Mark Walker

This week marks 56 years since the vicious murders of Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Morris Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Carol Denise McNair at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan.

I want to thank Chairman Rose, Chairwoman Rice, and Ranking Member Higgins, for holding this important joint hearing on the opioid crisis, which knows no social status and has no party affiliation.

In my Congressional District, deaths related to fentanyl increased 195 percent between 2016 and 2017 from 64 fatalities to 189 fatalities.

RFRA has never been used that way, and if anyone attempted to, they would lose because the government has a compelling interest in eradicating discrimination based on race.

It is clear that technology is not a silver bullet for identifying and removing extremist content.

AI has the potential to address a variety of major global issues, and research and developmental is happening across all sectors.

The ingenuity and superiority of the U.S. private sector continues to drive the development of new technologies.

As being both from North Carolina, we saw the reproach that took place that was very disgusting, as far as broke down the confidence that people had in whether their votes were being counted.

We can no longer ignore the most notable threat to our election security.

I do want to acknowledge that this country has made great strides in stepping out this bigotry and these racist thugs and the damage that they would try and do.

The horrible attacks on Easter targeting Christians in Sri Lanka and the recent release of a new video of ISIS-leader al Baghdadi demonstrate that the group remains a threat.

These scholarships provide a lifeline to students who would not have opportunities to achieve academic success otherwise.

Early this year, I introduced the SOAR Reauthorization Act of 2019. This legislation reauthorizes the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program for 5 years, providing low-income students in the District of Columbia scholarships to attend…

The security and the facilitation of people and goods crossing the U.S. borders is one of the fundamental responsibilities of the Government.

The bottom line is that one terrorist slipping through these lines is unacceptable.

I oppose this amendment and would urge its defeat.

To be clear, this amendment does not require States to turn over noncitizens for prosecution; it simply allows States to do so while not protecting those that represent their immigration status for the purpose of voter registration.

all work has dignity

It is very frustrating, to Ms. Maloney's point, of something that was created, and not too many years ago, by the House, by Congress itself, and to see this kind of rampant behavior.

If I could take just a moment, I would like to say thank you for your leadership. You have been the voice of justice, not just for today but for more than 7 years.

I think we have failed the American people when we begin to perpetrate the idea that by adding people more to a program somehow creates a success.

This is about hope, not judgment. This is about being able to help families and people find a way to fulfill their God-given gifts and skills and talents, with which we are all uniquely created.

When we put up roadblocks--to me, that is a travesty--to be able to encourage and to motivate people back into the work force.

Under the Obama administration, SNAP recipients went from 28 million to 44 million. That is a 64 percent increase.

Our ultimate goal would be, how do we transition people off the government entitlement programs such as SNAP?