Anyone who messes with the sacred trust of the American people in the program and government that they rely on the most deserves the maximum amount of punishment that the law can provide.

What she observed then is that if Congress wished to reduce errors, the error rate further, it needed to stop squeezing the budget of the Social Security Administration.

I think the Chairman needs to be applauded, as does the Committee, for addressing the whole issue of fraud.

I think it is important that we catch up on the fraud and we continue, as this Committee and this Chairman has led, to do so.

I would like to submit for the record an LA Times article on the Trump proposal to eliminate the Social Security payroll tax and why that could be extraordinarily problematic in terms of our ability not only to fight fraud, but also, I…

And for any Federal, any employee or any conspiracy that exists, they deserve the maximum amount of punishment.

I associate myself with Mr. Neal's remarks, and especially him framing this issue from the outside about the arc of history. As we have witnessed in this Chamber time and again, dating back to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, when you look at…

On March 22nd, 2017--I was not present for rollcall vote 185. If I had been present for this vote, I would have voted ``yea.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro…

On Thursday, March 9th, 2017, I was not present for roll call votes 138 and 139. If I had been present for this vote, I would have voted: ``Nay'' on roll call vote 138, ``Nay'' on roll call vote 139. personal explanation

I thank Representative Torres, Representative McClintock, Chairman Bishop, and Ranking Member Grijalva for all of their hard work on this. As the chairman indicated, this bill did pass on a voice vote last year. Unfortunately, our…

The last time we really constructively as a Congress really looked at Social Security in any meaningful and significant way was in 1983.

This is an insurance program, an insurance program. People talk about this as though it is an entitlement.

What a privilege to serve on a committee that has two American iconic heroes in Sam Johnson and John Lewis.

I thank the gentleman from Colorado, and I want to thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano), my colleague and the ranking member, for his work on this important issue as well. Mr. Speaker, I was disappointed to see that my…

In Dallas, Texas, we saw a champion. We saw a champion in Police Chief David Brown and how he conducted himself. When asked about his responsibility, he said: We will continue to do our responsibility as police officers, as we do every day…

This is all about messaging. It has nothing to do with solving the problems that the American people face.

I thank the gentleman from Colorado. I associate myself with his remarks. Mr. Speaker, I would say to my colleague from Georgia that the disappointment that you had before the Fourth of July break pales in comparison to the disappointment…

As we started what is commonly referred to as ``our 5 minutes,'' the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Jolly) talked about a proposal that he would like to bring forward to this body. We wish him well in that. He also wondered aloud why it would…

We come to the floor early this afternoon knowing that later this day we have a meeting with the Speaker. It is our goal and our hope that the Speaker will provide an opportunity for the minority party to have its two votes taken up in…

We are here with a very simple plea this morning with 5-minutes and this afternoon with 1- minutes. We know the Speaker is an honorable man. We know that the chairman of the Rules Committee, Mr. Sessions, is an honorable man. We in the…

I thank my colleagues. For all of America that is listening, you just heard the soul of the United States Congress speak. The soul of this Nation cries out for a vote. We are gathered here on this floor today to accomplish a single goal…

Reclaiming my time, rise up, Democrats. Rise up, Americans. This cannot stand. We will occupy this floor. We will no longer be denied a right to vote.

These debilitating diseases scream out for the Congress not to have a message opportunity that may or may not advantage one side or the other in the realm of politics, but how about a solution? How about us doing what Mike Kelly suggested…

I am delighted to be on the floor and join in this debate. I must, along with my colleague from Oregon, express frustration. This body should be about the vitality of ideas. Whatever those ideas are, in a democracy, there ought to be the…

I thank the gentleman from Louisville for organizing this Special Order this evening. I can't think of an athlete who more impacted my life and certainly the lives of people in our generation. The gentleman from Louisville started in…