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How they described what happened four years ago is shear fantasy. We need to say that Donald trump in 2020 told a malignant flagrant lie and sold it to his supporters who came to Washington on the basis of that lie and stormed the Capitol…
Jan 6th is a reminder to me: cowardice spreads like wildfire… this country needs leaders who are willing to tell the people the truth, not pander to lies.
Overall, they are using the rules to make Congress less transparent, less accountable, and less responsive to the needs of the American people.
In their first order of business, Republicans advanced a legislative package that abuses the power of Congress to persecute trans children athletes, take federal funding away from sanctuary cities like Chicago and Illinois, scapegoat…
Speaker Johnson has said that the 119th Congress will be consequential. Today, both in Speaker Johnson's address and in the rules package the Republicans have passed, Republicans have shown us what the consequences of their leadership will…
Today, as in every day, we open the House with the Pledge of Allegiance and the words ``with liberty and justice for all.'' However, some of our Nation's greatest ills have come from moments when we have chosen to make exceptions to…
Now what? Yesterday, this body was prepared to pass a bipartisan spending bill to carry us into the new year and the new Congress. It was imperfect, yet it met many of our country's critical needs, especially disaster relief. Then, the…
You know, they both really need each other. Musk got him elected with his spending.
I say to the Senator, I want to add a few words to the tribute to you, Bob, and just to take another angle, if I might. I have been fortunate enough to join you and campaign in your home State. I remember your first campaign and a trip…
What we need is more humility. We need more of the ability to listen to each other, to treat each other respectfully. I think that's what the Democratic Party needs. That's what our country needs.
I think the Democratic party has become too much of a cosmopolitan, college educated party. It still advocates for working people, but it doesn't really communicate with them very well.
The White House, the Senate, the Democratic Senate, the Republican house came to an agreement. That agreement was on the doorstep of being approved. And then Musk went on his tweet fest, and then Trump piled on and added the debt ceiling…
I couldn't let the evening go by without coming to pay tribute to Barbara, one of the fiercest, most courageous, hardest working, and most energized persons I have ever known during my lifetime. Seeing what you have contributed and the way…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise to pay tribute to my longtime friend, associate, and office mate. His office is around the corner from mine. We meet each other in the hall almost every day. I really want to thank him for the…
I thank Ranking Member Nadler for yielding. We are in the people's House, and we often say that democracy is built on checks and balances, but my Republican colleagues seem to have no respect for the fundamental separation of powers. H.R…
Matt Gaetz has made it clear, he still wants to be in government. He only basically had to pull out of being attorney general. Let's keep that in mind. He almost was attorney general of the United States. That was Donald Trump's number one…
No, it didn't surprise me ultimately, because the people that serve on Ethics understand, I mean, Republican and Democrat, they understand that they're kind of the guardian of the flame really. They're responsible for ensuring that we hold…