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I want everyone to know and to be very clear that every month in the 12th Congressional District is Black History Month. I was born and raised in the most beautiful, Blackest city in the country: the city of Detroit. Countless Black…
This is not just about the fundamental question of human rights, but the economic interest of American workers.
One persistent problem that I have been focused on for the time that I have been here in Congress, both in the United States trade agreements and broader trade agenda, is the issue of forced labor.
I came out today to address the issue that is top of mind for so many Americans: Immigration. We find ourselves at this existential moment on the issue. As a Nation of immigrants, where nearly every single one of us has our own immigration…
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, last week I joined my colleagues from all corners of the country on a trip to the southern border to El Paso, hosted by my good friend, Congresswoman Escobar. This wasn't my first trip to…
I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for taking this opportunity tonight to remind us that on January 26, inexplicably, President Biden announced an indefinite ban on pending LNG export projects. I wish it were indefinite, but I believe…
The Biden administration just announced a total pause on new export permits for liquid natural gas, all in the name of climate change. I am from Michigan, the Great Lakes State. We all love clean air and clean water. Michigan is the home…
Today I honor the centennial legacy of empowerment and service embodied by the Tau Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, celebrating 100 years of unwavering commitment to sisterhood, scholarship, service, and social action. Chartered in…
I thank my colleague, the Representative from the Northern Mariana Islands. We have worked on this a long time, and it is worthy of the time spent. Let me close with some heartbreaking statistics to remind my colleagues of why we have done…
Trafficking is modern-day slavery, period. Trafficking goes against our country's founding values of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, so it is all the more heartbreaking and frustrating to know this crime is happening in our…
I have no further requests for time, I strongly urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
I urge my colleagues to strongly support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
I have no further requests for time, I am prepared to close, and I yield back the balance of my time.
I have no further requests for time, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
It has to fulfill its total responsibilities when it talks about protecting our residents, especially our low-income and underserved communities, from the systemic risk, as you know, and financial instability that results from the failure…
What I hear is the different regulatory environments that we are creating. What does it mean? What is regulatory, what is it, arbitrage? What does that mean?
I greatly appreciate your leadership in establishing FSOC's new guidance on the designation of nonbanks as systemically important.
I am particularly concerned with the ability of women-owned small businesses, WOSBs, to compete and be prepared to succeed if they outgrow these size definitions.