When I was sworn in to office, I made a commitment to support and defend the Constitution of these United States. Our President's latest actions have shown us that we cannot trust him to do the same. Whether it is a lapse of judgment or…

I think I can say safely, Mr. Chairman, that this committee has a bipartisan position in support of full funding for the State Department.

We sort of like turned our heads, we fell asleep at the wheel. We have this attitude of benign neglect for the region that has allowed for these new scenarios to develop which have contributed to adverse relationships with the United…

And in fact, we saw the Chinese and the Russians, Iran, and even radical groups like Hezbollah establish themselves right in the region because of our benign neglect.

Certainly, I concur with the witnesses and I thank you for your testimony, that the political instability in Latin America and the Caribbean has been a major hurdle for economic development, in general, particularly energy independence…

I strongly oppose this bill. We all should. Protecting ACA is the top issue for my constituents. Constituents like Leslie Gauthier who, without the protections of the ACA, would not have gotten the treatment for leukemia that she was…

I include in the Record a letter from AFSCME which states this bill would cause millions to lose their health coverage and return to the days when even inadequate coverage was unaffordable. AFSCME, May 3, 2017. House of Representatives…

I am pleased that we found a solution to keep the government open through October and that this deal does not include funding for President Trump's border wall, nor does it eliminate money for sanctuary cities. These are several issues…

I offered an amendment during the markup of this bill which would have stopped this legislation from enabling bad actors to cheat workers out of their pay. It would have exempted willful and repeated violators of the minimum wage and…

I am also proud to lend my support for the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017.

The American people have this to learn: 'Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them…

I am asking President Trump to reverse his course on the executive order and to come to Congress with a long-term foreign policy strategy on Syria.