Mr. Speaker, one of the things that's been troubling to me and to many of the people that I represent back home in Brooklyn and parts of Queens has been to witness the attack on organized labor, on unions all across the country…

I do think it is important to make the point that I agree we have had a very uneven economic recovery.

Poverty is not a white issue, or a black issue, or a Latino issue. It is not a rural issue, or an urban issue, or a suburban issue. It is not a Democratic issue, or an Independent issue, or a Republican issue. It is an American issue, and…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Texas. We've come a long way in America. But we, of course, still have a ways to go. I yield back the balance of my time.

I'm going to now turn to the distinguished gentlelady from the Virgin Islands, Dr. Donna Christensen.

I thank the distinguished gentlelady for those very powerful remarks and observations. I now yield to the distinguished gentleman from Houston, Texas, a fighter for civil rights and equality prior to arriving in the Congress and during his…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Texas. We, unfortunately, are approaching the close of this Special Order. To close us out in the remaining time we have Representative Marc Veasey from Dallas, who's done a tremendous job as a…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from New York for his very insightful, passionate, and wonderful remarks as they relate to the situation that we in America find ourselves in today, the way forward, as well as an understanding of why we…

I thank the distinguished gentlelady from Texas for her very thoughtful and eloquent remarks. We in the CBC simply want a justice system that is color blind. That should be our goal, our objective, our mission here in America. We can't…

I thank Congressman Payne for those very eloquent remarks and for noting the conversation that he had with his young son, conversations that have been taking place in the aftermath of this verdict in households all across this country…

I thank the distinguished chair of the CBC. Our objective here today, as part of our mission in the Congress, is really just to make sure that all Americans, regardless of skin color, have access to the American Dream, have an opportunity…