I announce that the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), and the Senator from Mississippi (Ms. Stabenow) are necessarily absent.

During rollcall Vote number 472 on H.R. 4665, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``no'' when I should have voted ``aye.'' Amendment No. 42 Offered by Ms. Greene of Georgia The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 211, nays 217, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll No. 506]…

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Budzinski of Illinois moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4368 to the Committee on Appropriations…

Joe Biden has forced Americans to foot the bill for hundreds of billions of dollars to Ukraine while our southern border is being invaded by terrorists, drug cartels, gangs, and human traffickers. I oppose sending any additional money to…

it is that time of year again--ending the month of September, starting a new fiscal year. We have a responsibility we accept as Members of Congress to do some things: Answer rollcalls, respond to our constituents, keep the lights on in the…

I announce that the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) are necessarily absent.

I oppose this rule. It concerns me that my friend, the chairman of the Rules Committee--and I believe that I say this correctly--described this as part of the normal democratic process. If that is true, then that is the new normal and it…

I hope we can work together to persuade your colleagues to prevent a shutdown and continue the foster care-related programs under Title IV-B.

Although children from all races and ethnicities suffer from abuse and neglect at similar rates, Black children are overrepresented at each decision point in the child welfare system.

As chairman of the Work and Welfare Subcommittee, I have tremendous respect for the longstanding bipartisan work that has been done by this subcommittee.

Make no mistake, our country is facing a foster care crisis.

for those who are following this debate, we had four nominations that were being held. Two were just approved. We will keep working to make sure all four are approved. The two remaining are in the States of Illinois and Ohio. We feel just…

This hearing begins our important work this Congress on evaluating challenges faced by Americans' most vulnerable children within our Nation's child welfare system.

That legislation transformed Congress' approach to child welfare by moving away from the historic practice of providing funding solely after a child entered foster care.

So even if you got your way, even if you got a rollcall vote, which you have asked for twice now, you are still not going to allow us to move to fill these vacancies for U.S. attorneys, even in Ohio?

As the proud daughter of immigrants, the wife of a Dreamer, the Representative of a district proud of its immigrants and how they contribute to our economy, I am disgusted with the Republicans' relentless persecution and scapegoating of…

And a special counsel, separate and apart from the Department of Justice, was independently making those decisions. Your decision to stop U.S. attorneys from taking these jobs means that they will not be in a position to be able to…