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Mr. President, I am introducing the Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act with Senators Blumenthal, Whitehouse, Merkley, Baldwin, Warren, Van Hollen, and Brown. This legislation would end special tax deductions for…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2336) to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to the definition of ``family farmer'', as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2336 is a commonsense, bipartisan solution. I applaud the gentleman from New York (Mr. Delgado) for his leadership on this bill to help our Nation's family-owned farms. This legislation is supported by the nonpartisan…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Delgado), the author of the bill, a relentless advocate for this legislation, and a distinguished member of the freshman class.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2336, the Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019, would increase the current debt limit used to determine whether a family farmer is eligible for relief under chapter 12 of the…

I would remind them that we have appropriated an additional $4.5 billion to address this crisis on the border.

My question is the propriety and the damage you are doing to a three-year-old child, to ask them to make that decision, to pick a parent.

Oversight is also part of our responsibility, so I invite my Republican colleagues to join us in some of the work of actually responding to this crisis.

Asking a three-year-old child to choose between their parents, not knowing if they will ever see one again, is unconscionable and traumatic to a child.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I thank both the chairman and the ranking member of the committee and the sponsors of this important piece of legislation. I am proud to rise in support of the Autism CARES…

Mr. Speaker, on my staff, I am indebted to my health and disabilities LA Katie Lee and also Todd Adams, my Chief of Staff, who has been intimately involved in these issues for more years than he probably would like to admit. I also want to…

Last week we passed out of committee the Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act, sponsored by Mr. Langevin.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman for yielding and his important leadership on this bill and on the committee. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 2035, the Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2019…

I would note that if we look back to 2009, there are some very important signs of optimism. On the legislative side, Senator Markey--then-Representative Markey with his colleague Representative Waxman--successfully ushered, with…

Madam President, let me first thank my friend Senator Schatz for his incredibly kind remarks. He is an outstanding colleague. We work together extremely well. He brings a good cop ``aloha'' sensibility to a conversation, whereas I tend to…

Madam President, may I propose to my wonderful colleague, the Senator from Massachusetts, that the Good Lord forbid that I have to get to 500 such speeches before we solve this problem.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I would be remiss if I did not take a moment to recognize my colleague from Michigan, Mr. Levin, and his efforts on this matter, as well to recognize the service of…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, first, I rise to thank my colleague, Ms. Chu, on the other side of the aisle for her efforts on this legislation. As we are proposing this legislation, Madam Speaker…