It is our duty as elected Members of Congress to uphold and defend the Constitution and to protect the rights of every single voter in this country.
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As a Congress, as a Nation, we cannot tolerate any voter suppression or any voter discrimination whatsoever.
Protecting our environment is real. We understand that. It is something that is incumbent upon us as Members of Congress...
Every day other Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle come to me and talk about the threat that their communities face.
Members of Congress who obstruct efforts to close the facility have abdicated their responsibility to the American people.
I would only sign an agreement and present an agreement to Congress if I could be absolutely certain that it was good for American workers and good for American businesses.
I hereby designate as an emergency requirement all funding so designated by the Congress in the Act pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
I think that this trade is going to be something that Congress, we are going to need to conduct oversight over to make sure that the law is being applied.
The gentlelady yields. The Chair now recognizes the gentleman from Arizona, Dr. Gosar.
I would like to associate myself with many of my colleagues' comments on the tragic death of Kayla Mueller.
I am proud to be an original co-sponsor of H.R. 6, along with Congressman Gardner from Colorado.
Despite the resistance of Congress, slowly, surely, we're starting to see some common sense starting to prevail.
Every economist whose Ph.D. is worth the paper it is printed on will tell you that the initiatives that Congress has so far refused to pass in the American Jobs Act would create at least a million jobs.
Congress should act now to hold corporations and special interests that participate in the Nation's elections accountable to the American people.
Ultimately when you're president, you're always responsible, even if you've got an uncooperative Congress.
The last thing the Congress should do is refight old political battles and take a massive step backward by repealing basic protections that provide security for the middle class.
Get Congress to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling in July.