while we need to hold each other to high standards--we do--we also need to reform a system that too often makes it nearly impossible to ensure working people like Chuy Garcia, like me, and so many others here, are well represented in the…

I want to start by clarifying something that was said on the Record. The sponsor of the resolution is stating that Chuy Garcia has won his primaries with 100 percent of the vote. All you have to do is go to the board of elections or…

May that powerful voice be heard from here to Washington, D.C., and every corner of this country.

As authoritarians, Trump, Noem, Miller, and the rest of the Administration are abusing their power to silence dissent.

We have to stand up for Dreamers and immigrants and protect our civil and constitutional rights.

I rise today to honor Maria del Carmen Casimiro, who exemplifies the entrepreneurial spirit and the strength and resilience of immigrant communities. Since 1993, Maria's small business in Illinois' Third Congressional District has been an…

I rise today to honor President April Verrett, a fighter for working people and a fierce advocate for worker power. She is at the forefront of building a labor movement that unapologetically fights for all workers, no matter where they…

I rise today to honor Maria Correa, a constituent of the Illinois Third Congressional District, a "poderosa"; "powerful" Latina who remembers her roots, and a community leader in the fight for immigrant rights. A resident of West Chicago…

When armed troops are sent into American communities to suppress protests, to target civil society leaders, or to facilitate the disappearance of our neighbors, it is not just a local issue.

violent crime rates have fallen 22% today. Homicides are down more than 33% in the past year, while shootings are down by 38%.

We have less than 30 days to pass a spending budget.

I rise to honor the life and the legacy of Marion Stamps, a Chicago civil rights icon and tenant organizer. Marion moved to Chicago in 1963 at a time when public housing residents were denied the full measure of dignity that they deserved…

it is my honor to rise to honor the life and legacy of the one and the only Reverend Dr. Calvin Morris, a civil rights giant, a scholar, and a spiritual leader whose work helped shape the conscience of this Nation. In 1987, at the request…

It is state violence.

ICE is out of control.

Agents of DHS... should identify themselves, like every law enforcement official is required to do.

What this administration is doing is violating the Constitution.

of course I rise in opposition to H.R. 275. Before I get into the conversation of the bill that we are debating today, I want to respond to this whole thing about transparency that I continue to hear my colleagues talk about. They talk…

Last week, I joined Representative Chuy Garcia, Representative Jonathan Jackson, and Representative Danny Davis at the ICE Processing Center in Broadview to investigate ICE's inhumane and unlawful detention of immigrant families and our…

this Puerto Rican Heritage Month, I rise to recognize Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, better known for many of us as Bad Bunny, for his worldwide contribution to the arts, music, and culture. Born and raised in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, Bad…

In this Puerto Rican and Immigrant Heritage Month, I rise to recognize one of Chicago's own, Justina Machado, a celebrated actress and proud "daughter," "hija" of Chicago's northwest side. Raised in a working-class Puerto Rican family, Ms…

I rise today to celebrate a creative designer, community cultivator, and artist--my constituent, Denise Ruiz. Denise is a queer Boricua from the Humboldt Park community of Chicago and is the founder and director of The Honeycomb Network, a…

What you are seeing is the beginning of fascism.

Your department is out of control, but you, you’re responsible.

He wants to waste $100 million of your taxpayer dollars while cutting Medicaid at the same time.