I agree. We should continue to honor all of those goals with our words and our actions. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

If I may reclaim my time from the majority leader. Mr. Speaker, I do also want to thank Virgil for his time and his service to the House for so long and to work so closely with my friend, Cedric Richmond, but also with the entire Louisiana…

We appreciate the diversity that we have. We obviously strive to be even more diverse, but the most important diversity that we have and that we are proud of is our diversity of thought. We are proud to respect people of all faiths. This…

I thank Speaker Pelosi for yielding. Mr. Speaker, it is really a special moment for all of us to pay tribute to Don Young for this great achievement, being the longest serving Republican in the House, especially for someone who loves this…

Finally, I would like to talk about the constitutional infringements. And don't take it from me. Let's take groups as divergent as the ACLU and National Right to Life that all cite serious First Amendment concerns. ACLU says provisions…

I thank my colleague from Illinois for those kind comments. Go Tigers. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to this bill that instead of being called For the People Act should be called ``For the Politicians Act.'' Let's take a look…

So now we have identified areas where law-abiding citizens can become felons. We tried to fix it; they wanted that to stay in place. So what is that motivation? But then we identified another problem. If someone who is in this country…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland, the Terrapin from Maryland, for yielding. I want to say, first, we are going to miss Karen Haas. Karen Haas served this body so well, as the majority leader talked about, and in such a fair way…

I thank the gentleman for going through the schedule, and I would share that assessment as well, that if those arrangements are made early next week, I would expect a large contingent of our colleagues to want to be there. We will all be…

I rise for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come. Madam Speaker, before I yield to the gentleman from Maryland, I want to share and join in with him in the tribute that has been paid to our…

For my friend, the majority leader, I want to read this comment and ask a question about this. Among the other things that they were able to identify as they were able to stop, just earlier this week, some of these people coming in, a…

I thank the gentleman for those comments. I would just ask if the gentleman would urge the chairman of the Judiciary Committee to move swiftly to bring this bill up for a vote as we continue to use every legislative tool we have available…