Zoe Lofgren

A historically high backlog now topping 1 million has pushed the system to the brink.

President Trump forced those officials to choose between submitting to the demands of their boss or break the law.

Soon after that June 18th press release, President Trump quickly moved to stop the aid from flowing. He did this with no explanation against the clear consensus of his advisers and his agencies and against our nation's security interest.

The hold was actually directed impulsively without any policy or agency review as soon as the President -- as President Trump apparently learned about it from press reports.

Senators, our word must continue to mean something. Our word must continue to mean something powerful in the world. So let us make certain that America continues to live up to its promise.

Chief justices and senators, thank you for your patience. This is a lot of information, but you have a very important obligation. And that is ultimately to decide whether the President committed impeachable offenses. And in order to make…

I don't love these systems. On the other hand, we need to have a capacity to allow the disability community to exercise their franchise freely.

I want to thank all of the witnesses, but also, Dr. Gilbert, the National Academies' report was enormously helpful to us.

It's not possible that all of that will be changed between now and election day in November.

The President and Members of Congress each take an oath to uphold the Constitution. When the President abuses his Presidential power to upend the constitutional order, we have an obligation to live up to our oath of office. We have been…

There may be other issues when you come to other parts of the economy. We should address those issues as well, but we are going to have to do that by sitting down, just as we did in this case, with the unions, with the employers, with the…

I would just note that we write the laws, and we get to decide who can come and who can't come, and that is what this bill does. I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), a member of the Judiciary Committee.

I would like to note that this bill is the product of a lot of time. It was introduced in October. It was marked up in the Judiciary Committee before Thanksgiving, and here we are today, not that far from Christmas, finally, hopefully…

I want to make a few additional comments on the Farm Workforce Modernization Act since the gentlewoman from Florida had a little bit of time to provide. There have been some who have criticized, I think incorrectly, the bill, that it does…

Representative Sylvia Garcia, a member of the Judiciary Committee, and a former cotton picker, will submit a statement in support of this bill. And I would just note, for the prior speaker, that the Florida Agri- Women, the Florida…

I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Lofgren moves to reconsider the vote on passage of H.R. 5038. Motion to Table Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion…

I am here to speak in support of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, an event that should be a cause of joy for Members on both sides of the aisle and for America. We have tried and failed for dozens of years to deal with the issue of…

high crimes and misdemeanors is essentially actions that the President uses with the extraordinary power that he's been given under the constitution to subvert the constitutional order.

I would like to thank my colleagues, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Simpson, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Costa, Mr. Correa, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Peterson--I am going to get in trouble because there are more people than I can mention in…

May I inquire how much time remains on each side. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from California has 15\1/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Colorado has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.

There is a letter here from Farmworker Justice that I include in the Record explaining why this is an important thing to do. Farmworker Justice Judiciary Committee, House of Representatives, Farmworker Justice Statement on House…

I also include in the Record a list of those who care about immigrants who are also asking us to pass this bill: Farmworker Justice, Justice for Migrant Women, the National Domestic Workers Alliance, the Forest Worker Center, the Service…

It is really a great honor to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Schrier), a freshman Member, but a person who has worked very hard behind the scenes to help advance this bill. {time} 1515

Put simply, no one is above the law, and the President of the United States must follow the Constitution.

the idea that the Founding Fathers in 1789 would be considering the U.S. Code precedent... is simply ridiculous.