Brenda Lawrence

It's about empowering the staff that you have the ability to address that issue.

I hear consistently from the user, from the veterans, from those who are using the facility, their discontent, the lack of followup and the long waits.

``Cohen also recalled speaking with the President's personal counsel about pardons after the searches of his home and office had occurred, at a time when the media had reported that pardon discussions were occurring at the White House…

``On Saturday, June 17, 2017, the President called McGahn and directed him to have the special counsel removed . . . In interviews with the special counsel's office, McGahn recalled that the President called him at home twice and on both…

I will never support reducing delivery days.

That is just like saying I need to run a race with everyone else, but I am going to tie your legs together.

However, the Postal Service must adjust to the times and must become a--not a profit-making--it concerns me when we say that we need to be competitive with private industry.

I don't want excuses. I don't want, Well, you know, we don't have a plan yet, and then I get the pushback from the communities.

I want to see, once we do our work and the funds are approved, I expect a fast turnaround to identify these communities.

How do you ensure that the Civil Rights Act is fully enforced with these cuts to the budget?

I ask that you look at that because that is critical.

I was previously a mayor before becoming to Congress and COPS grants, which I used as a mayor, was just really an amazing support.

I just wanted to follow up to the previous question and let you know that under the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990, the FBI is required to collect and report hate crimes.

I do look forward to your release of the report next week, for it to be timely.

Thank you, Attorney General, for your support of Violence Against Women Act. It is long overdue.

It is important that we create that sense of energy in those communities.

We need to get the capacity directly to the people in those communities where they can complete the census.

So we can be clear, sir, what you are saying is that, if you disagree with the President, if your legal experience and your expertise doesn't agree and your President says something different, you are obligated to agree and enforce what…

I want you to explain to me, do you understand your role, when you issue a statement abolishing the Affordable Care Act...

According to recent reporting, the Trump administration is pursuing far fewer civil rights cases, including hate crimes...

We have before us now a situation that should not be evaluated through history, but evaluated through the urgency of the moment of now.

I am very concerned at this point.

If we don't fund, we will not be able to count.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 555, line 16, insert ``cabinet member,'' after ``vice president,''. Page 555, line 19, strike ``the…

Retaliating against witnesses and threatening their family and members is a textbook mob tactic.