I believe that in order to nurture a future generation of Black and Brown health care workers, or in order to close gaps between outcomes for white and Black mothers, we have to start in childhood.

Mere hours after this House finally passed critical security aid for our democratic allies, I found myself on a train in the countryside of war-torn Ukraine. Along with a bipartisan group of colleagues, we were the first four Members of…

Madam President, I will continue with the reading of the letter from the Birmingham jail. You may well ask: ``Why direct action? Why sit ins, marches and so forth? Isn't negotiation a better path?'' You are quite right in calling for…

I was unable to cast my vote for H.R. 6090, the Antisemitism Awareness Act. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 172. ____________________

Before we begin, I want to take a moment to acknowledge that as of today, Florida's cruel and inhumane 6-week abortion ban has taken effect. Attacks on women's basic reproductive freedom have not and will not stop. While days like today…

Earlier this month, our community lost a giant with the passing of Anthony Koury, a longtime deacon of Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church in Easton, Pennsylvania. For more than 60 years, he served Our Lady of Lebanon as an altar…

Last week, the EPA delivered a devastating blow to American energy generators with the decision to impose severe regulations that are designed to close the power plants that Pennsylvania communities rely on each and every day. This…

This is a commonsense bipartisan bill that gives CBO the tools it needs to do its job to serve this institution better. This is really about strengthening the institution of Congress, in addition to ensuring CBO is better able to deliver a…

I am prepared to close, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from the Congressional Budget Office on how this bill would clarify and strengthen the agency's general authority for…

I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 4824, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank our chairman, Mr. Roger Williams from the great State of Texas, for yielding and for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, I rise today during National Small Business Week in support of H.R. 5333, the Investing in All of America Act of…

I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 4877, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Earlier this month, California announced that it had seized 1.1 million fentanyl pills as well as 523 pounds of methamphetamine in just 7 days. The active components of fentanyl are shipped from China with the consent of the Chinese…

The time of the vote changed without adequate notice and I could not arrive in time. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 143, AYE on Roll Call No. 144, YEA on Roll Call No. 145, NAY on Roll Call No. 146, AYE on Roll…

Several months ago, a bipartisan group of my colleagues and I introduced a bill, the Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act, and that is exactly what we will be voting on today. First, as far as defending our border from cartels…

Duplicity. This is a lie. It is a deceit. It is trickery. It is chicanery. It is a fraud. It is a swindle. It is a scam. By design, Mr. Speaker, this is a pig in a poke. You don't even get the pig, though. You just get the bag. We told…

Together we are witness to war in the Middle East, yet so many of us are divided in our righteous anger and desire for peace. At home, I speak with friends and family and constituents who want what is just. Nevertheless, I also see how we…

with a new policy that addresses minimum staffing, we also should provide the support that folks need to have that staff in place.