I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 31, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000)''…

This amendment would urge the Veterans Administration to make a decision on incorporating MDMA-assisted therapy into their formulary within 180 days of FDA approval. This is based on legislation by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Van…

After the 2008 financial crisis, Congress tasked our financial regulatory agencies with implementing a rule that bans pay packages for bank executives that incentivize excessive risk- taking. More than 13 years later, we are still waiting…

Last Congress, as a member of the Digital Assets Working Group, we established clear principles on how any proposed CBDC proposal should be evaluated. First, the U.S. dollar must remain the world's reserve currency, and our payment systems…

I thank the distinguished ranking member of the Oversight Committee for yielding. I also thank my colleague, the Representative from Washington, D.C., who tragically and outrageously does not have full voting rights here in this Chamber…

The Supreme Court recently circulated guidelines to its employees that cautioned against anything `` . . . that might signal a political display.'' Those guidelines for employees are apparently lost on some of the Justices themselves, who…

Since the first cryptocurrency network was created nearly 15 years ago, the rules governing the digital asset ecosystem have remained unclear. As I learned while serving as chairman of the Capital Markets Subcommittee, regulators have been…

I thank my wonderful, amazing, dedicated, committed colleague from Connecticut, who is today, as we say in Detroit, speaking truth to power when it comes to our most vulnerable in the United States. We have heard over and over again that…

Madam President, I am really pleased to be here on the floor with my colleagues who just want to get something done on the border. I mean, how long have we talked about this? Senator Kaine talked about 2013. I was here as well. It was an…

I thank my good colleague, the gentlewoman from Connecticut, for yielding time, and I reflect on this farm bill from the standpoint that at this period in time, Americans are paying more of their earned income for food than they have in…

Madam President, tomorrow, the Senate will consider legislation that would send critical resources to secure our borders. This legislation was forged by serious bipartisan negotiations, but when it first came to the Senate floor this past…

I thank the gentleman, my wonderful colleague from Illinois, who continues to speak truth to power, especially around police violence. Mr. Speaker, George Floyd's life mattered. We all know and keep chanting, Black lives matter, but we…

Yesterday, in our House Financial Services Committee, we had a big day. It was, frankly, a sad and tragic day because it was a day to explore what had happened at the FDIC, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. There was an…

As the only Palestinian American serving in Congress, I am a reminder to many of my colleagues in this Chamber that Palestinians do indeed exist, we are human beings, that we deserve to live, that we have dreams of freedom and human…

President Biden's immigration policies continue to wreak havoc on our borders. According to the Department of Homeland Security, over 9 million individuals have illegally entered the United States over the last 3 years. That alone is…

I am thrilled to announce that Redford Township is getting a new recreation and wellness center. I would like to congratulate our incredible Mayor McRae and the township's administration and trustees on the groundbreaking ceremony for this…

My office is bringing home over $17.1 million in Federal funding for 15 community projects throughout the 12th Congressional District this year. I am so proud to have partnered up with civic and community leaders throughout the district to…

I thank my colleague from Vermont for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as you can see even behind her, it says, ``Facing mental health challenges doesn't make you weak. It makes you human.'' Even as I say this, I think about Damon in my community…