Donald M. Payne: “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for calling this very important hearing. And it is actually shocking to hear what…”

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…

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for her leadership in this Congress on these important Special Order hours that the CBC has been involved in. She has done an exemplary job in making sure she is able to rally the cattle and keep them…

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 thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank my colleague, Mr. Jackson of the great State of Illinois, for the opportunity to speak with you today. Let me acknowledge my colleagues who are leading this fight, the Honorable Cori Bush…