First, let me thank my colleague for your tremendous leadership and yourself and Congressman Jeffries for leading the charge on another timely and important topic: the ongoing crisis of poverty. You both are continuing in the tradition of…

As the cofounder of the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus and chair of the Democratic Whip Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity, I rise today to continue talking about the ongoing crisis of poverty and the impact of sequester. We are…

As if voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act for the 37th time is not enough, Republicans are adding insult to injury by marking up a farm bill this week that doubles down on their indiscriminate sequester. The Supplemental Nutrition…

Congresswoman Waters, thank you so much for that very eloquent and profound statement and for your kind remarks. Let me just say to you also that you have been a woman who has always believed that peace is possible and peace is patriotic…

I would like to know if the gentlelady from Texas has anything else to say. Otherwise, we will close. Let me just use a bit more time and say that there's no military solution in Afghanistan either, so we must absorb that fact and learn…

Let me thank the gentlelady from Texas for that very profound statement and presentation. And just let me say to you that, as the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the Armed Forces, I am deeply thankful for your bringing forth the faces of…

Let me go back now to the 10th anniversary of this unfortunate war, Mr. Speaker. I'm going to introduce now into the Record tonight a timeline of some of what we have talked about tonight because they should be remembered and because these…

First, let me just say I'm very pleased to anchor this Congressional Progressive Caucus Special Order on Iraq with my colleague from California, Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Let me also take a moment to thank Congresswoman Waters, who is…

Let me first send my thoughts and prayers to the city of Boston, the families and friends of all of those touched by Monday's horrific tragedy. Incredible strength was in full display in the streets of Boston when untold numbers of…

Let me first send also my well wishes, prayers, and my sympathy to the city of Boston, the families and friends, and all of those touched by yesterday's horrific tragedy. Ten years ago this month, the international community joined…

First, let me thank the gentleman for yielding and for your kind words, and also for your tremendous leadership and for really coordinating the message hour of the week, not only on behalf of the Progressive Caucus, but for this entire…

Today we rise in support of Equal Pay Day. Equal Pay Day symbolizes when more than 3 months into the year women's wages finally catch up with what men were paid in the previous year. It's unconscionable that women today continue to be…