Mr. President, I thank you. I thank Senator Klobuchar. I thank Senator Coons, an absolutely invaluable member of this alliance, ensuring that we are going to be able to get the resources for this. My mother would say, if she looked around…

Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry: Has this bill passed now on UC? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Which bill are you referring to? The Paul bill passed, S. 4104.

I thank Chairman DeFazio for his leadership. Long-term investments in transportation and infrastructure create good-paying jobs and drive commerce. When we rebuild systems in a sustainable and resilient manner, we reduce carbon emissions…

People every day are struggling to make sense of the most challenging times our Nation has seen in more than a century, and that is saying something. A hundred years ago, we were recovering from the Spanish flu pandemic that hit America…

I deeply appreciate the gentleman's courtesy, and I appreciate the work that he has done. I admire his restraint in his response to the gentleman from Louisiana, who in the beginning of his comments acknowledged that Chairman DeFazio spent…

I thank Mr. Graves for yielding and for his work trying to get this bill in a better place. And I thank Chairman DeFazio for working with me on an amendment that will come up tomorrow that will allow the Port of Cascade Locks to compete…

The coronavirus pandemic, racial violence, and the climate crisis have all highlighted systemic and pervasive inequalities in our country, especially for Black communities and other people of color. Racial, economic, and climate justice…

I believe neither of us has any more speakers. I yield myself such time as I may consume to close. Madam Speaker, we have had a good debate here on the floor. Unfortunately, it is not a debate over a bipartisan piece of legislation. It is…

In its current form, I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Walden moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1425 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce with instructions to…

This motion should be adopted. It would prevent the bill from upending the very progress we are all counting on for our innovators to develop new vaccines and therapies to confront this killer coronavirus. You see, it simply states the…

May I inquire as to how much time each side has remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oregon has 16\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from New Jersey has 17 minutes remaining.

I listened to my colleagues cry out for a bipartisan cooperation and progress. I listened to them talk about somehow having promises not kept. Think for a moment. My colleagues--the promise of Donald Trump and the Republicans to replace…

I am proud of the rapid action that the House took--$3 trillion approved on a bipartisan basis with the Senate. And we have moved forward with the HEROES Act, another $3 trillion that is pending action. We fixed the PPP to better meet the…

I would just point out that as we sit here today, Oklahoma, under a Republican Governor, has chosen to expand Medicaid coverage. That is how it should work, not a penalizing system. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

One of the greatest tragedies for Therese's family, and that of all other families in America, is what the Congressional Budget Office tells us this bill will do, and that is, 38 fewer cures. 38. What if one of those was a cure for COPD…

I was excited to see the House take action to promote racial justice this last week. Under the leadership of Karen Bass, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Democratic leadership, we put forth a comprehensive effort to deal with the…

This is the 10th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Over the past 10 years, our country has made significant progress in improving access to affordable healthcare-- despite the Trump administration's constant assault on the ACA. Now…

This week another month's rent or mortgage is due for millions of Americans who are out of work or barely making ends meet. Without swift action, many struggling Americans will soon face eviction or foreclosure. I rise in strong support of…