The actions that Musk and his IT goons have taken (...) very clearly illegal, but so far unprosecuted actions—have already compromised millions of Americans' privacy and data security.

My office has received more phone calls about Elon Musk's access to U.S. citizens' private data than any other topic in my six years serving in Congress.

Last week I spent an afternoon at the National Air Traffic Control Center in Aurora, Illinois. I had been invited to discuss some work our office has been doing to make sure these folks are not penalized for seeking mental health care…

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance defines anti-Semitism, in part, as using symbols and images associated with anti-Semitism and denying the intentionality of the genocide of the Jewish people by Nazi Germany. Here is Elon…

Why bother even being a Senator if you think Tulsi Gabbard is fit for DNI?

Step right up, and prepare to be amazed. This is an ordinary folder. As you can see, Mr. Speaker, no hidden compartments, and yet inside it is an invisible rabbit. If you like that trick, Mr. Speaker, then you are going to love Donald…

Last week the Speaker of the House and the majority leader said that the report into serious allegations of misconduct by former Representative Matt Gaetz was ``moot'' because he had resigned from Congress. I rise today to remind my…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 206, nays 198, not voting 29, as follows: [Roll No…

I missed Roll Call vote 479. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: YEA on Roll Call No. 479.

Last month, Congresswoman DeLauro and I, along with Senators Van Hollen and Durbin, led over 80 congressional Democrats to urge the Biden administration to impose financial sanctions on certain members of the Netanyahu…

Since we will not be together on Halloween, I thought I would share some spooky stories with you, and these spooky stories are all real, verbatim, and lifted directly from the Republican Party's playbook, Project 2025. The Department of…

Again, I oppose H.R. 4790 because it impedes shareholders' engagement with the companies they own, limits visibility into corporate decisionmaking, and ultimately weakens the foundation of America's strong free market. For this reason, at…

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Casten of Illinois moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4790 to the Committee on Financial Services…

On what basis? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will suspend. The Clerk will report the words. The gentleman will take a seat. {time} 1515

I reiterate, as I hope was clear from the plain text of my remarks, they were not directed at anybody in the Chamber. Mr. Speaker, I close by saying, in the name of free markets and a brighter, more tolerant tomorrow, I urge a ``no'' vote…

Let me pose a question to everybody in here. Why do pension fund managers, why do State treasurers, why do individual investors invest in ESG funds? Well, I will give you a hint. It is the same reason that they invest in high-yield bonds…

I close simply by thanking Mr. Garcia and Ms. Stevens on our side for all of their hard work on this extremely well-constructed bill. I urge all of my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 7686. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my…

there is no consensus view in the Republican Party to defend those like Liz Cheney or Adam Kinzinger, who defended the rule of law, the equal protection clause that the party of Lincoln crafted.

this is out of love for our country and respect for Joe Biden that were at this point.

if this election is a referendum on one guy who was the only president to lose jobs during his sister in another guy who created more jobs than any president in history. One guy who was a kind decent person, another guy who was an…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. ____________________

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Casten of Illinois moves to recommit the bill H.R. 7700 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce…

I hope my colleagues will join me in voting for this motion to recommit.

We often talk about kitchen table issues, and what better time to elevate those issues than this week, which you all have declared in honor of refrigerator freedom. Specifically, as I was walking around July Fourth, I heard a lot of issues…

We have heard several times this legislation is better than the status quo. There are a whole lot of reasons that is not true, but I want to focus specifically on this bill's utter failure to address the use of cryptocurrency by…