor. Gun violence is responsible for more than 32,000 deaths each year. This is a heartbreaking…

All I am saying is, all of our children who have died through gun violence had a right to live, and they had a right to life. So I urge all of my colleagues to vote ``yes'' and to take action so that we can save countless lives. Let's…

Madam Speaker, gas prices across the country have reached yet another record-breaking high. The pain at the pump my constituents are facing is a direct result of this administration's war on American energy. Unfortunately, the…

Madam Speaker, when I served in the U.S. military, I was trained on firearms. Let me tell you what a bullet from an AR-15 does to you. The bullet leaves the muzzle of the AR-15 at a speed three times higher than that of a handgun. The…

Madam Speaker, in March of this year, The Washington Post published an article titled: ``GOP lawmakers push historic wave of bills targeting rights of LGBTQ teens, children, and their families.'' In April, The Washington Post published…

The public hasn’t seen it woven together, how one thing led to another, how one line of effort to overturn the election, led to another and ultimately led to terrible violence.