The very first thing that I did as a newly elected member of the House of Representatives was to organize a tour of the freshman class, the Democrats and Republicans both, to the Holocaust Museum.

Slashing the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent means one thing: a massive windfall for investors. While the champagne flows at the Trump Hotel after-party, middle class Americans would get nothing from this plan other than…

I am delighted to have this opportunity to speak. I want to start by saying that my colleague from North Carolina is here, and I know there is going to be a group of Members from North Carolina who are coming to address their constituents…

there's no doubt that the U.S. Government has intervened to destabilize democracies, as in Chile, as in Iran

Vladimir Putin and his agents understood they could not compete with us militarily, they could not compete with us economically, and they could not compete with us politically on a fair stage.

He detected a little bit of an Achilles' heel in the United States, which is our openness, and specifically our openness, our freedom of expression on the internet.

Listening to the testimony, I recognize that what's at stake here really is the integrity of liberal democracy in our century.

I thank Congressman Khanna for his leadership in putting this together. Madam Speaker, I want to invoke a great Republican member of this body who went on to become President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, who spoke of ``government…

Maintaining the official records of a constitutional democracy like ours is a sacred public duty.

Chairman Harper, thank you very much.

In authoritarian societies, it is essential to extinguish public memory and alter public records.

I see. And that is an historical process that has continued, the executive agencies?

The preservation of public records is a core service the government provides and is providing today.

Today I rise for my constituent, Allie, because we should not be playing politics in Congress with women's health choices and with the family decisionmaking rights of all Americans. Last spring, Allie and her husband were thrilled to learn…

the day after the worst mass shooting, one of the worst acts of terror we've ever seen in the streets of America, that we should be having a hearing about what we can be doing in a bipartisan fashion to deal with the continuing epidemic of…

So I'm interested in last year's cyber attack with the Mirai botnet, which took down the internet for most of the East Coast.

Shouldn't we have one general standard of culpability that applies, whether it's one of deliberate involvement, which I think Mr. Cox is suggesting, or one of simple knowledge?

I want to quickly associate myself with the remarks of Mr. Deutch.

I thank the gentleman for his leadership on this essential question of public integrity. I also want to salute my colleague from California (Mr. Ted Lieu), who has been a leading voice in demanding real financial accountability in the…

Nuclear waste storage is a pressing nationwide concern that requires a nationwide solution.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I also want to thank my colleagues, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Conyers, and Mr. Mooney, for cosponsoring and supporting this amendment. It is a bipartisan amendment and, I think, a natural complement to the excellent amendments just added from…

I am delighted to take this time from the minority leader on behalf of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. We are doing a Special Order hour this evening on police and civilian relations. We are joined by the very distinguished…

I thank Mr. Sherman for his comments. And again, the Progressive Caucus Special-Order hour tonight is on the subject of the police power in America, and its uses, its abuses, what has been taking place in different parts of the country…

I thank Mr. Ellison very much for those very thoughtful and insightful comments. I want to pick up the discussion about the police power and expand the discussion to include not just power over persons, but power over property in America…