It demonstrates and shows us exactly what he believes in by selecting a JD Vance, who is quite you know, as the campaign said, weird, but also pretty unprepared, very scary in many respects.

I was unable to be present to cast my vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 400. ____________________

I share some news out of California just today where Governor Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order for State officials to begin dismantling thousands of homeless encampments on State properties and also encouraging local…

A few months ago, we lost a true hero in my district, Lou Conter, who passed away at the age of 103 and was the last survivor of the attack on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. I have just introduced legislation to honor the memory of…

On National Intern Day, I recognize my three summer interns, who graciously came all the way from the great State of California to our Nation's Capital to serve in my Washington, D.C., office. Amelia Sanchez recently graduated from Long…

That's a legitimate conversation and it requires a really critical evaluation. I applaud Eric Garcetti for doing what he's done.

Defund the police. The issue behind it is that we need to re-imagine how we are creating safety and when you have many cities that have one-third of their entire city budget focused on policing, we know that is not the smart way and the…

We do not invite conflict, but we absolutely are prepared to and engaged in what is necessary to compete.

Whether as a district attorney, attorney general, senator, or as vice president, Kamala Harris has led the way to keep our communities safe, to take on violent crime, and helped lead the nation to historic drop in violent crime to a…

July 27 marks 71 years since the Korean Armistice Agreement. The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., reads: ``Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people…

The House has lost a giant and a trailblazer for justice and a good friend for so many of us, Sheila Jackson Lee, whom we honor here today and remember. Born in Queens, New York, she was among the first women to graduate from Yale, and she…

I am very glad my colleague from Maine brought up the Clean Air Act because the Clean Air Act explicitly says that the right to set emissions requirements for locomotives is preempted from the States. Mr. Chairman, that makes complete…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

Last year the California Air Resources Board proposed a new regulation that would have disastrous consequences for my constituents, for the people of California, and for the people of the United States. This so-called in-use locomotive…

I was unable to be present to cast my vote on Roll Call Nos. 387, 388, 389, and 390. Had I been present, I would have voted NO on Roll Call Nos. 387, 388, 389, and 390.

Today I rise to recognize August as Chicano- Chicana Heritage Month and to celebrate the contributions of millions of Chicanos in Orange County and across this great Nation. Mexican Americans have used this term, ``Chicano-Chicana,'' to…

I have agreed to the previously agreed upon September 10th debate. He agreed to that previously. Now, it appears he is backpedaling, but I'm ready and I think the voters deserve to see this split-screen that exists in this race on a debate…

While you teach students about democracy and representative government, extremists attack the sacred freedom to vote. Just think about it, so we want to ban assault weapons and they want to ban books. In this moment, we are in a fight for…