Madam Speaker, Congressman Vargas and I rise today to celebrate the incredible life of Francine Maigue and the indelible mark she left on San Diego. Francine was an artist, an advocate, a journalist, a motivational speaker, and, as so many…

Madam Speaker, our constituents sent us here to deliver for them, and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is delivering for San Diego. Recently, the Department of Transportation announced that $24 million has been allocated to the San Diego…

We have been working with like-minded allies to recruit better candidates because the candidate pool has to be better in order to get folks elected.

As an American who worked at the United Nations, I can tell you that we are few and far between in that organization.

Madam Speaker, I thank Congresswoman Newman for yielding and thanks to the Equality Caucus for organizing this Special Order. As the gentlewoman mentioned, I am the proud sister of a trans brother and a gender nonconforming sibling. I am…

Senators Cruz' and Hawley's continued actions have left a vacuum in U.S. influence abroad and are hurting our foreign policy.

I believe the State Department should be proactive in identifying where these opportunities are, building awareness of them within the rest of the Department and with other Federal agencies, and coordinating the placement of these…

Madam Speaker, I thank Chair Himes for organizing this Special Order, and I say thank you to the ranking member. I welcome our Republican colleagues to the committee. I know we are going to have some strong debates on this committee, and…

I do not believe that there is a military solution to this conflict, and I am concerned the country is fracturing.

I want to see a peaceful resolution to this multifaceted conflict that is complicated by ethnicity, politics, history, and a desire for power.

I am deeply concerned about the ongoing humanitarian crisis created by relentless and brutal attacks on innocent people.