The first thing I am afraid I need to point out is that certain of our friends on the other side of the aisle are experiencing a kind of a political speech impediment where they are unable to correctly pronounce the name of our party. We…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 43 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 43 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

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

On Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 43, providing for consideration of H.R. 268, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. The rule…

I thank the chairman very much. Madam Speaker, 800,000 American workers, 800,000 workers in our Federal workforce, have either been sent home and furloughed with no check or told to report to work with no check, with no payment. I have got…

As the former majority leader of the New York Assembly, Representative Morelle is a fitting and worthy successor to Representative Slaughter, whom we all miss. I thank the gentleman for bringing this legislation forward. I urge passage of…

The Foundations of Evidence-Based Policymaking Act, as amended, would establish a framework to support greater access and use of government data. I thank Speaker Ryan, Senator Murray, and Representative Kilmer for their constructive and…

Our job in Congress here is to pass laws that reflect the values of the people and implement our priorities.

I do not think our colleague fled for lack of courage.

Like these, most Federal rules are commonsense protections of vital freedoms that we cherish.

It is hard to believe that the constant attacks on the SNAP program reflect a focus on fiscal responsibility.

Basically, the person will walk into the store, the card will be swiped, cash will be given to that recipient.

This rule will deny green cards to immigrants trying to provide food for their families with SNAP assistance.

Thank you very much. I actually want to start by following up on Mr. Jordan's line of questioning. I don't know where the 11 percent number comes from, but if 10 or 11 percent of 40 million people were being convicted of fraud under the…

I am reading that 93 percent of SNAP spending goes directly into the purchase of food.

I think the answer to that is simple, which is that people are not making enough money in their jobs.

So the most common form, there is around 900 cases over the last 5 years.

I just want to contextualize that, because I think there is an absurdity in this undertaking that we have here today.

It just seems to see where our priorities are, they certainly aren't for the everyday working families, hard-working families, and poor families, and disabled families.

But their store, in other words, no longer could participate.

But apparently, we are not interested in the chronic problem of Pentagon waste and bloat.

The issue is that if they get a chance to work, they might have to work six jobs in order to make enough money not to qualify for SNAP.

Thank you very much for this Special Order hour, which we have decided to devote to the life and career of an extraordinary former colleague, Ron Dellums, the giant who has fallen and whose death has deeply affected this body. We have…

He cannot just unilaterally decide to stop implementing our laws and our programs.

I understand politicians like to create their own councils and commissions and get rid of the last person's.