I mean, I think that is the heart of the problem that Mr. Earle has identified.

Well, whose free speech rights do you think are at stake when Exxon Mobil spends money? Is it the CEO or is it the shareholders whose free speech interests count?

I understand that Citizens United has created some very difficult, seemingly intractable problems in the electoral process.

when the Supreme Court in 2010 opened the floodgates on corporate treasury money going into politics, it created a problem of a completely different dimension and scale.

It is our role as Congress to guarantee that we are a government of the people.

It's about strengthening the Office of Government Ethics.

Thanks for joining us, Andrea, and that you stand for hundreds of people here today who have lost family Members and friends and hundreds of thousand across the country who are begging us to do something.

So we need to protect the right to vote against these constant efforts to take people's right to vote away.

We've dismantled the property and wealth qualifications, and at every turn, there have been forces of conservatism and reaction that have tried to stop the changes.

They said they were going to drain the swamp, Mr. Chairman. They moved into the swamp.

There's been a profound struggle for the right to vote in American history.

We have seen, not only the daily mounting, gruesome death toll in every community across America where 96 people die from gun violence every day.

The gentleman from Georgia has given me a lot to think about here. The very first thing that I need to clear up is that 85 percent of the Federal workforce does not live in the national capital region. It is true that the local delegations…

On Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 87, providing for consideration of H.R. 790, the Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019. The rule provides for consideration of the legislation…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Woodall), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

My friend from Georgia eloquently calls us back to bipartisanship, and I could not agree more. I would love nothing more than for him and for all of our colleagues across the aisle to join us in supporting the 2.6 percent pay raise for…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 87 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 87 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

They have been taking money from foreign princes, kings, and governments in direct violation of the emoluments clause.

A great Republican president spoke of government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

our colleagues across the aisle now are openly championing gerrymandering, which is reviled by the vast majority of the American people.

H.R. 1 is serious business. It is about restoring democracy and the trajectory of Democratic enlargement and equality in our history.

I thank Ms. Pingree and Mr. Perlmutter for their leadership. I welcome all questions from you guys and any other colleagues here, and from any Republicans present. Anybody who wants to pose a question to me, I am all for it. Madam Speaker…

I thank the gentleman from Washington State for his comments. I would urge him to stick with his original instinct to support the legislation. He said that he finds lots of important stuff in it, aiding the victims of hurricanes and…

May I ask how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oklahoma has 16 minutes remaining.

I continue to be baffled about why some of my colleagues think that opening the Government of the United States--our government--is a poison pill and something they can't support. Look how far we have fallen, Madam Speaker. We are voting…