I rise today to honor Felicia Davis Blakley for her service to community, her commitment to women and families, and her fierce leadership. A self-described girl from the South Side, Felicia has worked at the intersection of public policy…

I rise to recognize Joy Aruguete, whose steadfast leadership has been a cornerstone of the nonprofit affordable housing and community development sectors in Chicago and, frankly, nationally. Over her 30-year tenure as CEO of Bickerdike…

I rise to share Steven's story. Who is Steven some may ask? Steven is a constituent, and he is a 14-year-old boy, an eighth grader with autism, who spent 66 days incarcerated in Dilley Immigration Processing Center. Steven and his dad are…

I rise today to honor Mary Santana, a visionary whose leadership has built transformative, creative spaces that uplift our young people in Illinois-03 and beyond. Mary is the founder and executive director at the Miracle Center, an…

I rise today to honor Ahmed Rehab, a fearless advocate and leader. Ahmed's career reflects his courage, clarity, and conviction. For more than two decades, Ahmed has defended our civil rights and protected our Muslim and immigrant…

I rise today to honor an unapologetic faith-rooted leader, Reverend Ciera Bates-Chamberlain. Born and raised in Chicago's South Side, Reverend Bates-Chamberlain is the founder and executive director of Live Free, where she mobilizes Black…

I rise today to honor Judge Chantelle Porter, my constituent and a fighter for justice. Her career is a testament to her brilliance, her leadership, and her commitment to young people. She has served as an assistant public defender in the…

as I hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, what I hear is the same racist, misogynistic trash, different decade. Republicans are invoking historical policies intended, let's be clear, to disenfranchise Americans, especially…

Mr. Speaker, it has been 365 days of Trump 2.0, 365 days of terror, abuse, and violations of our rights. After infusing $150 billion into DHS and ICE, people in this Chamber have chosen to give them even more money, even after seeing what…

16 years ago, the Supreme Court overturned a longstanding precedent that protected working families' voices in our democracy. By embracing this idea that corporations are entitled to the same speech rights as people, the Supreme Court…

I rise to honor Eric Sirota for his work to expand tenants' rights and reshape the housing landscape. As director of housing justice at the Shriver Center on Poverty Law and now as the director of a tenant advocacy clinic, Eric uses…

I rise to honor the legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by commending a liberation leader, Frank Chapman. Frank's political education began in St. Louis, where he experienced the violence of racism and repression and was…

More Democrats are saying today the thing that a number of us have been saying since April and May: Kristi Noem is dangerous.

the Republican Party is quickly becoming the party of child suffering. Under their leadership and because of their policies, children are sick from cuts to Medicaid and the end of the ACA subsidies. They are hungry from cuts to SNAP. They…

we are less than 10 days away from Christmas, a day in which many celebrate the birth of Jesus, a refugee. In regard to the hypocrisy of those who would quote Scripture asserting the preciousness of children while they pursue new, cruel…

During this holiday season, which has been so difficult for so many families, I rise to recognize the joy and hope that Rita Kollias facilitates in DuPage County in Illinois' Third Congressional District. After serving for 10 years in the…

I rise today to honor Mario Vega for his work to create spaces that uplift our young people and build safe and thriving communities. Mario has transformed his own personal experiences, growing up in Chicago, to realize safety in our…

This isn't an abstract issue. I am hearing every single day from constituents who are too afraid to go to the grocery store, to go to school, to go to church, and to go to work. I am hearing from nonprofits that are already stretched too…

as a Chicagoan, I know firsthand the terror that Trump's mass deportation agenda and the Department of Homeland Security's immigration raids are having on our communities. My constituents have been surveilled, threatened, teargassed, hit…

the bottom line is this: What is happening today in our communities is not an accident, it is not new. DHS is not rogue. From its establishment, DHS has always been empowered to violate our rights under the pretense of securing our safety…

I also rise today to honor someone else. Today, I want to honor Marisol Velez, known as Pinqy Ring. She is a rooted, revolutionary Puerto Rican emcee from Chicago, decolonizing minds as a rapper, as an educator, as a mentor, and as a…

I thank Congresswoman Underwood for her hard work, her courage, her commitment, and for speaking truth to power in the people's House. Mr. Speaker, when I look around at every single chair here, I think about the fact that Members of…

I rise to honor my constituent Cecilia Mendoza, a defender and advocate for our constitutional rights. Cecilia's passion for justice is reflected across her entire career, from her beginnings as a community organizing intern with the…

I rise today to honor Carolina Carchi, an inspirational Latina who has gone above and beyond to help her classmates succeed. Raised in West Humboldt Park by immigrant parents from Mexico and Ecuador, Carolina once again demonstrated her…