I want to give special thanks to Representatives Issa and Nadler for introducing the CLASSICS Act, which protect pre-1972 recordings.

Those were the words of the Founders of this great country, who recognized it was important that the creative community deserved to be able to benefit from the fruits of their labor.

I want to thank Representative Collins and Representative Jeffries and all that you have done and that you have chosen to sponsor this bill.

Chairman Issa and I introduced the CLASSICS Act, H.R. 3301, an updated pre-1972 provision.

This will dramatically improve fairness for songwriters in terms of how their work is valued.

If music has the power to bring together a conservative Republican from rural Georgia with a progressive Democrat from Brooklyn, New York, we should have the power to get something done on behalf of the music community.

I think we are charged to do as members of the Judiciary Committee, who have responsibility for all things constitutional, in the context of the music space is really just to bring to life at this moment in time Article I, Section 8…

Thanks to tireless work by Representatives Collins and Jeffries, the Music Modernization Act is endorsed not just by songwriters and publishers but by digital music services.

He and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries have led our industry into a new era of cooperation with the introduction of the Music Modernization Act of 2017.

I thank the distinguished gentleman from California for yielding and for his forceful advocacy and brilliant articulation of the GOP tax scam and all that it represents. It really is a wolf in sheep's clothing. It is the ultimate hustle…

It certainly is the case that because of the GOP tax scam, because of the $1.5 trillion in additional debt that we, as a country, will now have to shoulder so that massive tax cuts can be provided to millionaires, billionaires, special…

Absolutely. And I found this sort of whole discussion of trying to punish taxpayers in California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, and Pennsylvania to benefit States in the Deep South or other parts of the country that already…

It is totally outrageous, and it is exactly why the gentleman's concern about what our colleagues may be attempting to do with respect to the infrastructure bill is real. Because what we have just seen is an effort to massively transfer…

I think that is exactly right. The gentleman's concerns and suspicions are well-founded based upon the approach that was taken by this Congress on the other side of the aisle in connection with the tax bill. So the individual tax cuts, to…

I look forward continuing to work together for the gentleman's advocacy. We will dissect this tax bill for the American people, continue to discuss it, expose its fraudulent nature, and also lay out in clear terms the better deal we are…

Yogi Berra once said: ``It is like deja vu all over again.'' So today we are back on the House floor after this big, dramatic celebration of this supposedly historic bill, a Republican tax bill that really is nothing more than a wolf in…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Hanabusa) for yielding, as well as for her leadership. I also thank Chairman Bishop for his leadership in helping to move this legislation forward. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of…

The Republican tax scam will raise taxes on 36 million middle class Americans, undermine Medicare, and explode the deficit. It will saddle our children and grandchildren with more than $1 trillion in additional debt simply to pay for an…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from California for yielding and for her leadership as well as her support, in addition to Ranking Member Grijalva, Chairman Bishop, Chairman LaMalfa, and the entire committee for moving this bill…

While House Democrats continue to focus on better jobs, better wages, and a better future for the American people, House Republicans have put forward a phony, fraudulent, and fake tax reform plan. The Republican tax scam will raise taxes…

The Attorney General of the United States of America should not be held to a different standard than the young police officer whose life you ruined by prosecuting him for perjury.

Last night all throughout our great country, hatred lost in America; fear-mongering lost in America, race- baiting lost in America, xenophobia lost in America, homophobia lost in America, Confederate monuments lost in America, the war on…

Another day, another tragedy here in America. These are difficult times in this country, and it seems that we have spent the last several months careening from one tragedy to the next: from the congressional baseball shooting to…

We've got 17 different intelligence agencies that have concluded that Russia interfered with the election for the purpose of electing Donald Trump.

I thank Representative Jayapal, my good friend and tremendous colleague on both the House Budget Committee and the House Judiciary Committee, the distinguished gentlewoman from the great State of Washington, for her tremendous advocacy…