As the founding cochair of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, I rise to recognize National Black HIV/ AIDS Awareness Day. While I believe every day should be HIV awareness day, February 7 is an important day to recognize the effect this…

Let me first thank Congresswoman Gwen Moore for her very passionate and very clear statement. I thank both she and Congressman Ellison for their unwavering leadership and conviction on the real issues facing the American people today. As a…

As the founder of the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus, I rise today to continue talking about the tide of poverty sweeping across this country. Americans who are struggling to find work cannot wait. Americans whose homes are underwater…

As the Co-Founder of the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus, I rise in strong opposition to this shameful bill, H.R. 3567. This is a distasteful and misleading bill that tries to make it seem like every American in poverty is somehow…

As the founder of the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus, I rise again today to remind this body about the crisis of poverty in America, which really should prick the conscience of every Democrat and Republican. As we begin to consider…

I want to thank the gentlelady for yielding and also for her tremendous leadership. Mr. Speaker, I rise to encourage all the conferees on H.R. 3630 to fully consider the chilling effect on the economy of any failure to fully extend…

Thank you very much. I thank the gentlelady for her kind remarks, and I also thank Congresswoman Christensen for her leadership. She serves as the first vice chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and has led on so many issues in this…

First of all, let me just say to the prior gentleman who spoke, Mr. Jones, that I appreciate him continuing to call for the end of the war and occupation of Afghanistan and bringing our young men and women home because, of course, we know…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I just wanted to say, perhaps the gentleman was confused about which bill I was talking about. I was talking about the Senate compromise, which 39 Senators voted for, which the President supported, which…

I want to thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the political games that the Republicans continue to play. We know that an extension of unemployment insurance is one of the…

Thank you. In this bill, we should have focused on creating these ladders of opportunity, removing barriers and helping to reignite the American Dream for all Americans. Instead, we're scoring, I believe, political points on the backs of…

Let me thank the gentleman for yielding and also thank our chairman and ranking member and subcommittee chairs, really, for bringing together a bipartisan bill to the floor. But I cannot support the bill because, once again, poor and…