Donald M. Payne: “Your guidance will help us to target our efforts in alleviating some of these terrible injustices.”

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for yielding to me. Madam Chair, I will follow up with the last two colleagues of mine, the gentlewoman from California and the previous speaker. We cannot have what happened in the 1980s and 1990s of…

In addition, we have supported the work of the House Democratic Partnership, so ably led by two of our good friends and colleagues, David Price and Peter Roskam, both of whom will be with us today. The HDP aims to support the legislative…

I thank the ranking member, Mr. Thompson, for the opportunity to speak here today. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 2. During the nearly 17 hours that the Committee on Homeland Security met to consider the border bill offered by…

I was unable to cast my vote for Roll Call Votes Nos. 124 through 134. Had I been present, I would have voted: ``Nay'' on Roll Call Vote No. 124, Motion on Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 1149; ``No'' on Roll Call Vote No. 125…