G. K. Butterfield

Well said. Thank you.

I have been in Congress now for 15 years, serving as Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus.

Let us remember that 90 percent of those who are incarcerated are in state prisons, 10 percent are in Federal prisons.

Yes, we passed the First Step Act. I am very proud of the First Step Act. I voted for it, but it is only a first step.

We must invest significant resources at the Federal level.

This is not a political rally. This is not a town hall meeting.

I thank the chair of our committee for yielding me time this morning. Madam Speaker, I rise this morning in strong support of H.R. 2722. It is past time that this Congress act boldly in response to the foreign interference that took place…

Absolutely. There is no doubt that newborn screening is a vital preventive public health service that has led to better health outcomes for thousands, if not millions, of children.

I fully support its reauthorization. I was glad to see that the reauthorization bill that we are considering includes--it includes a study on how we can modernize newborn screening.

Yesterday, at World Tabernacle Church in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, I had one of the highest honors in my life, to speak at the funeral service for Private First Class William Hoover Jones who served in the Korean war. He went missing on…

This reporting requirement will ensure that we will know about suspicious activity within days instead of three years later.

I know exactly what happened in the North Carolina 9th District, and it was illegal and disgusting.

The requirement of individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballots is absolutely essential in the cyber age.

The American people want and deserve voter-verified paper ballots, and it is a major check against computer manipulation of the results.

That is not any kind of partisan invention, and it is something that should alarm every American of whatever political persuasion.

Requiring paper ballots will protect democracy, in my opinion.

Risk-limiting audits are really the gold standard of post-election audits.

I oppose the gentleman's amendment and support your amendment in the nature of a substitute.

Congress also has the power and the authority through Section 5 of the 14th Amendment to guarantee equal protection rights for everybody.

It is long past time for Congress to act boldly with legislation that responds to foreign interference that took place in our 2016 election to strengthen election security so we can protect our democracy from future attacks.

I just think we are going in the wrong direction.

The five Delegates have just advocated tirelessly and fiercely over the years for equal treatment for your people.

It has always perplexed me that we have treated the residents and the citizens of the territories different from those on the mainland.

I understand that the U.S. Virgin Islands will lose access to Federal funding provided under the ACA at the end of the year.

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 81, line 3, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $2,000,000)''. Page 90, line 6…