We built this country.

We either have a democracy or we don`t.

These folks are trying to kill us right now, as far as our right to vote. They`re trying to kill our democracy.

If you narrow the path to the ballot box, this casts a dark shadow over a lot of things.

We either have a democracy or we don`t. And if everyone can`t vote in this country, if some can`t vote because of their race, then this is not a true democracy.

This is our country. We built this country. And so nobody has a claim to it bigger and better than us.

The Federal Government must implement a comprehensive paid family and medical leave policy and we must do so now.

The cosmos, as Carl Sagan once said, is all that is or ever was or ever will be.

I thank the gentlewoman for leading this Special Order today on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus as we rise together to celebrate the African-American community and to commemorate an unsung holiday known as Juneteenth. Now, I was…

I find it deeply disturbing but not surprising that Justice Scalia would be caught up in a secret, private meeting with legislators.

The actions of Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family are blamed justly for fueling the U.S. opioid crisis.

The same family, and Dr. Richard Sackler in particular, who are largely responsible for creating the opioid epidemic are now poised to rake in billions of dollars for a new drug that they say will wean people off of OxyContin.