I am pleased to join my colleagues in supporting H.R. 728, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7050 Highway BB in Cedar Hill, Missouri, as the Sergeant First Class William B. Woods, Jr. Post…

This amendment is very straightforward. It simply urges the CFTC Office of the Chief Economist to encourage applicants for employment by members of minority groups, women, disabled persons, and veterans. This is a basic standard that I…

I offer an amendment as the designee of the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gallego). The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 13, after line 6, insert the following: (c) Sense of the…

Today, 1 day after the 1-year anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls in Nigeria, I rise to encourage my colleagues here in Congress to continue in their efforts to help bring back our girls. We have protested, demonstrated…

Every year during the month of March, we celebrate the contributions to events in history and modern society by women. We call it Women's History Month, but in my district, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the month of March is also…

I additionally, Mr. Speaker, would like to discuss another issue that is of grave importance to the people of the territories, and that is territorial voting rights. As we commend the 50th anniversary of the March on Selma this week, and…

I thank the gentlewoman for the opportunity to speak. I want to thank Ms. Kelly from the great State of Illinois, as well as Mr. Payne from the great State of New Jersey for yielding me this time. I want to extend my support for the…

SNAP is the lifeline that helps them put food on the table and ensures their children... are not hungry and ready to learn.

Poverty in the twenty-first century is a shameful reality for our nation, and in the Virgin Islands, child poverty is heartbreaking.

I really wanted to thank you for all of the work that your agency does and to talk to you about one of the primary things that you all do is uncovering waste and fraud and abuse.

This month, as we pay homage to the many achievements and contributions to our great Nation by African American men and women, and earlier this week my colleagues spoke on this floor commemorating the 50th anniversary of the march on Selma…

Section 2: ``This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the…

I recognize that the Territory of the Virgin Islands does not have a vote in this institution, but it seems as though the proceedings are becoming so that the Territory of the Virgin Islands does not even need to be represented in this…

I rise to address the House on this very important special order celebrating March as Women's History Month. First, I want to thank the distinguished Member from California, Ms. Woolsey, for holding this special order. It gives me great…

we are about to lose two generations of young people due to our failure to act. Corporations are downsizing and factories are closing. Parents are working two jobs, spending less time doing homework with their children. Summer jobs are…