Gilbert R. Cisneros

It is our responsibility in Congress to lead our country and the larger global community to move beyond partisanship and enact prudent solutions that improve lives and safeguard the future.

I urge you to charge Congress with enacting legislation to advance innovation in the energy sector to decrease our dependence on carbon.

Our legislation would help ease the financial stress surviving family members face when a veteran who is diagnosed with ALS dies.

No one should have to take on the emotional and financial burden of this disease alone, especially not family of our veterans, who are twice as likely to develop ALS as those who had not served.

The President continues to talk about how the tariffs are working, how China is struggling, their economy is hurting, and they are ready to make a deal. The reality is American businesses are suffering. The trade tariffs have had a…

I hope that we can move this bill to markup quickly, so that the veterans in states with legal medicinal marijuana can receive the care that they deserve.

This week marks 200 days into my first term as a Member of Congress. It has been an incredible honor to serve the residents of the 39th Congressional District in California. I am very proud of what we have accomplished so far in Congress…

I thank Chairman Takano for his leadership on this issue and for working with me to ensure this bill passed out of committee on a bipartisan basis. I also thank the gentleman from Florida for his support on this bill. Madam Speaker, it is…

I thank the chairman for yielding, and I again want to thank the gentleman from Florida for his support on this bill as well. Madam Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Takano and Ranking Member Roe of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee…

I am delighted to welcome to this Chamber Father John P. Fitzgibbons, who delivered today's opening prayer. A native of Omaha, Nebraska, he entered the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus in 1973, and he was ordained as a priest in…

Last week, we passed a National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020. Working with my colleagues for over 20 hours on the House Armed Services Committee to mark up this bill in the late hours of the night and the early hours of…

This past Wednesday, I met with a group of high school students from my district who started a local March for Our Lives chapter to talk about the gun epidemic in our country. Then, 2 days later, we had another mass shooting in Virginia…

I urge you to work together in a bipartisan fashion to provide increased funding for transportation projects while supporting sustainable energy and environmental policies to address climate change.

I think we are in a situation right now where we can't be taking baby steps. We have got to start running to get there.

Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Unfortunately, I know all too well what it is like to have family members without healthcare coverage. My mother went 15 years without health insurance, 15 years without seeing a doctor. My father…

I want to thank Mr. Kennedy for his leadership on this issue and the members and staff on the House Armed Services Committee for helping bring this important resolution to the House floor. I served in the Navy during the time of Don't Ask…

This emergency declaration unconstitutionally attempts to override Congress. The Constitution clearly grants Congress the power of the purse. This declaration took place after weeks of negotiations which resulted in Congress rejecting the…

I just want to reiterate that this is a simple, commonsense amendment. I urge my colleagues to adopt this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from…

I just want to reiterate that this is a simple amendment to require a study by the VA within 1 year. I urge my colleagues to adopt this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment…

I have an amendment, No. 7, at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, insert the following: (c) Feasibility Study on…

I have an amendment, No. 8, at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 16, strike ``or''; Page 3, after line 16, insert the…

I sincerely thank my colleague, Ms. Brownley, for her steadfast leadership on this critical issue, and Mr. Takano for working with me to ensure consideration. Finally, I would like to thank the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Welch) for…

I want to quickly thank my colleague and chair of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Mr. Takano, for urging, in his testimony before the House Committee on Rules, that this amendment be made in order. I rise to offer an amendment…

A couple days ago, the President gave a State of the Union Address that did nothing to promote unity but, rather, used fear to further a divisive agenda against immigrants by repeating lies about his manufactured emergency at our southern…

The time has come for the President to end this shutdown and put our Federal workers above political bickering. Hundreds of thousands of Federal workers, many of them veterans, continue to show up to work every day without pay. TSA…