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I have been amused for a long time at how can it be that there is legislation supported by 70 or 80 percent of the public, a clear majority of Members of Congress, and yet we are not allowed to even vote on it.
If you made it anonymous, you would allow Members to sort of probe support for centrist legislation.
On behalf of the majority leader, I ask the Chair to execute the order from yesterday with respect to the confirmation vote on the Costello nomination.
At this time, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Aderholt), the sponsor of this bill.
I have no further speakers on this particular legislation, I am ready to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.
I have no further requests for time, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I thank all of my colleagues for their work on this legislation, especially Mr. Panetta and Dr. Wenstrup. Again, if there is any group who could expect and…
In closing, I thank Chairman Smith and Chairman LaHood for their partnership on this important bill that would improve and invest in child welfare services under title IV- B and ensure that State and Tribal support agencies can continue…
This is a very damaging thing. I mean, we can try to justify this by saying it was an awkward transition and you know okay. But she could always come out and apologize today, but nobody apologizes anymore because that's weakness.
I think it's absolutely about that. It's about division. Look, we learned in politics, basically from the day I got in there and we kept learning this lesson every day, which is if you make people fearful or you make them angry you can…
How does HSI continue to justify its immigration enforcement activities given those concerns?
These broad surveillance powers are of concerns to many of the communities represented in this room, certainly mine.
Like many Americans yesterday afternoon, I heard reports of what Federal law enforcement is investigating as a possible assassination attempt on former President Trump while he was golfing in Florida. Thankfully, the former President was…
I thank Congresswoman Balint. Her words could not have been more powerful. We are at a crossroads right now, and the Congressional Progressive Caucus is committed to strengthening voting rights because our caucus wants to make sure that we…
I thank Congressman Bowman for his remarks, and I am committed to working with him here and out of here to ensure that happens. When we talk about the issues that matter most, as Congressman Bowman mentioned, everything from housing to…
I thank Congressman Sarbanes for his remarks. He couldn't have said it more perfectly as we are wrapping up here. I often ask myself what it would look like if money didn't determine elections, if qualifications did, if competency would…
Congressman Raskin is absolutely right. We are committed to progress. We are committed to moving forward. We are committed to strengthening our voting rights. We are committed to improving representation. We are committed to campaign…
Today is 9/11, and I start our Special Order hour by paying tribute to the 2,977 people who lost their lives at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and the thousands of people who were injured that day…
I thank the gentleman for yielding to me for the privilege of saying a few words about Bill Pascrell. I love Bill Pascrell. I say that in the present tense because every time I think of him he makes me smile, not because he was a funny…