There is no doubt that there is so much passion involved in this with the bill's supporters; but, as legislators, I would like to urge that one carefully and thoughtfully consider the long-term interests of our country. For the foregoing…

In my view, our research shows that it is not. The Logan Act, 18 U.S.C., section 953, prohibits this conduct, in my view.

Let me be clear. If true, this allegation represents a danger to our national security and a clear violation of Federal law, which expressly prohibits this type of back-channel negotiation.

I believe this working group is one of the best examples of how we can come together at a time when the Nation needs our leadership to reduce the levels of violence in our communities.

Earlier this summer, my congressional colleagues and I staged an unprecedented sit-in just to try to get a vote on commonsense gun legislation.

This has been a fascinating subject here that I didn't realize was so emotional to so many people both on the panel and in the audience.

Unfortunately, though, since 1976, Congress has sought to undermine this important constitutional right by attaching the so-called Hyde amendment to annual appropriation measures.

In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court recognized a woman's constitutional right to make what is perhaps the most personal of healthcare decisions--when to start a family--free from undue government interference.

In the fifty plus years since the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., articulated the dream of a generation, this nation has seen inspiring progress toward the ideal of equality under the law. Nowhere has this progress been more dramatic…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 244, noes 180, not voting 7, as follows: [Roll No. 535] AYES--244…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Of course you didn't. According to PolitiFact, there is no, zero evidence to support this claim.

the effort to impeach Commissioner Koskinen is destined to fail on both the merits and as a matter of process.

successful impeachments are bipartisan efforts, and partisan attacks cloaked in the impeachment process are doomed from the start.

I spoke earlier about the precedent of the House, which has always provided some basic due process to an accused official.

The head of the IRS ordered 24,000 emails erased before Congress could review them.

the commissioner's critics simply have not proved their case.

In 2015, the inspector general released a report that concluded no evidence was uncovered that any IRS employees had been directed to destroy or hide information from the Congress.

There's so many matters that we have to come forth and could come forth in this Subcommittee, but we're not dealing with them.

I'm deeply disappointed we are wasting our time on our limited time that we have in this Congress, in this Committee on this hearing.

As a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, I believe that the week of our Annual Legislative Conference is an appropriate time to reflect on the progress we have made as a group and the challenges we face in articulating a…

I feel that it does raise State sovereignty concerns in a very significant way.

We should be focused on restoring voting rights.

It is my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney).

I am pleased now to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler), who has been working on this issue for such a long time.