All I am saying is, all of our children who have died through gun violence had a right to live, and they had a right to life. So I urge all of my colleagues to vote ``yes'' and to take action so that we can save countless lives. Let's…

First, let me thank Chairwoman Maloney for her tremendous leadership. Also, I just have to thank her for her encouragement for myself, Congresswoman Jayapal, and Congresswoman Bush to really step out and talk about something that I…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this emergency supplemental to support Ukraine and to address the global impacts of Putin's brutal invasion and war. I thank Chairwoman DeLauro, our Speaker…

I am glad to be able to speak on behalf of H.R. 3807, which will deliver more funding to restaurants and small businesses, which really deserve their Representatives to speak up, stand up, and work for them because they desperately need…

It is a multibillion-dollar industry also that brings tax revenue of billions to our States. Over 950 are people arrested daily for marijuana-related offenses. This is truly unjust. So we must end this failed policy of marijuana…

I just want to remind you, we put this in the Defense appropriations bill to ban funding for this discriminatory rule. The military understood it. Due to our advocacy, a few years later the U.S. Navy removed their discriminatory policy…

We will go to another fighter who has just come here from the great State of Ohio, who has a remarkable record fighting for voting rights and justice and is a woman who serves her community in ways that every Member of Congress should…

I thank very much Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee for that very comprehensive statement about our shero, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. Congresswoman Jackson Lee certainly is the epitome of who she was. I am so happy that she raised some…

I thank Congresswoman Jackson Lee for reminding us of Shirley Chisholm's history here in the Capitol as a member of the Agriculture Committee. Now, you know I worked for the late Ron Dellums starting in 1975, and I worked for him for 11…

First of all, I would like to thank our Congressional Black Caucus chair, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, for her tremendous leadership and for giving us this Special Order hour on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus to honor my mentor…

Congresswoman Lucy McBath, I would like to share a story with you which reminds me of you that happened during Shirley's campaign because I know your district, and I know how you fight each and every day to bring people together, and how…

Let me first say to our chair that our power and our message is exactly what the gentlewoman has delivered tonight. And I just want to thank her for her very gracious remarks and just know that I know Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm is…