I thank Chairman Jose Serrano, the distinguished gentleman from the Bronx, for his tremendous leadership here in the Congress and in connection with this bill. There is a growing culture of corruption that is festering within the…

It is never acceptable for a U.S. Presidential campaign to welcome assistance from a hostile foreign power.

It seems to me that there's a cloud of illegitimacy that continues to hang over 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

You believe that accepting and welcoming that assistance from Russia, a hostile foreign power, is disqualifying.

Budgets reflect our deepest values, our most important priorities.

We need a moral revolution of values that places the needs and demands of the poor and of the planet at the heart of the budget.

The traditional poverty measures don't actually capture the distressed conditions that the American people are confronting.

It seems to me that tackling the issue of poverty should be something that we do in a bipartisan way.

Poverty is people's creation. It is their creation of immoral budgets and unjust policies.

the traditional poverty measures don't actually capture the distressed conditions that the American people are confronting.

Together we developed a moral agenda, a moral agenda that calls for the elimination of systemic racism, and poverty, ecological devastation, and militarism in the war economy.

The Brown v. Board of Education decision was a historic and important step and a strong step in the right direction. We have come a long way in this country, but we still have a long way to go as it relates to providing equal access to…

Woman, let me first just thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Connecticut, the chair of the subcommittee, for her tremendous work in connection with this bill. The mission of the Office for Civil Rights is to ensure access to education…

Woman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds…

I thank the distinguished chair, and I thank my good friend, David Cicilline, for his extraordinary leadership on this incredibly important legislation. The words, ``We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created…

I thank the distinguished chair for his leadership on this critically important issue. The reckless and reprehensible Republican assault on healthcare is un-American, unconscionable, and unacceptable. This administration wants to take away…

Seventeen different intelligence agencies concluded that Russia attacked our democracy as part of an effort to try and artificially place someone at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 160 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 161. ____________________

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 114, after line 13, insert the following: (4) Common languages.--The Secretary of Labor shall ensure…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins), my colleague, the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, for his support. This is a nation of immigrants. We are a gorgeous mosaic of people from all across the…

So that means that there are still places in the United States of America where someone can be fired because of their gender identity or sexual orientation.

Many of my colleagues voted against equal pay for equal work, notwithstanding the fact that women are paid approximately 80 percent of what men are paid for doing the same job.

And still places in the United States of America where someone can be denied a loan because of their gender identity or sexual orientation?

the totality of the import of what Medicaid provides, I think, is well established

Can you give me a single example of the type of waste, fraud, and abuse that you are trying to address that would justify billions of dollars in cuts?