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I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise again to urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question on the rule, amend it, and make in order H.R. 861. We are just 3 days away from the Department of Homeland Security being…
I have had a longstanding concern about the use of psychotropic drugs to treat children with behavioral problems.
In December of 2014, as leverage against the President's immigration executive order, the Republican leadership irresponsibly decided to hold hostage the 2015 funding for the Department of Homeland Security. We are now 147 days in fiscal…
We are not just talking about the individual students and the importance of them learning, but in terms of the future of our country.
I, too, rise to urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question on the rule so it can be amended to make in order House consideration of H.R. 861, the clean, bipartisan Homeland Security Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2015. As we…
The very real risk of running out of safe water supply for our communities, is the issue we should be addressing.
The primary responsibility of Congress is to keep our Nation safe. However, we are 133 days into the 2015 fiscal year, and the Department of Homeland Security is without a budget. The Department is trying to fulfill its mission under the…
California is in a crisis situation, and I am not sure that, you know, we have the luxury of waiting around for, you know, a year or two to address that.
The security of the United States and the American people must be our top priority. I urge the majority to defeat the poison pill amendments that will prevent this bill from becoming law and to support a clean Homeland Security bill that…
Woman, how much time is remaining on each side? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California has 38 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Texas has 32\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Woman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chairwoman, I want to make it clear that I support the original bipartisan Homeland Security bill and oppose the majority's radical anti-immigrant amendments. These amendments pollute…
Woman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro). Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Chair, with this bill, the majority plays a dangerous game with our national security. We all know why they are doing this. They want to tie the…
Tonight is a bittersweet event for all of us of the California delegation. While we are here to celebrate the accomplishments of our colleagues Henry Waxman and George Miller, we are also here to bid farewell to these outstanding statesmen…
This bill isn't just an assault on Dreamers who grew up in our communities and except on paper, are Americans in every way. It's not just an attack on their parents who raised them and taught them their values and love of this great…
As a nation, Americans have always valued children and families. If we pass this inadequate, irresponsible bill tonight, we will be breaking from that tradition and turning our backs on America's enduring commitment to fairness and…
2 weeks ago, I visited the border and saw small children held in tiny cells and forced to sleep on cold concrete floors and benches. The treatment of these vulnerable kids, many of whom fled their homes to escape extreme violence, shocked…
I enter into the Record the story of seven very young Honduran children who were tortured and brutally murdered after refusing to join a gang.
On behalf of my colleagues in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, I rise to introduce the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2014. The Congressional…
TAACCCT grants have enormous potential to help adults acquire the skills, degrees, and credentials needed for high-wage, high-skill employment.
That would be a huge benefit, not only to these families but to our economy to have individuals who would be well-trained.
I would agree that innovation is important. But the concern is that it is at the expense of current obligations; we are not even meeting our current obligations.
For the last 13 years, I have been introducing the CARE Act to end the double standard...
I thank the gentleman for yielding and for organizing tonight's Special Order on the Affordable Care Act, which is helping to make health care a reality for millions of Americans across our Nation. Luckily, California is one of the States…
the fact is that under President Obama's leadership, and, frankly, the thoughtful work of this subcommittee, remarkable progress has, in fact, been made in securing our borders.
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