Xavier Becerra

Secret money is killing our democracy. More and more, our elections are being driven by organizations that are receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in secret donations. We don't know and can't find out who is giving all this money…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 127. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 794, the gentleman from California (Mr…

Social Security has never added one dime to the debt or the deficit.

Social Security has never failed to pay benefits in full and on time.

Social Security is not now and never will be broke.

Social Security is strong and it continues to be critically important to the American public.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I just want to respond to my friend from Illinois and some of his comments, and my friend from Oregon. The Clinton Foundation, great that you raise that because, see, the Clinton Foundation…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I think it is, first, important to clarify this legislation impacts tax exempt organizations under the Tax Code, section 501(c). Many of these tax exempt organizations we recognize as…

The parties spent $255 million in 2012 politicking because that is what they are there to do. They have a partisan position, so they are using their money that people contribute to politick. And by the way, when you make a contribution…

if Congress continues to shortchange Social Security's ability to do its work, whether in fraud detection or in basic service.

to do your good work, to hire the quality people, you need the resources?

Social Security must work continuously to prove to all those people in America who paid into it, over the years, that their benefits will be there.

the last thing we want to see is that the money that people contribute to Social Security into the trust fund is used for the wrong reasons, whether because of fraud, or waste or abuse.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, just as we expect our doctors to act in our best interests, so should the financial advisers, whom we pay to help us make those very important investment decisions for retirement. There is…

This bill's proposal on user fees is tantamount to telling the police department: You must provide that service for people to be able to have their funeral service, but you will not get compensated for your police officers being pulled…

One of the easiest things you can do to get people to cheer for you is to bash someone or something that everyone loves to hate, as you have heard it said before. I don't know if there is a better example of this than the IRS. Everyone…

Today, I was unable to cast my floor vote on rollcall vote No. 130. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 130.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. So last week, 186 Members of this House and 39 Senators from the Senate filed an amicus brief. We filed it before the Supreme Court in this very case that is being discussed, United States v. Texas. But…

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 603 Resolved, That the following named Members be and are hereby ranked as…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, there are pockets of Americans who might like the tax break here for corporations or the tax break there for wealthy folks who want to donate some of their IRA. But for the 320 million…

The safety of our fellow Americans, and America itself, is and must be our number one priority, our number one responsibility here in this Chamber. The people of America have a right to expect--indeed, demand--exactly that. Our national…

I offer my congratulations to my friend, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Ryan), on his nomination by his colleagues. At this time, as chairman of the Democratic Caucus of this House, I wish to place in nomination the name of a proven…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding. 1.4 million troops, 4 million disabled veterans, more than 30 million children who participate on a daily basis in school lunch programs, and small businesses all over the country are some…

I thank the ranking member, Mr. Schiff, for yielding the time. Mr. Speaker, the goal of America and the international community in our negotiations with Iran is and has been to prevent Iran from producing and possessing nuclear weapons. By…

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 387 Resolved, That the following named Member be and is hereby elected to…