I thank Mr. Payne, my colleague, for those sentiments and that support to the people of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico and to all the people of the Caribbean region. I am grateful for his empathy, for his support, the support of his…

I am asking that we include my provision for raising funds for the Department of the Interior's assistance to territories in this en bloc amendment. This is a very modest uptick of the $1 million in Federal support for the United States…

I thank the gentlewoman for the time. Mr. Speaker, at the end of this summer the people in the Virgin Islands, in every place of worship, say the hurricane prayer at the end of their service. And part of that prayer says at the end: But…

It is with great pride that I speak on behalf of the centennial anniversary of the birth of the Honorable Melvin Herbert Evans. This celebration of Governor Evans' 100th birthday is both timely and symbolic. Evans was born in 1917, months…

As you talked about success, HIDTA initiatives identified over 8,800 drug trafficking organizations.

The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program, or HIDTA, was created to provide assistance to Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies.

I just wish Mexico would pay for it instead.

the Virgin Islands and places like me are facing enormous murder rates, enormous disruption to our communities because of this drug trafficking.

They are really making a difference in our communities.

I believe that a lot of that money, those billions of dollars that are being spent on that wall... could be better used to wall ourself from the drug trafficking.

It is with great honor that I rise today to anchor the CBC Special Order hour. For the next 60 minutes, we have a chance to speak directly to the American people on issues of great importance to the Congressional Black Caucus, Congress…

The practice we are discussing today is really very unremarkable: enforcement actions by government agencies.

I think that for areas like your own and I know in the Virgin Islands that those fines mean that there is less money to actually do the work that needs to be done.

When the gentleman was talking about what has happened in these last 6 months, it reminded me of when the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Cedric Richmond, on March 22 went with the executive members to visit with the President…

It has been your testimony and studies that we have been looking at in the Office of Management and Budget has found that major Federal regulations have produced annual benefits to the U.S. economy of between $269 billion and $872 billion.

I thank Mr. Evans so much for talking about the optimism of the American people. There is a better deal that is out there, and there is a better way that we all, as Members of Congress, need to demonstrate. I was looking at a fact Street…

As Congress draws closer to the August recess, we are no closer to considering comprehensive legislation to shore up our nation's crumbling infrastructure remains than we were when Republicans took control of Congress. Republicans in…

I am happy to congratulate the Virgin Islands women's basketball team on winning the gold medal at the 2017 Centrobasket Championship and finishing the tournament with a 4-1 record. They beat out teams from Mexico, Central America, and the…