Today I rise to draw attention to the fact that there are only 4 days left until Federal student loan interest rates double. On July 1, the interest rate for 7 million students could rise to 6.8 percent. Failure to act and to act now would…

The video, The Invisible Children, really captured the people of America, especially the child soldiers and all of the devastation that is happening.

Congress authorized up to $35 million per year in the budget for 2012 and 2013 for increased support to regional counter-LRA efforts.

This will inundate low-lying coastal zones, impacting hundreds of millions of people worldwide and tens of millions of Americans here at home.

We need to have a national conversation about racial profiling now, not later.

Last week, after 45 days, an arrest was finally made in the shooting death of my constituent, Trayvon Martin.

This case has captured international attention and will go down in history as a textbook example of racial profiling.

I believe we need a council or commission like this on the national and Federal level.

There is a real tension between black boys and the police, not perceived but real.

This investigation is laced with racial profiling, lies and murder. Trayvon was haunted, chased, tackled and shot. Ill-conceived laws and lax gun laws all contributed to this tragedy. In closing, Mr. Zimmerman should be arrested…

This afternoon, I rise to thank those Members and witnesses who joined together yesterday to discuss the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin: Representatives Conyers, Jackson Lee, Brown, Barbara Lee, Richmond, Nadler, Johnson, Green…

Twenty years ago, while serving as a school principal, I founded the 5,000 Role Models of Excellence project in Miami, Florida--a million dollar, nationally recognized and honored foundation that specifically addresses the trials and…