I was absent during the time of votes. Had I been present, I would have voted: YEA on Roll Call No. 484; S. 709; YEA on Roll Call No. 485; H.R. 9598; YEA on Roll Call No. 486; H.R. 9600; YEA on Roll Call No. 487; Velazquez of New York Part…

The members of the Progressive Caucus know how to fight billionaires, grifters, and Republican frauds in Congress.

The core of the Republican Party is about helping Wall Street and billionaires.

I've fought back against extremist, egocentric autocrats in Texas for my entire adult life.

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. One of the bills that is being brought before us, H.R. 7198, is a Republican partisan bill, but it violates their own CutGo budgetary…

they are going to deport everyone that is here and is not a citizen. They are planning to do mass deportations.

Texas got two new seats, so they took those Black and Brown and Asian bodies, and guess what? Do you think that we got a new Black, Brown, or Asian seat? Somehow the way that they do their Republican math in the state of Texas, that…

when you are counting people, you are not just counting voters. You count children, don't you?

I missed four votes today. Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 480, NAY on Roll Call No. 481, YEA on Roll Call No. 482, and YEA on Roll Call No. 483. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

But here is the reality. The numbers show that in rural Texas, they were constantly bleeding population. Urban Texas was growing exponentially.

we know that there was a significant undercount specifically in Texas.

What I do not get is in the Federal Government's nearly $1 trillion in assistance... why my Republican colleagues would want states like Texas to get less help because of adding an unnecessary question.

we need a course on what the Census is for because we have people sitting in Congress and have no idea what the Census is for.

I could not disagree more with this really kind-of wild Republican idea of the so-called 'Equal Representation Act,' which would only count certain in this country in complete violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1602 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1602 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order…

It is so important for the American people to understand and hear that this idea of a citizenship question would undercount people, would result in fewer Federal resources come into places like Texas.

I thank you for that admonition. I will try to be careful to keep that in mind during my closing remarks. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Massachusetts is correct. He has provided me…

So, again, Republicans are really good about using Black and Brown bodies.