These wars, I remind you, have cost us $5 trillion and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. The war in Afghanistan is the longest war in American history, with troops now fighting a war that was launched before they were even born…

First of all, let me thank Congresswoman Omar for introducing this amendment and for her tremendous leadership; also, to Chairman McGovern, who offered this amendment several years ago when it passed the House with the support of, as…

Let me just close by saying these are modest cuts. They won't compromise our national security and won't take dollars from our troops, but it will allow us to reinvest in healthcare, schools, and infrastructure. This amendment will be a…

I thank Congressman Pocan for yielding and for his tremendous, bold, and visionary leadership. As we stand here today, 142,000 people in America are dead from COVID and millions have suffered from the disease or the economic dislocation…

I thank Chairwoman Bass for yielding and for her visionary and tremendous leadership. Let me say a couple of things about this bill. First of all, finally, this bill, after generations, will begin to end systemic racism in policing. Young…

This House must fight for those who bear the brunt of this pandemic, not big corporations whose wealth permits them to weather this crisis. This pandemic has shone a light, mind you, on the systemic racism, inequality, and poverty endemic…

First, let me thank Madam Chair, our Speaker, our committee chairs--chair of the Black Caucus, Chairwoman Bass, and Robin Kelly chairs the Health Braintrust for the Black Caucus--for working together with me to address the unequal impact…

First of all, let me just say I rise in support of this package. I want to thank the Speaker; our leadership committee chair; members of the Congressional Black Caucus, including Chairwoman Bass; Chairwoman Kelly, chair of the Health…

I thank the Chairman for yielding and also for his consistent leadership on issues of war and peace and making sure that Congress does its job. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of S.J. Res. 68, which is a resolution terminating the…

Let me remind you that the 2002 Iraq resolution was introduced to address weapons of mass destruction purportedly in Iraq. Now, this was a lie, it was put forth by the Bush administration. And many of us who were here tried to halt the use…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support today of Congresswoman Speier's bill, H.J. Res. 79. I thank Congresswoman Speier and Congresswoman Maloney for their consistent leadership as warrior women. The ERA…

I thank the gentleman very much for yielding. First of all, I want to thank Congressman Horsford for those generous comments, but also for his leadership on so many fronts and for constantly really looking out for the most vulnerable and…