It is so important that Burma create conditions for the voluntary return of the Rohingya people.

it is up to us as the leaders of the free world to continue to push Burma to recognize its democratic principles

It is important that those risks are explained and quantified, which is why I am very grateful to work with my friend, Representative Casten, on the Climate Risk Disclosure Act.

The idea that deporting people and sending them back to their families is an absurd statement, with all due respect.

These students are being intentionally left behind. There is no coincidence here.

Horrifically, Betsy DeVos is now trying to foist these harmful policies on the entire Nation as secretary of education.

As a result, Mount Clemens School District, with a majority Black student body, has faced major budget deficits for the past two decades and struggles to rebuild school infrastructure that hasn't been updated in more than 50 years.

President Trump and Secretary DeVos, just last week, claimed school choice is the civil rights cause of our time, and that is just honestly comical, but it is unsurprising because, in Michigan, we know that school choice causes segregation…

You are refusing to act proactively and issue a mandatory standard of any kind during the greatest healthcare crisis in the workplace in modern history.

I ask that they continue to support the key flood management programs that my district relies on for future storm preparedness.

This is clear injustice in our society and we all have a role to play and none of us can be silent.

It is simply outrageous and unacceptable that so many women and babies of color die at disproportionate rates in this country.

We have to move very, very fast and very, very comprehensively to transform everything about the way we build things.

We have a horrible track record of dealing with workers who are displaced by technological change.

I remember grieving with the young nieces and nephews of Jimmy Aldaoud, a Chaldean Iraqi man from my district who was detained by ICE and deported to his death in Iraq, to his predictable death.

So in Jimmy's memory and thinking about his nieces and nephews, who I met at his funeral, I would like to explore the impact of this President's extreme immigration policies on our classroom and kids, like Jimmy's nieces and nephews, and…

I am concerned that since his election Donald Trump has signed several immigration executive orders that have implemented extreme immigration policies and stoked fear among immigrants and non-immigrants.

I am extremely concerned about this department creating a new program for which we explicitly told you we are not appropriating funds.

Gas shortages are worsening by the day. Hospitals have cut services or closed entirely.

We need to transform our economy so that workers have power in their workplace and nationally.

The Russian Government has presented zero evidence that Paul committed a crime, and yet, he remains in prison, denied due process.

I hope this resolution sends a clear message to the Russian Government, and I hope it assures his brave family that we are absolutely committed to getting Paul back to Michigan safely and soon.

Let me just express on behalf of the people of the 9th District of Michigan at least and hopefully most of your fellow Americans how sorry I am that we have had this program and that year in and year out you have done your best, thought…

I came to Congress to raise the standard of living for working people in Michigan's 9th District and across our country.

However long it takes, we will get justice for you and other workers who are denied their freedom of association because of these laws.