I thank the gentleman for his question and his comments. Let me say this. I think we have a different perspective on where we are in this country. In point of fact, I think there is reason for great, great, grave concern about what we see…

Let me respond to my friend. Obviously, if there is money that we have already appropriated that is not needed and not disbursed, I think the gentleman is right that we can reallocate that and repurpose that money. So, that can be part of…

We will honor next week, as we have honored this week, an extraordinary American, John Robert Lewis. He will lie in state just a few yards from here. He will be honored by thousands who will walk by the Capitol and his casket, and that…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. As the gentleman knows, we passed a bill on May 15th that included within that bill $100 billion for specific assistance--not from the State's excess funds, but specifically for educational…

I regret to inform you that I am unable to vote today due to my attendance of my mother's funeral. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 162, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 163, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 165, and ``nay'' on…

I have spoken a lot about John. I spoke this morning about John and about his extraordinary chief of staff, Michael Collins, who was such a positive part of his life and who exhibits so many of the traits that made John Lewis a wonderful…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I congratulate her for her work over the years. She and I spent over 2 decades serving together on that committee, the Appropriations Committee, and the same amount of time serving on the Labor, Health…

This is an issue of who we are as a people. Many women have spoken on this floor, but this is an issue for fathers. This is an issue for sons. This is an issue for brothers. I have three daughters, two granddaughters, and three great…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I came in at the end of my friend from Louisiana's discussion. I have great respect for Mr. Graves and I have great respect for his concern, but, very frankly, the things he talks about have…

I appreciate the words of the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho). They were appropriate because the language we use matters. The way we treat one another matters. Mr. Yoho needed no apology for his passion about poverty and for the…

It has been nearly 4 weeks since the House passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Leader McConnell and the Republican-led Senate, however, refuse to call it up for consideration or a vote. Meanwhile, the problem of racial…

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina, the former Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, for yielding. I am glad that I was on the floor to hear the remarks of the ranking member, Mr. Davis. I am going to bring up a quote. I…

I thank the gentleman for his remarks. Some in my generation remember the song ``Abraham, Martin and John.'' Then, of course, there was Bobby. All four were taken from us far too early in their lives. God blessed each of us, this…

Let us not forget who we are. Our Framers rebelled against centuries of religious oppression, Inquisition, Holy Crusades, witchcraft trials, and state religion. They conceived America as a haven of refuge for people fleeing from religious…

I thank Ms. Clark for organizing this beautiful observance and testimony to our beloved colleague. I want to praise John Lewis, not the Congressman, but John Lewis the member of SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a…

I thank Mr. Butterfield for his really exemplary leadership here. Mr. Speaker, it is a proud day for Maryland as we move to replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney with the bust of Thurgood Marshall. One Marylander wrote the infamous Dred…

Mr. President, I voted in support of S. Amdt. 1788, which would reduce defense spending by 10 percent and invest that money into healthcare, education, and poverty reduction in communities with a poverty rate of 25 percent or more. To…

I appreciate the gentleman's kind and overly gracious remarks. I appreciate also his sense of history and for what I think today is being displayed as a bipartisan effort to draw attention to and to reconcile a very real problem. So I will…