The House of Representatives passed this bill unanimously last September, but the Senate, unfortunately, never took it up. It is my hope that after this House passes the bill today, the Senate will quickly take it up and send this good…

I rise today with my colleagues. I want to thank Senator Murray for her leadership, but also Senator Smith, who has long led on this issue and has stood up time and time again for freedoms and reproductive freedom. Yesterday, as she noted…

To the ranking member from California, it is 37 degrees below zero in Minnesota with the wind chill. Come on over. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of my bill, H.R. 197, the Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2025. Lake…

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the 60th Presidential inauguration. Today, President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance will take their oaths of office, and we will witness the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our…

H.R. 30, and I repeat, does nothing to advance these solutions. Instead, it broadens the definition of domestic violence in ways that punishes survivors, making them inadmissible and subject to deportation, regardless of their legal…

I thank Congresswoman Chu for organizing the California delegation in support of our fellow Californians who are grieving as a result of the devastating fires in southern California. Our hearts break as tens of thousands of folks have lost…

I thank Ranking Member Raskin for the time. Mr. Speaker, I am honored today to speak in this Chamber as a survivor. Folks know back home that I have been doing this work for 30 years, day in and day out. As a survivor, I almost lost my…

Yesterday, Republicans stood united to pass the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, reaffirming a simple but critical truth: Men are men, and women are women. It is that simple. As the mother of two daughters who are…

President Trump's 2017 tax package created section 199A, a 20 percent small business deduction to help small businesses and family farms like those in my district. In fact, three out of four small business employers in this country have…

I rise to mark the fact that Monday's joint session of Congress was the first time that Congress certified the results of a Presidential election with the much-needed and significant reforms in place to the Electoral Count Act that we…

By direction of the Republican Conference, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 21 Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are hereby…

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Congressional Record updated ``Regulations for Recordings of Senate Floor Proceedings.'' There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Regulations…

Tonight let's put the politics aside. We are here right now discussing a bill that has very good things in it. As my good friend Mr. Cole says, let's not fight about what is not in it at this moment. We know that Democrats had priorities…

I rise from the back row--with some of my best friends back here--to honor, like everyone gathered here today, Bob Casey, who has served the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 17 years here with honor, dignity, and, yes, joy. He served…

I am really telling it. And she says to him: Do you know what, Senator? In the U.S. Senate, when we say the Pledge of Allegiance, we put our hand over our heart. He said: Well, that is what I did. She said: No, you were doing it like you…

It was a true story. Thank you. That is one of my virtues. (Laughter.) I remember our first day of our first classified briefing. We had no idea what we were doing, and they said: Well, you just go right at this statue, left at this…

reserving the right to object, I want to say that I understand that Senator Heinrich from New Mexico has concerns about the Pilot Butte Power Plant Conveyance Act, and I share his concerns. The Eastern Shoshone and the Northern Arapahoe…

I now rise in support of my friend Patrice Kunesh, who was nominated to serve as Chair of the National Indian Gaming Commission. Patrice is a descendant of the Standing Rock Lakota and is currently commissioner of the Administration for…