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I thank the gentlewoman for those excellent remarks and note that I think she speaks for millions of postal workers across the country who are excited about this legislation and the reforms that it is going to institute. This has the…
Yesterday, we met in the Rules Committee and reported a rule, House Resolution 912, providing for consideration of two different measures; first, H.R. 3076, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, under a structured rule. The rule provides…
By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 912 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 912 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…
I do want to add one point to Ms. Scanlon's excellent delivery. This legislation, the Postal Service Reform Act, requires the Postal Service to develop an online dashboard that will detail for all of us weekly national-and local-level…
I thank the chair for yielding, and I want to thank both Mrs. Maloney, Congresswoman Maloney from New York, the chair of the committee, and Mr. Comer from Kentucky. There is nobody covering this right now. There aren't a lot of Members on…
I thank the chairman for yielding. I salute our colleague, Congresswoman Bustos, for introducing what will certainly be the most important piece of pro-labor legislation to pass out of the 117th Congress. Our Constitution guarantees our…
Mr. President, today is a sad day. While we gather here in session, a memorial service is being held to honor three Baltimore, MD, firefighters who gave their lives in service to their community. These tragedies are a stark reminder of the…
Madam President, I rise today to speak about the terrible tragedy that befell the people of Burma 1 year ago today, when the Tatmadaw, the Burmese military, reclaimed total power in the coup d'etat of February 1, 2021. Since then, the…
Mr. President, I disagree with the last speaker's characterization of the issue he was bringing up, but I want to stay focused on voting rights because this is an important moment for the U.S. Senate. This is our opportunity to debate the…
Mr. President, let me start by thanking our colleague, the Senator from Oregon, Senator Merkley, for his leadership in working to restore the functioning of the Senate and to protect our democracy. We need both, and we need them now. It…
I include in the Record the following letters of support for the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5746. Declaration for American Democracy, January 13, 2022. Dear Representative: I write on behalf of the Declaration for American Democracy, a…
Out in the country, the voice of the people is diminished by voter suppression, partisan gerrymandering, and election subversion. Here in Washington, the voice of the people is diminished by big money, the insiders, and the lobbyists, who…
I just want to say in terms of where we are today, the overwhelming percentage--I am talking about 90 percent--of people who are getting really sick are people who are not vaccinated. And for the government to say: You need to be…
For a long time, the former President of the United States--apparently, he changed his view now and criticized DeSantis for not pursuing mask wearing, et cetera, et cetera. The fact of the matter is, of course, the former President…
Our colleagues object to guaranteeing the peoples' right to vote through the vehicle of a NASA bill of all things. A quarter of a century ago Republicans changed Texas State law to permit astronauts to vote absentee from space. They want…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am old enough to have grown up and become cognizant of public affairs in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It is ironic that today, I am hearing the language of interposition of States'…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, this has been a calm discussion so far. Let me remind the gentleman that the previous President said in February or March of 2020 that this is going to go away in about 30 days: Don't…
I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I would say at the outset, I believe the committee on which he serves with Mr. Clyburn is one of the committees, among many, who ought to be looking at those facts. But let me say this, because in…