Let me thank our ranking member, Mr. Fattah, for his tremendous leadership on the subcommittee. Also, I want to thank Chairman Wolf, first of all, for your years of service and for so much of your hard work on this bill and so many other…

Let me thank Congressman Schiff for offering this amendment. As this body knows, I have been offering an amendment to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force for many, many years. Congressman Schiff, this is such an important--a…

We are 13 years into this war without end. So, Mr. Speaker, I authored H.R. 4608. I had an amendment to come here on this bill that would really get us back to the drawing board so that we could have this full debate to determine whether…

I want to thank the chairman and ranking member for including such an important amendment from Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Congresswoman Wilson, and myself. I want to thank Congresswoman Jackson Lee for her relentless effort--her…

Let me conclude by saying that the girls should be able to pursue their education and live free from the threats of slavery, kidnapping, and violence. This resolution, in no uncertain terms, says enough is enough. So thank you…

Let me thank first of all my ranking member for yielding and for your leadership on so many issues, including this tragic issue that we are dealing with today, and also to Chairman Royce for continuing to ensure that these issues and these…

I want to reemphasize this very recent statistic on this 60th anniversary. Despite making up only 18 percent of enrollees, African American students represented 42 percent of preschool students who are suspended. These are 4- and…

Thank you very much. Let me thank you, Congressman Horsford, for that very gracious introduction and also for your continued leadership on so many fronts, especially in organizing the Congressional Black Caucus' Special Order, along with…

Let me first thank our ranking member for his tireless leadership on behalf of our veterans and as our ranking member on the MilCon Subcommittee. I also want to thank our chairman for working with us once again to include language in this…

Let me thank the ranking member for yielding and for your tireless leadership of our committee. I rise in very strong support of the Democratic alternative to the disastrous Republican budget. Our Democratic alternative closes tax…

I thank the ranking member. As I was saying, we must attack poverty, not the poor, as evidenced through the draconian cuts to the safety net in the Ryan budget. Gutting SNAP is not a path out of poverty. The American people deserve a…

I rise with an extremely heavy heart to pay tribute to the life of our beloved Anne Louise Taylor who passed away last week. Words cannot really express my sadness as we mourn Anne's untimely death. She served as my district director for…