I truly appreciate the great sacrifice our veterans have given on behalf of the United States, and I take great pride in serving the needs of veterans in my community.

VA facilities around the country like the one we have in Monroe County should not have to struggle with understaffing issues so they can provide the full set of comprehensive health care services our veterans have earned and depend on.

Thank you, Chairman. Thank you so much for hosting this critical hearing.

H.R. 2846 is a reasonable solution to improve veteran services by removing roadblocks and providing high level constituent services.

I thank the chairwoman from California for her time and her leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I think that Congress understands at this point that Venezuela is in crisis; that its people are in crisis under the evil fist of a…

I also want to just make a point that the temporary protected status program is the current law of the land. The program was created for this exact purpose, to help people living under dire conditions, like Venezuelans who fear for their…

We are here today--like with our press conference yesterday we are here to act on climate and get to 100 percent clean energy by 2050.

Tonight, I would like to honor Gary John Aleknavich and congratulate him on his upcoming retirement. Gary John Aleknavich is a U.S. Navy veteran, labor leader, maintenance foreman, journeyman mechanic, and certified welder by trade. He has…

I am really proud to be part of a lot of these bills to help increase vehicle safety.

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida. In 2016, Olyn Itriago escaped the evil Maduro tyranny in Venezuela. She received death threats, including a failed attempt on her life. Her brother, however, was captured and tortured by the Venezuelan…

As technology increases in vehicles, we in Congress have to keep up with those changes.

I would like to acknowledge that my amendment, floor amendment number 357, rules amendment number 117, included in en bloc package number 14, increases funding for the Defense-Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology program by $5 million…

I thank the gentleman for his leadership as our chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and that is why we are here tonight, for those injustices. I am proud to be joined by my good friend, Congressman Jimmy Gomez, of Southern…

I thank the gentleman from Texas, Congressman Castro, for putting together this Special Order hour. And it is timely, to say the least. There are many borders that our Nation has. We have a lot of focus on the southwestern borders, such as…

Sure. No speaking to the kids there; no photos. And then we were given kind of a song and dance about how well everybody was treated. These young people hailed from Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, countries that we hear over and over…

There is no question; those tents would be at great risk if a 3, 4, or Level 5 hurricane hit South Florida. And they are at the very end of it in Homestead, which is even south of Miami. I want to talk a little bit about the root causes of…

And as we go into the budget, the protections that we couldn't get in recent bills, we will double down on to make sure we have them going into the appropriations process.

We know that Puerto Ricans, the 3.3 million on the island, are experiencing a Medicaid crisis.

we apologize that you all have to go through this over and over again, when there should be a permanent fix.

The cost of not believing in climate change is just too high.

I am proud to have introduced, along with Congresswoman Velazquez and the rest of the Puerto Rican task force, a new Medicaid parity bill for Puerto Rico.

We are going to do our best to end this crisis for good in Puerto Rico with regard to Medicaid.

I thank the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky) for yielding. Madam Chair, I want to express my gratitude to the committee for the inclusion of report language in the bill noting the importance of obtaining advanced microelectronics…

Nearly 3 years ago, on this date, we lost 49 angels and 53 others were injured. Family and friends grieved for their loved ones and our Orlando community mourned. But we came together, stronger than ever before, to heal, to comfort each…

There is something rotten in the city of Washington. There is an injustice brewing in this Capitol. And there is a sinister plot afoot in this Congress. On the one hand, we have the people's House, the House of Representatives, where we…