climate change is a civilizational emergency bearing down on us.

The survival of our species is in peril because of the dramatic consequences of climate change.

This is a small step. We don't want to overstate it. But it is a very significant one.

What a massive outbreak of common sense in America against the GOP`s failed authoritarian war on marijuana that depends on paranoid tropes from the 1970s.

I thank the gentleman for pointing out that my amendment would apply not only to people who have sought public employment in the past and been denied because they have been honest enough to admit that they have once used marijuana but to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 78, after line 20 insert the following: (c) Review and Reassessment.-- (1) In general.--Not…

I think the distinguished gentleman seems to concede the general principle that we should not be denying the opportunity of Federal employment to half of the country because they have used marijuana before. So, his argument seems to be: We…

So, please spare us the nonsense talk about executive privilege rejected now by every court that has looked at it. This is America. And there’s no executive privilege here for presidents, much less trade advisors to plot coups and organize…

It's disappointed me that one of our esteemed colleagues chose to recycle debunked partisan dogma about defunding the police...

One possibility when a gap like this exists is that the President or whomever we`re looking at, is using a different phone.

So, of course, they are calling universal health coverage socialism.

executive privilege doesn’t apply to crime and insurrection.

the committee is unanimous that we want to see everybody who has information relevant to our charge under House resolution 503.

We are fighting to defend the institutions and values of democracy at home against coup plotters and insurrectionists and we are supporting other democracies around the world under siege by autocrats and kleptocrats, bullies and despots.

Vladimir Putin, who is not a genius, but a mass murderer.

Peter Navarro was the White House trade advisor. He was not within his job description to overthrow presidential elections.

This is America and there’s no executive privilege here for presidents much less trade advisors to plot coups and organize insurrections against the People’s Government.

This attempted coup would have 'permanently ended the peaceful transition of power in America,' threatening the survival and democracy.

The assault on American democracy that exploded on January 6... was a secret campaign on the inside to replace our constitutional process and governing presidential elections with a tissue of lies.

the cause of America is the cause of mankind. And today, democracy is under siege all over the world.

We err on the side of the people of Ukraine against Vladimir Putin who is not a genius but a mass murderer.

The American people opposed the January 6 insurrection, and the American people oppose future insurrections and coups against our government.

Americans, collectively, owe an astonishing $195 billion in medical debt.

Around one in five American families are struggling with serious levels of medical debt, and for many people with lower incomes their fear of coming under crushing medical debt becomes a major deterrent to their obtaining critical medical…

This is America. And there’s no executive privilege here for presidents, much less trade advisers, to plot coups.