For 65 remarkable years, Mayor Lee demonstrated to all those he worked with, knew, and came to serve that through humble and steadfast leadership each one of us can create a more inclusive and just community for future generations.

Californians and San Franciscans have lost a tireless champion for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Mayor Edwin M. Lee was the son of Chinese immigrants and the city's first Asian- American mayor. Mayor Lee grew up in public housing and…

I would like to thank the senior Senator from Illinois. Senator Durbin has been a longstanding leader in this Chamber and in our country on this issue, and I can't thank him enough for all he does so tirelessly. I see his work behind…

I ask unanimous consent that my motions to commit be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Motion to Commit With Instructions Ms. Harris moves to commit the bill…

I wish to engage the gentleman from Texas in a colloquy. We should not be satisfied with the historically low economic growth rates of the past decade. This tax reform bill that creates jobs, increases paychecks, grows our economy, and…

I thank the chairman for agreeing to work with me on this as we move forward. I will be voting for this bill today, and I urge my colleagues to vote for this bill to increase American competitiveness.

I thank the minority leader, Senator Schumer, for his words of emphasis on the need to ensure that not only do our fellow Americans in Florida and Texas receive the relief they so dearly and sorely need but also that our fellow Americans…

That is the most powerful testimony I have heard at a committee hearing in 7 years.

We just have to be thoughtful of that.

I want to thank the committee for promptly reporting H.R. 2989 to the floor for consideration. I rise today in support of a bill I have cosponsored with Delegate Norton, the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act. As we approach…

The Nation stands in mourning over the tragedy in Las Vegas. No one ever wants to be in that situation. But it, once again, reminds us that, when there is danger, our law enforcement officers run to it, not away from it. We are going to…

The gentleman from Texas is absolutely right. An important thing happened this week. We announced that the American public is going to get a tax cut. As I go around my district, as I am sure Members when they go around their districts, one…

I thank the gentleman from New York for his remarks. No one is naive enough to think that discrimination doesn't exist. The question is: What tools should the Federal Government use? And this certainly is not the tool that is helpful. Mr…

Everyone here appreciates concerns about the ways of discrimination. The question is how to collect the data in an efficient way, and the new EEOC-1 form is certainly not the way to collect that data. What do I mean by that, Mr. Chairman…

I just say that it is absolutely true if we were looking at similar work, but the bill does not look at similar work. It looks at huge categories like, for instance, professionals in a hospital that include neurosurgeons and nurses. It is…

I agree with the gentleman. Pay disparities exist, but we need a precise tool. If we are going to give the Federal Government a tool with which to investigate and punish employers, it should be a surgical tool. This is not a surgical tool…

I thank Mr. Calvert for allowing me time to discuss an issue that is important to my constituents in Ocean City, Maryland. I am proud that Ocean City is home to beautiful beaches and views and, as a result, a booming tourism industry. I…

A few minutes ago, the House delivered on one of the President's promises to increase security in the United States to stop foreign infiltration into the States to protect us from terrorists possibly crossing our border. The bottom line…

this healthcare bill will affect over 5 million Californians. That is why it is so important that this bill goes to the committees that are in charge of healthcare. It is so that it can get a hearing and members can discuss it and consider…

Senator Carper talked about Tanzania. It reminds me of a greeting I have often heard from people who live in various African countries. When you meet someone for the first time, instead of what we would normally say--``Pleased to meet…

I hope that under this administration our border security has zero tolerance.

I hope that tomorrow the House has the opportunity to deliver on the promise that the President made and Republicans made to finally repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act which is crumbling around us. Mr. Speaker, we do everything we…

I disagree that we lack a strategy on North Korea, sir. I believe we do have a strategy.

We have to look at North Korea as if Kim Jong-un will do what he says.

I don't share your confidence that North Korea is not going to attack either South Korea or Japan or the United States.