Gun violence has stolen the life of a man who dedicated himself to building up the young people of this city. We cannot accept this. We cannot let guns continue flooding our streets and destroying the very people trying to save our…

the gun violence crisis playing out in real time.

Coach Beam spent four decades lifting up Oakland and mentoring our young people. Now we must honor his memory by continuing the hard work of ridding our community of gun violence. We owe it to every family shattered by this gun violence…

For over 40 years, he has shaped leaders on and off the field, and our community is shaken alongside his family.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise this evening to deliver my final floor speech as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. For 26 years now, it has been the privilege of my lifetime to…

Mr. Speaker, first of all, let me just say that I associate myself with the remarks that have been made tonight about my friend, the Honorable Dr. Michael Burgess. A couple of things that I thought, since I am retiring also and we are here…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Congresswoman Lee Carter for her leadership and her friendship. I was her mother's personal photographer, and we did travel the world. What Sheila wanted, Sheila got because she was a true warrior woman, as is Mrs. Lee…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend, Congressman Horsford, for that very sincere and very humbling statement and remarks. I thank him, again, for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas (Mrs. Lee Carter), who has made…

That is right. It was an embarrassment, and it was a stigma on us. Welfare queens, that is what they tried to call us.

Thank you so much, Paul, for those words and for your friendship and for your leadership and for being someone who I can talk to confidentially. You mentioned my mother. Actually, when she was giving birth, she needed a C-section. They…

Well, let me just say to Representative Gwen Moore, I am so happy you came to Cuba in spite of no option for me except to invite you to Cuba because you came back and continued to do the work to help normalize relations with Cuba. All we…