Let me thank Congresswoman Slaughter, the gentlelady from New York, for her leadership and for yielding. This is not the open and transparent process the Republicans have promised the American people. Instead, we have had a closed-door…

First let me thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding. He is a former member of the Intelligence Committee, and I just have to thank him for his tremendous leadership and for his opening statement which laid out many of the concerns…

I want to thank the gentlelady for yielding time and for her leadership on an issue so critical to extending a safety net to those who are desperately looking for jobs and who need this bridge over troubled waters at this point. Mr…

I rise with my colleagues today to call for an immediate extension of the emergency unemployment benefits, including those who have hit the 99-week limit. Also, I want to ask for the extension of the payroll tax holiday for millions of…

Thank you so much. First off, let me thank the gentleman from Michigan for those very kind words, more importantly for your leadership on so many fronts and for caring about those who are falling through the cracks at this point, and also…

First let me take a moment to thank the gentlelady from Ohio, Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, for her fearless and tireless leadership in protecting our democracy and the bedrock, of course, of our country, and that is the right to vote. She…

As a founding co-chair of both the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus and the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, I rise today to draw attention once again to the ongoing crisis of poverty in America. And, today, I also want to draw particular…

I want to thank the gentleman for yielding and for continuing to fight the good fight on behalf of the American people. Many of my Republican colleagues have come to the floor to keep telling us that the Federal Government must balance the…

Thank you very much for the 30 seconds, and I just want to remind us all that 50 million Americans are living in poverty in the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world. And millions of job seekers are about to lose their…

I rise again to really beat the drum about the ongoing crisis of poverty and unemployment in America. On November 6, the Associated Press reported that we have crossed a terrible threshold. More job seekers now in America have run out of…

I rise to call on Republicans to wake up to the needs of Americans, millions of Americans, mind you, and to create jobs. The Republican-led Congress has led almost an entire year without enacting a single piece of jobs legislation. Madam…

Again, I rise to bring attention to the Crisis of Poverty in America. As a founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus, in 2008, I was proud to introduce H. Con. Res. 198, which committed the House of Representatives to…