I want to thank our cochairs, Congressmen Grijalva and Ellison, for their very hard work on this budget, which is a better-off budget. As former cochair of the Progressive Caucus, I rise in proud support of this budget because each year…

First, let me thank Congresswoman Moore for your very bold leadership on the Budget Committee, and also for leading us today in this debate. And too, of course, Congressman Bobby Scott, the chair of our Congressional Black Caucus. Just…

I just want to conclude by saying that we simply can't continue to write a blank check for spending on war if we are really going to have any chance of getting our fiscal house in order. We can't do this to America's struggling families…

Yes, I said a pathway. And thank you, Mr. Van Hollen, because we have looked at this budget and looked at how it will create more poverty. So it is a pathway into poverty. Budgets are moral documents. They reflect our values. So the…

I just want to conclude by saying we need a budget, and all three of the budgets that I just mentioned put Americans back to work. They invest in our future, they protect the safety net, and they work to reignite the American Dream for…

I want to thank the gentleman for yielding and for your tremendous support and leadership on behalf of the majority of the American people in our country. Mr. Chair, I rise, of course, in strong opposition to this very reckless Republican…

Let me first thank you, Representative Horsford and Congressman Jeffries, for organizing the Congressional Black Caucus' Special Order. You have really shown tremendous leadership and consistency and have been working so hard on behalf…

Let me first thank you, Congresswoman Beatty, for those very humbling remarks, for your tremendous leadership, and for the work that you do each and every day not only for the people of your district but for the people and the women and…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. Currently, Congress imposes unfair limitations on insurance coverage of abortions through the Hyde amendment for low-income women, which should be, quite frankly, repealed. Today, Republicans are asking…

Here we go again. Instead of working with President Obama and Democrats to create jobs, economic opportunities, and fight poverty, extreme Tea Party Republicans are at it again, attacking women's health care and reproductive rights. Yes…

As one of two congressional representatives to the United Nations, I rise to recognize and talk about the continued human suffering in Syria. According to the United Nations, there are over 2 million registered refugees from Syria…

Let me thank the gentleman for yielding and for his kind remarks. Let me thank you for your tremendous leadership on so many issues which address and affect the American people across the board. I also thank you for being here every week…