Barbara Lee: “I ask for a ``no'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment…”

I strongly support Oakland’s ban on coal and will continue to fight against any attempts to bring coal shipments through our city.

I thank my friend so much for those beautiful words. You are the resident poet, we know, but you are able to articulate how the spirit moves in public policy. So, I thank you for showing us where the North Star is so that we can move in…

I thank Representative and Ranking Member Bobby Scott, the former chair. I thank him for his leadership. I feel that our children's future is secure with him here. Again, as he spoke, I have to go back to Galatians 6:9, where I opened…

Let me, once again, thank everyone, all of my colleagues, but especially my constituents, who I considered the most enlightened, most diverse and most progressive, yes, congressional district, for giving me the faith and trust to fight…