Emanuel Cleaver

I am one of the victims myself, as my congressional office was firebombed.

I don't think there is much question that that attack was motivated by white nationalism.

My belief is that this is the time for us to be more creative.

A majority of the domestic terrorism cases investigated are motivated by some version of what you might call white supremacist violence.

I thank the gentlewoman for her work in this area, which is desperately needed. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak on today's Transgender Day of Remembrance. For 20 years, November 20 has marked a solemn day in the LGBTQ-plus community…

I request permission to speak for 1 minute out of turn. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Missouri?

I need it to be changed. Can you change it by the time I come back next week?

we got to stop paying these people who are putting their lives on the line a pittance.

I thank the chairwoman for her work in this area, and for allowing those of us who are interested in this legislation to play a major role. As many of my colleagues are aware, national security is one of the most pressing matters facing…

I think a deep dive is needed into doing that, and so my question is, will you look at that but also look at the fact that it may take something else to fix it other than just saying, well, this happens on a cold day and people are nervous…

One of the things we have agreed on--the Democrats and Republicans--is that we pay our staffs insufficiently, and one of the recommendations that I am 100 percent behind is when we make our recommendations, we will be figuring out a way to…

I think we are in a good spot. We are within 500 miles of the geographical and population centers of the country.

The digital technologies are transforming the whole U.S. economy and the financial landscape.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And first of all, I would like to thank you for your visionary leadership in calling this meeting together.

I want to thank Congresswoman Davids for--and this is good stuff. This is visionary stuff.

Missouri delegation, we are the only delegation that can meet without people bringing guns and swords and knives.

I think we ought to try to become the Midwest technology hub.

I think there are probably nine of us on this committee who were here on the day that we were informed by Ben Bernanke, Henry Paulson, and Sheila Bair, and it was one of the most awful days of my political career.

We had individuals who publicly, right in this committee, said that there was great intentionality in targeting Brown and Black individuals to victimize.

It would just seem to me that if there is any place we are going to have some economic leniency, it ought to be in the prevention of us repeating what happened in 2008.

I was in here when Ben Bernanke, Christopher Cox, Sheila Bair, and Henry Paulson walked in to tell us that the financial system of this country was going down the drain by Monday.

If you steal some potato chips from 7-Eleven, you go to jail. If you steal $20 billion from the public and send people to the poor house, you go to Bermuda to play golf.

The tariffs are wreaking havoc all through the State of Missouri.

I disagree with my colleague, Congresswoman Garcia, when she said she couldn't think of anything she hated more than the payday lenders.

Congress shall form the grand inquisition of the Executive branch. I think that my children's children, and even their children, will study this era and say: That is when it got started.