The military actually has really led the way in American history in terms of overcoming segregation, and Jim Crow, and the barriers to integration and diversity.

I want to urge my colleagues to support this commonsense legislation.

I find it frivolous that our colleagues across the aisle rejected the best bipartisan package we ever had, at least since I have been in Congress, on immigration.

the logic of the legislation is airtight.

The gentleman from North Carolina observes that we don't have anybody wearing a black robe in the House of Representatives today, but you don't have to wear a black robe in order to read the Constitution, interpret the Constitution, and…

If you strip away all the bombast and all the rhetoric, the gentleman just basically delivered a tirade about immigration but never addressed the fact that their legislation is totally unconstitutional. If you want to deal with…

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland has 6 minutes remaining.

I am about to yield to my friend from New York (Ms. Meng), but I am inspired by the remarks of the gentleman from Wisconsin, especially about the word ``Republic'' which, of course, comes from res publica, the public thing. He happened…

The last President tried to include a citizenship question on the decennial Census in 2020 and tried to count only U.S. citizens for the purpose of Census and reapportionment, and the effort failed miserably in court, for obvious reasons…

It is always great to be with my friend from Tennessee. Just two quick points on his always trenchant remarks. One is that one should be clear that under this legislation, they are not roping out of the reapportionment just undocumented…

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for his eloquent remarks, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. LaTURNER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Van Orden), my friend.

Well, again, I commend the gentleman for bringing this to public attention. That is an extraordinary number of people to lose their lives on the road to private contractors, who seem to have completely escaped the grasp of the rules that…

In other words, the postal truck drivers who are working for the Postal Service have to have all the proper licensure and all the proper certification and training. Presumably the brakes are checked on their trucks, but because of the…

In 2019, we called a hearing in House Oversight on what the oil and gas companies knew about climate change and when they knew it.

the companies that are profiting handsomely from this business model have to pay for the costs associated with it

I would love to talk to my friend, Senator Kennedy, more about what's going on in the Bayou and on the Louisiana Coast and what can be done about it.

What are we talking about other than the fate of our species?

the tremendous profits that are made by Big Oil and Big Gas have been rechanneled into the political system.

Industry scientists and experts testified that the companies knew the burning of fossil fuels caused climate change as early as 1959.

In 2019, we called a hearing in House Oversight on what the oil and gas companies knew about climate change and when they knew it.

Citizens United has played in this process by essentially transforming every corporate treasury in the country into a potential political slush fund.

Instead of telling the world about the perils of global warming, in changing their business model, the companies deliberately suppressed relevant scientific findings for decades.

you owe it to the Congress, the representatives of the people, to give the information.

Citizens United has played in this process by essentially transforming every corporate treasury in the country into a potential political slush fund.

Industry scientists and experts testified that the companies knew the burning of fossil fuels caused climate change as early as 1959.