We want to ensure that votes are taken on bills that have substantial Democratic support and substantial Republican support so that the extremists aren't able to dictate the agenda.

We need to be able to stand with the Ukrainian people in its effort to defeat Vladimir Putin and Russian aggression.

We want to find a bipartisan path to reopening the House of Representatives so we can solve problems for the American people and stand with our friends like Israel, and Ukraine, and others throughout the free world. But the House…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) for her leadership and all of my colleagues in government. I rise today to have a conversation with the American people, so strap in because this may take a little while…

House Democrats have already intervened to prevent a government shutdown. House Democrats provided the majority of the votes on September 30th to avoid a government shutdown.

I thank my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from the great State of Texas and the all-American city of Laredo for yielding and for his continued leadership. I also have great respect for the distinguished gentleman from Ohio, the…

House Republicans continue to be in the midst of a civil war.

I thank the distinguished gentleman for yielding and for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this fake, phony, and fraudulent censure resolution brought against Adam Schiff, the distinguished gentleman from…

the proposed work rules are entirely unreasonable.

entirely unreasonable

The extreme MAGA Republican negotiating position... contained nothing that was consistent with Democratic values or American values.

I'm thankful that President Biden has reached a resolution.

President Biden has delivered a result that avoids a catastrophic default, that prevents us from our economy crashing, and stops the extreme MAGA Republicans from triggering a job-killing recession.

The reason why we're in this situation from the very beginning is that extreme MAGA Republicans made the determination that they were going to use the possibility of default to hold the economy and everyday Americans hostage, period, full…

We have to, of course, avoid a market crash. We have to avoid tanking the economy. We have to avoid a default.

I do expect that there will be Democratic support once we have the ability to actually be fully briefed by the White House.

This was Exhibit A of the trauma that America would see if we have another four years with President Trump.

I would love to, and I think we do in certain areas. For example, the REEF Act, we both worked together.

I certainly support the permitting efforts in there.

When you look at mainline derailments, we actually are at an all-time low for 2022.

I think the sooner we can get the results of investigations, the better.

rail is by far the safest way to move that, and so, we want to maximize all safety precautions regarding things along those lines.

We still have accidents, and accidents can have major impacts on communities.

Service, absolutely, in certain areas of the country is not where it needs to be and not where it historically has been.

I think, when you look at train length versus incident, there has not been any correlation there.