Rubén Gallego

The idea that it took that long for some of our FEMA coordinators to be able to coordinate with our municipalities is absolutely ridiculous.

I am accusing the Federal Government, FEMA, and our DoD for not responding quickly enough to the needs of the local municipalities.

We know that the Republican tax plan is a massive, unconscionable giveaway to millionaires and billionaires. We know that it will blow up the deficit and do nothing to raise wages or create solid middle class jobs. What we don't know, Mr…

So what was Speaker Ryan's response? Actually, we are still waiting to hear from him. He hasn't commented or issued a statement. When Trump repeatedly denigrates the personal integrity of a Member of this body, Speaker Ryan says nothing…

Speaker Ryan's response: President Trump ``has tremendous compassion.'' You can see the compassion. ``He is flying to these emergencies as soon as he can . . . it shows me that the people who are suffering from these tragedies are in his…

Before that decision was made, Ryan had said: ``Actually, I don't think he should do that.'' However, after the announcement was said, Ryan pulled an embarrassing U-turn so fast it would cause whiplash, saying: ``President Obama was wrong…

Speaker Ryan's response: ``I do believe that he messed up in his comments on Tuesday . . . he has since then cleared that up.'' But Trump never clears up anything. He certainly did not in this case.

Speaker Ryan's response, in regard to a potential nuclear war: ``I think the President, in my own view of it, he likes the unpredictability side of this.'' That is right. Speaker Ryan thinks our Commander-in-Chief enjoys the…

And to respond, and I will riff a little, the cost is minimal in terms of the medical costs. It is just an excuse for the President to be homophobic. But Speaker Ryan's condemnation of this, or renouncement, did not exist. He responded by…

Speaker Ryan was then asked whether he would have taken a meeting with a Russian official who offered opposition research on a political opponent. His evasive answer, of course, is: ``I am not going into hypotheticals.''

The response from Ryan's office is, ``The Speaker hopes for a full explanation of the facts from the administration,'' an explanation that the American people are still waiting for, by the way, 5 months later. There has been no…

The Speaker's response: Trump's ``new to government, and so he probably wasn't steeped in the long-running protocols that establish the relationships between DOJ, FBI, and the White Houses. He's just new to this.''

Speaker Ryan's response: Trump ``acted and that's what a President should do.'' Real profile in courage there.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of ``Profiles in Courage.'' John F. Kennedy's famous volume tells the stories of eight American leaders who put country before party and patriotism before politics, men for whom…

This weekend, as millions in Puerto Rico trudged through squalor and sewage in search of food, as hospitals ran low on power and medicine, as homes lay in ruins and businesses remained swamped under feet of water, our Commander in Chief…

So what makes Mr. Price think that he is somehow above the law, that he is allowed to do this, considering that he knew, as a Member of Congress, that was not allowed and that somehow he can just take advantage of the situation now that he…

Would you even be able to, by law, use a charter plane according to the funds we are allowed to expense?

You and I have been Members of Congress since 2015. At any point in any of your flights to and from your work--I am sorry-- from here to your home, have you ever used a charter plane?

Is Donald Trump running a Cabinet or a country club? Because every day it is getting harder to tell. Not only is the President spending vast sums to ferry himself to and from his various golf courses, but now it turns out that top leaders…

Lastly, I will close with this. If you were one of those Members of Congress, if you are a Republican Senator or a Republican Member of Congress who voted to gut the Affordable Care Act, there is time. There is a way to come back from that…

If you want to hear some ideas--and I think it is important that instead of just us knocking what was introduced, we could also give some ideas--certainly, for me, and I think I am also speaking for Ted Lieu, we would prefer to have…

First of all, my experience with the Affordable Care Act actually comes from the State legislature, where, in a bipartisan manner, the Republican governor joined with the minority Democrats and a handful of Republicans in the Senate State…

Again, I thank Congressman Gallagher, Congressman Moulton, and all of the veterans who have sponsored this bill in remembrance of our brothers and sisters from the global war on terrorism. I would like to speak a couple more minutes just…

There is a really disturbing story in Politico today. Speaker Ryan was apparently afraid that he wouldn't be able to pass the defense spending bill, including $1.6 billion for Trump's dumb wall because conservatives wanted to block…

What is the motivation for omitting this meeting? There are clearly emails, there are clearly pointed emails, saying: Why are you going to be attending this meeting? There is a subject line that says, Clinton emails. There is a subject…