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We want everyone of all races to be able to make it to maturity and make their own decisions and live their own lives.

I want to commend Ms. Wiley, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.

Title VII is what it is, what it is, what it is, and as we heard earlier, its birth came out of the Civil Rights Act.

The fact of the matter is you want regulation because you want to go back to the White replacement theory.

The fact of the matter is that 82 percent of business leaders consider diversity initiatives to be essential to their business strategy.

One thing is for sure. We are not going back to the way it was, not ever, ever again.

Thank you, Chairman Gosar, and to Ranking Member Neguse in his absence for hosting this legislative hearing...

I believe, Mr. Chair, such is the case in this instance, and passing H.R. 6826 would be both a fitting tribute...

Both you and I try to find a common path, and where we disagree or diverge, we recognize that we retain that right.

We can do better than this.

You've been a hero to many for 54 years, five-plus decades.

Dr. Fauci, we owe you an apology for the way we have raked you through the mud.

Thank you. Mr. Chairman, is this what we have become? Is this what we have devolved into, no decorum?

Thank you for your service, sir.

For a year and a half, the Republican Majority on this Committee has sought to weaponize genuine scientific questions over COVID-19.

Several of my colleagues and I fought together to give this policy the sort of treatment that it deserves and to give the Federal workforce reassurance that they will never have their employment in jeopardy because of political…

I also applaud OPM's finalization of the upholding civil service protections and merit systems principal rules, which implement protections that, as we know, would make it difficult for future administrations to reapply what is known as…

Many of us believe, Mr. Shriver, that Congress should focus more on legislative action that supports efforts to recruit and retain top talent and focus less on chasing away high-quality employees into the private sector.

It has really troubled me to watch the vilification of Dr. Fauci and Dr. Collins over the last couple of years.

I thank the gentleman from Maryland, the former majority leader of the United States House of Representatives, for his comments, his friendship, and also for the effort he has put forward as a part of what we call Team Maryland, again, a…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland for his comments and to underscore what I said earlier and what was said by several other people, that this disaster is not a partisan disaster. It affects all of us in this country regardless of our…

I thank the gentleman for his words, and I thank him also for his service to this body for almost two decades. We wish him well as he goes forward. One thing we are all sure about is that his heart remains in Baltimore. Mr. Speaker, I…

I thank the gentleman for his comments, for his leadership on this, and for his steadfastness as we all try to work together to move beyond this American disaster and to create in its place a new bridge, new lanes of commerce, and new…

I thank the gentleman for his interest, his work, and his dedication to this mission that is before all of us, to rebuild this bridge and open the lanes of commerce once again so that our Nation's economy is not affected in ways that would…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Raskin) whose district is miles from where this happened but who has been with us every step of the way. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes).