I thank the distinguished gentlewoman, Representative Beatty, from the great State of Ohio for her leadership and for moving us forward throughout the past several weeks as it relates to the Congressional Black Caucus' Special Order, this…

Well, it is a great question. I look at it in two ways. First, when you think about mass incarceration as a phenomenon, one that, hopefully, in this Congress we will be able to do something about, in recognition of the fact that America…

I thank the distinguished chair for pointing out that this is a simple question for Senate Republicans: Do your job consistent with your obligations and responsibilities under Article II, section 2 of the United States Constitution. The…

It is an honor and a privilege for me to once again stand on the floor of the House of Representatives along with my distinguished colleague from Ohio, Representative Joyce Beatty, coanchor of this CBC Special Order hour, this hour of…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Virginia for highlighting several important points, including the fact that there is no election year exception in Article II, section 2 of the United States Constitution. This is all in Mitch…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from California for making several important points as it relates to the absence of any partisanship exception in the United States Constitution, the absence of any exception whereby the Senate will do…

I thank the distinguished Democratic whip for a very insightful and powerful observation, for pointing that the very fabric of the United States Constitution is threatened by the willingness of Senate Republicans to abdicate their…

One of the concerns that I think we in the Congressional Black Caucus have as it relates to the Presidency of President Obama--and Representative Beatty pointed this out--is that there is a feeling in many corners of America that this…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman for those very powerful words. I can only hope, as we close this Special Order hour, that our colleagues from across this Capitol will see fit simply to adhere to their constitutional responsibilities…

I really appreciate that. As we are simply trying to point out, all we are asking for is for the Senate to adhere to its constitutional responsibilities and, when the President sends forth a nominee, to conduct a rigorous hearing process…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman for her wonderful thoughts and observations, and I look forward to our continued dialogue. It is now my honor and privilege to yield to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott), one of those individuals…

I look forward to seeing you in Brooklyn.

Well, she's acknowledged that she made a mistake when she used the super predator language. But I'm not going to outweigh 40 years of attract record of getting things done with one speech and one inappropriate phrase.

It's absolutely not a scintilla of evidence that's the fact that Hillary Clinton has maintained some sort of relationship with Wall Street as a senator from New York and thereafter.

Congress, in light of the silence that you have acknowledged at least as it relates to the Stored Communications Act, should step into the void to clarify the situation for all parties involved?

Compelling United States companies to violate, potentially as you have acknowledged, United States law by disclosing email content of non-U.S. citizens could possibly place United States businesses at a competitive disadvantage.

At the end of the day, in the absence of congressional action, at least as it relates to the specific circumstance that I laid out, is it fair to say that we could put a United States company in the position of providing email content…

My focus then is we had, and I guess because of what took place in the past, in 1977 we passed the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).

I would hope that we would also focus then on what else needs to be done, because we do need to make sure that--especially those individuals who were victimized by the financial crises.

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Ohio, Representative Beatty, my good friend, for those very kind words and, of course, for her tremendous leadership in anchoring and shepherding us here this evening in the same manner that she…

It is a great question. Unfortunately sort of the arc of history here in this great country of ours is that whenever progress has been made it has been followed by a backlash. Progress was made with the Reconstruction amendments. It was…

I thank my good friend and colleague for a very powerful presentation and for pointing out the sensibility of supporting all of the President's efforts, but particularly as they relate to the ATF, which is the Federal agency charged with…

I yield to the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Ms. Plaskett), a dynamic new Member of the House.

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman, my good friend from Illinois, for the very powerful presentation and for her steadfast leadership. Madam Speaker, one of the reasons we believe that Members of Congress need to act is that State laws…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman for the tremendous work you continue to do on the Judiciary Committee. I look forward to partnering with you. As you point out, the Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms. It should not…