Val Demings: “There is clearly a lack of leadership on the GOP side in the House and in the Senate.”

We are fighting, as my friend and former colleague John Lewis said, for the very soul of our nation.

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…

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…

we rely on government to help us survive, to help us recover, to help us rebuild. There`s really no substitute for the services that government provides during this time.