Norma Torres

We have to invest in this infrastructure.

So is that a recommendation to change? Because if you are holding, you know, landlords accountable for having a reserve, where is your responsibility for a reserve?

I am deeply concerned about eliminating the CDBG, the HOME Program and the Choice Neighborhood Initiatives and the public housing capital.

There is no place to send a victim of a domestic violence if they don't have the funding.

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding and for being such a great leader in helping those impacted by the devastating California wildfires. The numbers are devastating. Nearly 2 million acres burned. Upwards of $3.5 billion in…

And I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, this rule represents many of the failures of the 115th Congress. To put it succinctly, the legislation before us is a bill which has absolutely no…

The GOP tax scam has been nothing but a giveaway to millionaires and corporations. This Republican majority is adding trillions--trillions--of dollars to our national debt, debt that our children and grandchildren will have to pay for for…

California is the fifth largest global economy and a donor State. We should be trying to make every other State more like the great State of California.

To discuss our proposal, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

And I thank the gentleman for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, if you are having deja vu right now, it is because we have been here one too many times before. Our government is on the verge of yet another government…

Where is the international community--something as simple as this--to send a clear message that, as human beings, we are not going to tolerate this?

It is incredibly offensive to humanity the crimes that we are seeing coming out of this place.

I think that we can all agree that Aung San Suu Kyi has failed to stand up against the Burmese military.

He is not our friend, and let us be clear about that. Russia is not our ally.

I worry that if we don't do more to deter this backsliding of the rule of law, Guatemala could break down into chaos.

The American people deserve to know.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. As we return to the Capitol this week, there remains countless crises which demand our attention: children still separated…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 224, noes 180, not voting 24, as follows: [Roll No. 383] AYES--224…

And I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, $2 trillion, that is what this GOP Congress added to the debt last year when they passed their tax scam, $2 trillion that has been taken away from…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question on House Resolution 1012 will be followed by…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 229, noes 179, not voting 20, as follows: [Roll No. 369] AYES--229…

Although I may be the newest member of the Rules Committee, I know that it is our job to discuss how our committees come up with their legislation and, by extension, how the House should consider these bills in a manner that is orderly and…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 102, after line 13, insert the following: SEC. 2509. NORTH KOREA FOLLOW THE MONEY ACT. (a) Assessment…

I hope that we can all continue to uphold that standard of mutual respect for not just the male members of our committee, but to extend that respect to the females of that committee.

If our committee is going to function like this moving forward, it will be the Rules Committee in name only. Regular order will be a thing of the past. Bills are already developed by the majority behind closed doors. The majority already…