There's nothing more fundamental than protecting the right of the American people to have their voices heard and their votes counted in our elections, and this requires strong leadership from everyone at every level of government.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Climate Change

Mr. President, I am here for my 254th ``Time to Wake Up'' speech. In the time I have been giving these speeches, I have watched the shifting trajectory of climate denial. First, climate change was a hoax. Then, there wasn't enough science…

we are proud to strongly support the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act, H.R. 1549, which was introduced in March by Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI).

Madam Speaker, last week, I was proud to support the Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act. There is no better way to honor an educator, explorer, and trailblazer like Ms. McAuliffe than to educate the next generation of learners. The…

There is a tremendous and bipartisan agreement within Congress that we must engage the Northern Triangle countries in order to enhance security and prosperity and combat corruption.

I believe that the U.S. must, instead, work as a partner to help create conditions whereby Hondurans, Guatemalans, and the Salvadorans can see a future in their home countries.

I ask unanimous consent that this report of a 2018 study published in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, which found that mass fatalities were 70 percent less likely to occur during the 1994 Assault Weapon Ban, period.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have several unanimous consent requests.

When the ban lapsed in 2004, the numbers of gun massacres shot up, with a 183 percent increase in massacres.

In mass shootings, 63 percent more people were killed when shooters used assault weapons or high-capacity weapons rather than other types of firearms.

Finally, a Fox News poll that shows 67 percent of Americans support an assault weapons ban.

I ask unanimous consent to have a report, a study by the Violence Policy Center that shows one in four law enforcement officers slain in the line of duty by an assault weapon.

Instead of attacking the problem of mass shootings head-on, we are building schools with curved hallways to minimize casualties from an active shooter.

The truth is it was the law for 10 years, from 1994 to 2004. It passed the House with 38 Republican votes.

I reintroduced H.R. 1296, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019, to address the harm that mass shootings have on our communities and to keep the American people safe from senseless acts of violence.

Had the legislation been passed and signed into law, it would have prevented the tragedies we witnessed in Dayton, El Paso, and Gilroy.

The people of Hong Kong deserve to determine their own future.