Zoe Lofgren

H.R. 1 will also require States to use voter-verified, paper ballots.

It ensures public officials work in the public interest.

I would be remiss if I did not thank Congressman John Sarbanes for the tremendous effort that he has made over the years for H.R. 1 that is before us.

We have experienced an epidemic of gun violence in this country, deaths from mass shootings, suicides, and for years, we have failed to have any attention, any hearings, any legislation to deal with this epidemic and this tragedy.

I would be remiss if I did not thank my colleague from California Mike Thompson for the years that he has spent leading our gun violence task force.

H.R. 1 is intended to make serious reforms so people don't have to believe that, and it also will not be true.

It is important that each one of us here in the House of Representatives has one vote.

The American people feel that the political system is rigged against them and that their vote doesn't count or might not matter.

We have a substantial grant of authority, and it is not instead of.

Well, I do have an additional speaker. I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski).

This resolution is simply a divisive political stunt meant to stir up conservative voters ahead of the midterm elections and seeks to stoke the worst kinds of sentiments in the body politic. The resolution states that it is ``of paramount…

There are some things in this bill that probably make sense, and there are some things in this bill that I think are very poorly crafted and will have adverse implications for juvenile law or for sentencing reform. We should have had a…

I would like to reaffirm the Delegation's strong support for the California High-Speed Rail Project.

So I am advised--and I guess this question goes to you, Mr. Kelly, that with this project that we would be able to get from Fresno to San Jose in about an hour.

I think this is the largest construction project underway really in the United States or it is the biggest thing going in the United States.

We understand the importance of public oversight and applaud the Authority's transparency as it constructs the nation's first high-speed rail system.

I think this oversight is important. Transparency obviously is necessary, but I am mindful that it is hard to do big things, and it is easy to criticize.

I support fair and humane enforcement of our immigration laws, but that is not what this resolution is about. It is nothing but a ploy to distract us from critical issues facing our country. A most urgent issue now is the need to reunify…

This isn't meddling. This is an attack on the United States.

I think this is such an interesting hearing, I think, motivated by a sense of persecution on the part of Republicans and conservatives that somehow they're being unfairly treated.

I think it is important that we be honest about why we are here today. Every major problem in this bill that this bill purports to tackle was actually created by President Trump himself. First, there is Trump's policy of ripping children…

This bill wouldn't end the separation of children from their parents, but it would also provide that the parents could be put in jail with their children. The alternative, which is false, seems to be to put the mother in the cage with the…

I would urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to take a step back here. Your President has left you out on a limb. He just sawed that limb off for a bill that does damage to the country for a policy that he now has apparently…

This is an anti-immigrant bill. It slashes legal immigration. It will injure the ag industry. It criminalizes nearly the entire undocumented population. It will undermine public safety and removes critical protections for families and…

I would just like to say, I think that the President has taken the Dreamers, the little children, the asylum- seeking families as hostages for the anti-immigrant provisions in this bill. It has been mentioned that we have a generous…