I will lead by example by always keeping the lives of everyday Americans at the center of our work.

Even in the minority, we have leveraged the committee's substantial talent to empower our membership, derail the majority's attempts to launch baseless impeachment proceedings against President Biden.

This is not a position I seek lightly. The responsibility of leading Democrats on the House Oversight Committee during Donald Trump's second term in the White House is a profound and consequential one.

We must do all that we can, now, to mark a different future for the American people—one that inspires us to reject the siren calls of division, corruption, and authoritarianism.

I urge the passage of H.R. 7508, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I urge the passage of H.R. 9549, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I urge the passage of H.R. 9285, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I urge the passage of H.R. 8868, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I do not think that that is something that can be ascribed to the nonpartisan public servants who simply have to carry out his own orders

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank my colleague, Representative Mfume, for presenting this tremendously important legislation. What else can there be said about the great chairman, Elijah E. Cummings? He was a father, mentor…

I have no further speakers. I urge the passage of H.R. 8641, and I yield back the balance of my time.

cutting a Census short, when the Trump Administration pushed to cut the Census count short, he was hurting areas that were rural