I am so proud of my colleagues and so incredibly honored and privileged to be working alongside them toward this very noble purpose. I am so proud of my Republican colleagues, as well, and honored they are on this bill. It is a strange…

I appreciate Ms. Manning's powerful voice. Mr. Speaker, many of the sponsors of the bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill, the Dignity Act, are relatively new to Congress, including Ms. Scholten and Ms. Manning, who you heard…

Let's stop funding them.

I suggested that to the author. We were not able to reach an agreement. But if this bill became effective on December 31, I would be a yes vote.

I move that the committee report H.R. 7152, as amended, to the House favorable recommendation.

tensions in the Middle East have escalated dramatically since Hamas, an Iranian-backed terrorist organization, launched its war on Israel on October 7 of last year, killing innocent men, women, and children and taking and still holding up…

We are witnessing the barbaric consequences of the draconian laws that extreme MAGA Republicans are imposing on the State of Texas. Over 26,000 women have become pregnant after being raped since Texas outlawed abortion with no exceptions…

After a long fight, and as a senior member of the Budget Committee, we have gotten to a point where we can say to the American people: We care about you, and we care about your families and most of all your children. The first step…

I opposed the tax bill last night. To me it was pretty simple, because whether I am in Austin, Texas, or San Antonio, Texas, whether I am in a group of seniors or with young people, in front of more liberal constituents or conservative…

I'm extremely disappointed in the very strange maneuvering by many on the right to torpedo a potential border reform bill. That's what we all ran on doing.

This corporate tax windfall bill, thinly disguised as help for children, offers even more tax advantages to corporations that are paying today a mere 7.8 percent tax rate. A working mother of two earning the average wage pays a Federal…

Why would we do anything right now to help him with that 33 percent? Do you believe if Joe Biden's approval rating was at 53 percent, we would even be talking about the border?

I reiterate my appreciation to my friend, the chairman, and all those who worked on this bill in the Ways and Means Committee. There are a lot of good provisions in this bill, many of which I support. There are good provisions in there to…

Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 30. ____________________

May I inquire how much time remains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 1\3/4\ minutes remaining.

May I inquire how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 12 minutes remaining.

I claim the time in actual opposition to the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman from Massachusetts opposed to the bill?

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 6 minutes remaining.