Emanuel Cleaver

there is seemingly always, at least since I have been here, the bubbling up of interest in somehow reinstating the Glass-Steagall provisions.

I have had the opportunity to go to Cuba twice over the last 3 years and it is my hope that nothing that we do here will sabotage this possible bridge from the United States to Cuba.

I think The Netherlands and Canada are the chief trading partners with Cuba.

Americans can go to North Korea. We can go to Russia. We can go to Venezuela. We can't go to Cuba.

I agree that it is--we are not there yet.

I want to talk about the mandatory arbitration.

I think it is important that from time to time we erase the mystification around the Fed.

I associate myself with the comments he made earlier, because I think munis are the mother's milk for municipal development.

Owning a home is a part of the American Dream. It is a person's private piece of paradise.

Not to be argumentative, but the Secretary was mayor of San Antonio, the second-largest city in Texas. I was mayor of the largest city in the State of Missouri.

I thank the ranking member. This legislation is very likely going to be approved, and that is sad for a number of reasons. {time} 1845 Let me just declare here what I declare in my district and anywhere else. I believe in earmarks because…

Thank you, first, Mr. Murphy, and to the chair, ranking member, and the chairman of the committee. Mr. Chairman, our amendment would transfer a modest amount, as Mr. Murphy stated, $1 million, from the Corps' expense account to the…

Thank you, Mr. Blumenauer. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to be here, particularly with Mr. Blumenauer and Mr. Garamendi, who spoke earlier, because they have long histories--longer, in fact, than I have been in the House--of…

I hate discrimination and all of its manifestations.

The one department that I think the whole world recognized as having the most serious problems in the Federal Government on the issue of discrimination was the Department of Agriculture.

Commemorating the centennial of World War I has been, in many ways, a labor of love for me since I entered Congress almost 10 years ago.

It is important to note that no other World War I memorial site was attended by such an impressive ensemble of dignitaries.

This discussion tonight is, I think, exemplary of the dysfunctionality of this place. No matter whose fault it is, we are not serving the public. I just came in from the break on a Third World road from Dulles Airport here to the Capitol…

Before you is a picture, a contemporary picture of the World War I monument in Kansas City, Missouri, the tallest and most majestic of the World War I monuments. Today, we are here in an unprecedented show of bipartisanship on this…

Due to an oversight, I missed the vote on Conference Report on H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act on May 20th, 2014. I had intended to vote ``aye'' on rollcall vote 220, Agreeing to the Conference Report on H.R…

I tend to probably side with you on 99 percent of everything you said, but I am shocked that anybody would be shocked--

My Special Order deals with the very difficult and even painful subject of Rwanda. Mr. Speaker, there is an ancient story about Rwanda. It is one from which a number of meanings can be extracted. We are here today because we remember the…

Thank you to Mr. Welch, who is a very conscientious Member of this body. We appreciate his sensitivity, as well as that of many others who probably will not be here on the floor. I will state again, because Congressman Welch has mentioned…

I thank the distinguished whip for his comments and for, frankly, requesting that we have the opportunity this evening to remember those horrific events in world history. As the whip said, we must declare ``never again,'' and it must be…

Thank you, Mr. Cohen. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire about the remaining time? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 28 minutes remaining.