Frederica Wilson

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 637. ____________________

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 604. ____________________

The current prohibition treats our families simply as numbers and not as the law-abiding, hard-working Americans that they are.

We ask that the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee ensure that FEMA's individual assistance program is administered fairly and uniformly.

Everyone said that's impossible. It takes at least eight months to a year to complete the process through the House, the Senate and to the president's office. I said, I'm a school principal, and I said, excuse my French, oh, hell, no…

the White House itself is full of white supremacists.

Despite President Trump's suggestion that I have recanted my statement or misstated what he said, I stand firmly by my original account of his conversation with Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson. Moreover, this account…

This is a grieving widow, a grieving widow who is six months pregnant. And when she actually hung up the phone, she looked at me and said, he didn't even know his name.

The right to join a union and collectively bargain helps workers raise wages.

Of course, we know lawyers get paid. I mean, this is ridiculous.

It is interesting that every time my colleagues across the aisle don't like a law, they call it uncertain, ambiguous, unsustainable.

I take great offense to using a U.S. Senator, who happens to be my friend, in something so ridiculous.

Today we are discussing the subject of extreme importance for our Nation's economy and our Nation's labor force.

As cochair and founder of the Florida Ports Caucus, I have worked shoulder to shoulder with my Republican colleagues to build bipartisan support for WRRDA 2014 and WRDA 2016.

Thank you, Chairman Graves, for holding such an important hearing.

The impact on Florida alone has been tremendous.

Today, I join with my colleague and friend, Representative Duncan Hunter, in offering an amendment to the maritime administration title in the NDAA. The cruise industry, which is a vital source of economic opportunity for my constituents…

On the night of April 14, 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from the Chibok Government Girls Secondary School in Nigeria, a night we all remember. Although some girls fled or have been released, more than 100 Chibok girls remain in…

Today I rise to welcome the esteemed Reverend Dr. Howard Siplin to the House floor as our guest chaplain. Reverend Dr. Siplin was my classmate from first grade to twelfth grade in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Reverend Siplin is the…

I am a strong supporter of career and technical education. While this bipartisan bill makes needed improvements to current law, during the committee markup I offered and later withdrew an amendment to provide more Federal support for skill…

We should be looking for ways to work across party lines to improve and expand this national treasure.

Job Corps is one of the best kept secrets in this Nation. And if more people knew the good that Job Corps does, the more support Job Corps would get.

I was quite alarmed by President Trump's proposal to slash nearly half of Amtrak's funding.

As African-American people, we don't have much. Society has seen that our children don't have the many opportunities that other children have.

This would not only deprive nearly 1 million Floridians and tourists of safe and reliable passenger rail service.