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Maxwell Alejandro Frost is an American politician and activist currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 10th congressional district. Elected in 2022, he is a member of the Democratic Party and is recognized for his progressive policies, particularly those addressing youth issues and social justice. Born on January 17, 1997, Frost is one of the youngest members of Congress, reflecting a growing trend of younger leaders in American politics.
I regret the ruling of the Chair. House Republican leaders have prevented us from voting on the Amber bill for over 6 months now and counting. This issue should not be treated like just another horse trade with the Senate. I implore the…
All I can say is I was sitting next to the gentleman. I understand and I know what I heard last night. Mr. Speaker, assuming that the Republicans are pursuing some sort of payback because they do not like what we did when we were in the…
she introduced the Amber Plan in this Congress and had it passed unanimously 92-0, she and Senator Dianne Feinstein. That is all we are asking, that there be a separate stand-alone vote on the Amber bill in the House, just as there was in…
Mr. Speaker, we all agree that there is a problem in America's medical system, but Republicans are not taking a serious approach to this problem. They are just playing politics and risking the rights of patients in order to carry water for…
my question is, What is the objection on the majority side to bringing the stand-alone Amber bill to the floor which has already been passed by the Senate, to bring it to the floor as a separate item and not part of a larger bill? ... I…
Mr. Speaker, when a bill comes before the House, the normal process is for members of the committee of jurisdiction to come to the floor and explain the details of what is in their legislation. Unfortunately, that is simply not possible…
What we have here is a situation where 2 years ago, the Republicans ate dessert with their tax bill, with their big tax cut; but they have refused to eat their vegetables. They would not consider the appropriation bills. They would not…
two important things will happen today on the floor of this House. First, we will debate and pass yet another continuing resolution, the eighth temporary stopgap measure for a fiscal year that began almost 4 months ago. This continuing…
earlier today the House demonstrated its bipartisan resolve to end the threat posed by Saddam Hussein. Now with this conference report, funding the Department of Defense for the next fiscal year, Democrats and Republicans once again…
This has been somewhat of a peculiar situation that we find ourselves in. The other side, after being all over the ballpark all day, has now decided on a one-week CR. That is fine. That is their prerogative. They are in the majority. It…
each year, over 58,000 children in America are abducted by predators. Although the vast majority of such children are safely returned to their parents--too many children are not. As a parent and a grandparent, I cannot imagine anything…
Well, Mr. Speaker, Republicans' shameful refusal to lead the House continues today. We are into the new fiscal year, and this House has still only passed 5 of the 13 appropriation bills. Now, Republicans have been turning back flips to try…
I expect this short-term continuing resolution will pass the House by an overwhelming bipartisan majority. But make no mistake. When it does, it will represent an overwhelming bipartisan indictment of the failures of this Republican House…
this rule and the three meaningless sense of the House resolutions it will bring to the floor represent a complete abdication of leadership by House Republicans. On the front page of today's New York Times, the Census Bureau reports that…
The Republican leadership announced we are not going to be in session tomorrow and we are not going to be in session Monday. They have lots of time for this. They just do not have time to actually legislate. Meanwhile, time is ticking away…
reclaiming my time, it is curious that this document has been somewhere in cyberspace since 4 o'clock and yet has not been made available to the House, apparently because someone was thinking about making a change in that document…
Mr. Chairman, the Waxman-Frost amendment preserves the national security flexibility the President needs without sacrificing the current civil service protections for the new Department. It strikes from the bill a needlessly partisan…
Never again will the United States be caught unawares and lay herself open to terrorist attack. That is certainly a principle that every Member of this House and Senate should take to mind as we move to plug the holes in our security…
This is not a perfect rule, but it does preserve the minority's right to offer most of the amendments that we sought. This is a very serious matter. It is in the interest of our country that our citizens be safe, and it is in the interest…
Mr. Speaker, creating the Department of Homeland Security is a bipartisan idea and it remains a bipartisan priority, but building a big new 170,000 person Federal bureaucracy is a difficult project. After all, our goal is not just moving…
This is not a complicated matter. Either one believes in majority rule, or one does not. This is the people's House; the majority rules. My friends on the other side somehow have gone astray and do not believe in the basic principle of…
Mr. Speaker, it is hard to understand why the Members on the other side of the aisle are so antagonistic to democracy. There is not a single matter that comes before this House of Representatives on a regular basis that requires a…
Mr. Speaker, this is the seventh time in 7 years that the House has considered this same constitutional amendment. We appear to have some slower learners on the other side of the aisle. This is an amendment that would require a two-thirds…
I have been sitting over here trying to figure out why are these people so antagonistic to majority rule and it finally occurred to me. They are worried that they are not going to be in the majority after this election and they are going…
I am pleased this conference report is on the floor today. It has strong bipartisan support, and I expect that it will pass overwhelmingly. Since 1934, the Export-Import Bank has played a vital role in creating and sustaining millions of…
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