I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 66. ____________________

Let me tell you about Chelsea, a mother of two young children, who was on Medicaid when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She never missed her birth control pills, but when she went to the clinic for treatment, she was told that she…

I opposed similar legislation in a markup yesterday, and I cannot support it today. My concerns are not with the exceptional qualifications and decades of honorable service of General Mattis, but I am opposed to a process that has made…

The Affordable Care Act is not a matter of politics. It is a matter of life or death for the people back home. In the San Diego region, repeal of the ACA would mean nearly 300,000 people could lose access to health care. I heard from one…

As the only member from the 53rd District, the only district that is 53rd in the country--the highest number district ever--and I am so aware of the size and scope of California and its congressional delegation. We have such a wide range…

I thank Chairman Thornberry and Ranking Member Smith for their leadership during this process. The conference report includes many provisions that will provide the military services flexibility to recruit and retain members of our Armed…

Career technical education answers the call that we hear from industry and from students alike to train students in fields where high-quality jobs are available. We know that means both equity and quality. Equity, of course, we know…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 496. ____________________

ITT Tech, like other for- profit colleges before it, has misled students and mismanaged funds. Mr. Speaker, for-profit schools are often where our most vulnerable students seek brighter futures, students going back to their education after…

Members have been coming forth all afternoon, talking about the fact that our constituents are feeling great anxiety. They feel and they look to Congress, and they think there are some issues here that we can deal with in our communities…

``I told the probation officer I do not want Brock to rot away in prison. I did not say he does not deserve to be behind bars. The probation officer's recommendation of a year or less in county jail is a soft time-out, a mockery of the…

As we have heard repeatedly, this past weekend, Omar Mateen walked into a nightclub that had been a fixture of Orlando's LGBT community for over a decade and opened fire, killing 49 people and wounding dozens more. This tragedy was many…