It is an honor to host this Special Order hour in collaboration with the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Congressional Equality Caucus. As Congress' first out person of color, it is an honor to lead this time on the floor. As we…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Johnson) for his kind and warm and righteous words. Madam Speaker, I now yield to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Gottheimer), my friend and a member of the Equality Caucus, a strong advocate for…

I thank the gentlewoman from Vermont, and I thank her for her most powerful and righteous voice. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Johnson), my good friend, a member of the Equality Caucus and a strong advocate for…

I think the rest is just speculation and I rather than the Democrats focus on helping the president drive the economic contrast. I mean, we're the party that's pro-abortion rights. Donald Trump wants to ban it. We're the party that wants…

In politics, you have success and you have failure. But what matters is resilience. What matters is not quitting.

No. And, look, Joe Biden won the votes. And this country, we don't have journalists or members of Congress pick the nominee. We have people run for the primary. He did that, in New Hampshire and South Carolina and Super Tuesday, he has the…

H.R. 8704 blocks any updates to a 2008 Vessel Speed Rule until 2031, an arbitrary date.

But too often, and in this case with two bills we are considering today, we are considering efforts that do the opposite of those objectives.

Yes, pretty far from a majority.

I ask that you consider this request urgently to allow the PFMC to make an informed decision on the potential for adoption of a rebuilding analysis for quillback rockfish.

Apparently, there is some other world somewhere where a vast conspiracy of hyper-woke Democrats is trying to ruin entire industries.

There is a lot of research that shows that slowing vessels down reduces the risk of a lethal strike to whales.

The North Atlantic right whale could well be on the verge of functional extinction by that point.

Yes, hyperbole is getting a bad name in this Subcommittee.

I think it shows us the right way forward on recreational fishing data, and also makes a very strong case that this bill is the wrong way forward.

The scientific evidence is clear that the revisions NOAA proposed to the 2008 Vessel Speed Rule will reduce the risk of vessel strikes for right whales.

I have worked with Mr. Graves, in fact, to push NOAA to work with states in order to make that data set much better and much less uncertain.

So, I mean, under this scenario, for example, if President Trump returns to office, he would be able to fire about 50,000 people who are currently civil servants and bring in people who are more consistent with his ideology, and you are…