Val Demings: “I will continue to use my time, my talent, and my energy to advocate for justice, which does include justice for the…”

One and one-half years. The SPEAKER. When we have recalcitrant Members these days, I try to remind them that unless the legislative body is a team sport, then you cannot come here to be an individual and build a brand. That is not what…

Well, it's going to take a while for people to rebuild, to be made whole. You know, I chair the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery, just getting back from Puerto Rico, assessing the damage there from Hurricane…

Real life is quite different from television or political buffoonery. Half of gun murders in the United States go unsolved. Victims are too often left with no justice and their families with little support. Who amongst us believes that…

I am afraid the generations behind us do not have any longer a full recognition of what it is that we are so blessed by. When I bring groups to the floor... I will often stop and say: One of the first things I noticed when I walked into…