I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, it is a two-House legislature. One is led by Republicans; one is led by Democrats. The reason we don't have 302(b) is because the Senate couldn't agree with itself on 302(b)s. I talked to…

You know how this process works. Let them pass whatever bill they want; we will go to conference. We have our position; they have their position. It is led by your party. They haven't passed a single bill. You talk about getting a 302(b)…

The polls reflect that the public believes we ought to be doing what we are doing.

We adopted the rules adopted by the Republican majority in the last Congress dealing with this subject.

The gentleman mentioned the Justice Department. Mr. Barr is essentially Mr. Trump's lawyer. Mr. Trump mentioned him in the transcript, too--it is not a transcript; it is a report of the call-- and said: Talk to Barr, and he'll come over…

What I said was that we are going to obviously have, and the committee is having, a hearing on that very matter without a vote of this committee, because it is their responsibility. And your minority member, Mr. McCaul, is for that…

Today, Mr. Speaker, is a sad day. It is a sad day for us; it is a sad day for this institution; and it is a sad day for America. We have lost a wonderful human being, a good and decent human being, a human being who made a difference for…

Madam President, I move to proceed to S.J. Res. 53. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the joint resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 53) providing for…

Madam President, I know of no further debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? If not, the question is on agreeing to the motion. The motion was agreed to. The clerk will report the joint resolution by title. The senior…

Madam President, as the senior Senator from Maryland, I want to comment on the remarks by Leader Schumer about the great loss we had that we learned about early this morning--the death of Congressman Elijah Cummings. I found out about this…

I thank the gentleman for his remarks. Mr. Speaker, in that spirit, I will ask for a moment of silence. But before I do that, let me mirror the remarks of the leader on the other side of the aisle. A moment of silence will not be enough to…

I thank the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), Speaker of the House, for her remarks. I know Elijah felt very strongly about her and his support of her and her leadership and how proud he was that she was from the city of Baltimore…

I have the sad task of announcing what probably most of you already know. We have lost a great American, a decent American, a wonderful Member of this body, Elijah Cummings, who died early this morning of illnesses he had been suffering…

I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 635 Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, a…

I love my 1 minute. I also love my glasses, so I can read what I want to say here. Thank you very much. I rushed up from my office. I was on a conference call. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for keeping it open. I want to thank Mr. McCaul for…

It seems when I came to work this week, I was coming to work in Moscow, or Beijing, or Pyongyang, or Havana; not in the Capital of the free world where we treasure fairness. Because what are we doing? We are holding kangaroo courts; Star…

Mr. President, I would like to start by thanking my friend and colleague from the State of Maryland, Senator Cardin, for bringing this resolution to the floor of the Senate--as he said, we will be voting on it tomorrow--but also for his…

Mr. President, I come to the floor to talk about S.J. Res. 53. We will have a chance to vote on that tomorrow. I am joined by my colleague from Maryland, Senator Van Hollen, and my colleague on the Environment and Public Works Committee…