the problem with a 'pale, male, and Yale' State Department is that it is a direct affront to the American values of democracy, opportunity and, yes, diversity.

My fear is that the chaos the new administration is sowing will be enough to leave our science and technology enterprise in ruins, with Chinese Communist leaders in Beijing popping champagne corks.

Republicans need us. So if they want to have meaningful conversations, they know where to find us.

There’s been an overreach in trying to stop payments that ordinary Americans rely on.

Not one Democrat will give a vote until there’s an ironclad agreement that our appropriations that help people will be spent.

It’s almost been a reminder to voters that there are things about government that they like, such as their Social Security, Medicaid and funding for schools in working-class neighborhoods.

All Americans will feel the impacts of Trump's anti-immigrant agenda, creating chaos and fear in communities across our country, while also driving up costs for businesses and consumers.

I urge you to immediately exempt federal firefighters from the freeze on federal funding, to stop encouraging firefighters to resign, and to provide information on how these actions have impacted the hiring and retention of U.S. Forestry…

Seasonal firefighters are essential to the public safety of those who live in fire-prone areas, and I am alarmed that federal firefighters are not party to this exemption.

Here are the FACTS: 81% of voters, both Republicans and Democrats, support the CFPB and want the agency to continue its work.

The communities I represent are just a 2-hour drive away from CBP's San Diego sector, and we have seen the impacts of the fentanyl crisis firsthand. In 2024, the Orange County Sheriff's Department found 2.06 million pills laced with…

That's horrific, against the law, and disastrous for our ability to recruit, retain, and protect women.

Now they have reached NOAA where they’re wreaking havoc on the scientific and regulatory systems that protect American families’ safety and jobs.

DOGE hackers have unlawfully gained access to private personal information and are gutting critical programs at federal agencies.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 226, nays 188, not voting 19, as follows: [Roll No…

I missed the vote series today. Had I been present, I would have voted yea on the Motion to Recommit on H.R. 26, (Roll Call No. 34), and nay on Passage of H.R. 26, (Roll Call No. 35). PERSONAL EXPLANATION Mr. DeSAULNIER. Mr. Speaker, I…

Now they have reached NOAA where they’re wreaking havoc on the scientific and regulatory systems that protect American families’ safety and jobs.

Here is the richest man in the world bragging about eliminating an agency that has delivered $21 billion back to working-class families since its inception.