Tom Malinowski: “Democracy is nothing without checks on government power; it requires a strong, independent judiciary, a free press…”

I came here with ambitious goals, of course. And I think we met a lot of those goals: the biggest investment in American infrastructure in our country's history.

In closing, Mr. Speaker, I just want to thank, again, my colleagues, Chairman Meeks and Ranking Member McCaul, for introducing this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues will join me in supporting it, and I yield back the balance…

It is about human beings. Their humanity is being assaulted and they are being put in harm's way by virtue of how they look.

I wanted to take a moment to thank her for the hard work and the many years that she has been a leader on this committee.