Brian Jones

A few weeks ago, the far right, a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court, quietly overturned Roe v. Wade. Today, we pass the Women's Health Protection Act to restore reproductive freedom nationwide and protect fundamental rights that the…

8 years ago the Supreme Court demolished the Voting Rights Act, in the deluded, dangerous belief that we had somehow overcome white supremacy and no longer needed the greatest achievement of the Civil Rights Movement. The next day, States…

I would like to address my remarks to President Biden. Mr. President, as you rightly said in Philadelphia this month, we face the most dangerous threat to free and fair elections in our history. To meet this threat to our democracy, we…

People in suburban communities benefit from convenient, reliable public transportation to urban areas. It allows them to move to more affordable neighborhoods while maintaining access to the economic opportunities in the city. This is…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I was a sophomore in high school when Congress gave the green light for war in Iraq. Nearly 20 years later, I am here as a freshman Member of Congress, urging my colleagues to repeal that…

As we near the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is long past time to confront what my colleague and dear friend, Representative Meng, has described as the additional pandemic of hatred, violence, and discrimination against…

Due to personal reasons, I was unable to record my vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 138. MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Allred (Stevens) Cardenas (Gallego) Correa…

The American Rescue Plan is the most transformative economic legislation for working families in a generation. Our expansion of the child tax credit will literally cut child poverty in half. But unless we make the expansion permanent, we…

That is fine. You have my consent to withdraw. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the offending words are withdrawn. There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York is recognized.

The truth is, there is no good-faith argument for disenfranchising over 700,000 people, most of whom are people of color. These desperate objections are about fear--fear that, in D.C., their white supremacist politics will no longer play…

I have had enough of my colleagues' * * * insinuations that somehow the people of Washington, D.C., are incapable or even unworthy of our democracy. One Senate Republican said that D.C. wouldn't be a ``well-rounded, working-class State.''…

My amendment makes a simple change that would help improve the development of workplace violence prevention plans required under H.R. 1195, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act. As you know, our…

I include in the Record a letter of support for H.R. 1195 from the CEO of AIHA, Mr. Sloan. AIHA. Support for H.R. 1195, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act Rep. Robert C. ``Bobby'' Scott, Chair…

I swear, sometimes I stand in this Chamber and feel like I am in the Twilight Zone, listening to a number of my Republican colleagues espouse white supremacist ideology to denigrate our wonderful Dreamers. I am over here standing with a…

56 years ago, 600 peaceful protesters, led by the late John Lewis, prepared to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge for the right to vote. On the other side stood Sheriff Jim Clark and his armed patrolmen ready to stop them. The protesters…

I stand in this Chamber today thanks to the young people of Westchester and Rockland Counties. When I first ran for Congress, I was joined by a small group of young, committed volunteers. Many of them were not eligible to vote. Many of…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from California, Karen Bass, for her leadership; as well as the Congressional Black Caucus for always speaking truth to power. Madam Speaker, today we take a stride towards ending racism in policing…

Today, we legislate for the people. Our passage of H.R. 1 is deeply personal to me. Unlike many of the people we are used to seeing in our politics, I don't come from money or from a political family. I was raised by a young, single mother…

It is not often that this Chamber does remarkable things. Today, we pass the Equality Act, which includes my bill, the Juror Non-Discrimination Act. This has been a long time coming and it represents progress that, for me, was unbelievable…

I thank the distinguished co-chair of this incredible Special Order sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus for those very kind words. I will say, as someone who has spent most of his life following the work of this Black Caucus, it is…

The economy has been left in ruins by the prior administration's historic failure of leadership. Now, millions of Americans are out of work and we must remember that it is people with disabilities, people of color, and especially women of…

as I mentioned in my farewell speech last week, I also wanted to spend a few final moments here on the Senate floor honoring my incredible staff. As the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Alabama in two decades, I had no idea how…

it is with sadness and humility that I ask this body to pause for a moment to remember and honor a great American and a citizen of my home State, CSM Bennie G. Adkins, who died of complications related to the COVID-19 virus on April 17…

I thank the minority leader for those remarks. I am humbled. You know, everyone knows the old saying ``My, how time flies when you are having fun.'' My time here has drawn to a close, but despite the difficulties, the challenges, despite…

1 year ago yesterday, on December 6, 2019, a terrorist attack on the Naval Air Station Pensacola killed three American servicemen. While it is appropriate and it has been done to honor each of these men, I rise today with a solemn purpose…