Mike Thompson

We must take up legislation on the federal level and pass it now.

Liz Cheney gave us a hint over the weekend when she was on one of the Sunday morning shows saying that Kevin McCarthy could be subpoenaed.

Over the last three years, ghost guns have flooded the streets and now they are the plurality of guns involving crimes in some jurisdictions.

The party, the GOP, Ari, that is all about Blue Lives Matter, back the blue, voted today to defund the police, the very thing that they attack Democrats and progressives for saying and doing.

The House has already passed two sensible firearm measures: Congressman Mike Thompson's bipartisan background check bill, and Majority Whip Clyburn's bill to help close the Charleston loophole.

On this bill we have coauthors who are Democrats and Republicans, cops, hunters, gun owners, district attorneys, a former FBI agent, and veterans, who have served in combat and put their lives on the line to protect our Second Amendment…

That is nonsense. What was just said on the floor is not accurate. The only thing this bill does is require a background check. If someone has legally purchased a firearm and passed a background check, nobody is going to take that gun away…

Every day 30 people are killed by someone using a gun. That number jumps to 100 if you factor in accidents and suicides involving guns. The steady stream of gun violence devastates families, communities, and schools. Gun violence costs our…

The President of the United States instigated an attack against our democracy. For months, he ginned up his supporters with lies about our election and incited them to violence. On the 6th of January, he unleashed a mob on the Capitol. The…

It was heartbreaking to hear our sister Ilhan Omar's story of her father, and so many thousands gone now that didn't have to be gone.

There was no leadership in America, no leadership from the top for this to happen.

Georgians are planning to escape in January.

It's not only hypocritical what they are doing, it's transparent, the irony that they are attacking the man who has inherited Dr. King's pulpit.

The message for Joe Biden tonight is reappointing, renominating Tom Vilsack itself might hurt the Georgia runoffs.

The Trump administration has been fostering [voter suppression].

Women and African-Americans especially, they're absolutely key to the Biden coalition.

In my time in Congress rarely have I participated in Special Orders, but tonight, this is more than a Special Order. John Lewis was one of the greatest men to have ever served in the Congress of the United States of America. He devoted his…

As communities across our country continue to battle COVID-19 and as school districts around the country continue to plan for virtual-only education, it is more important than ever for parents, healthcare professionals, essential workers…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of this historic legislation that I was proud to coauthor. It has been more than 55 years since the Land and Water Conservation Fund was enacted to establish…

Great women and great men have served in Congress, walking these Halls and casting votes on this very floor. One of the greatest was our friend, John Lewis. A civil rights icon, responsible at a young age for lasting progress and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, this isn't the bill I would have written. I am incredibly frustrated that Senate Republicans stalled negotiations without offering any fixes to help get money into the hands of the small…

These programs were to help businesses survive and save the jobs of their employees.

I am concerned about the inability of businesses to access relief that we passed and provided for under the CARES Act.

I respectfully urge this Committee in the next legislation to close the corporate loopholes that place large businesses above the small businesses in the PPP.

This bill represents a critical compromise between both parties whose Members came together in light of the Corona virus pandemic. It is not perfect, but it is an important step forward. I have said since the start we had to help workers…