I just want to thank the Department of Justice for the tremendous work you have done in securing these robust settlements.

Now, in terms of the enhanced pleading, I would note that when the Private Securities Litigation Reform action or Act was passed...

I want to explore this issue of trying to help through the Innovation Act startup companies, tech entrepreneurs, young inventors, and others, the small inventor, which is of particular importance to me.

I am sensitive to the concern as it relates to separation of powers, one that I think the Judiciary Committee should take seriously...

This collapse was in large measure triggered by the reckless behavior of some financial institutions.

I thank my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from Queens, for anchoring this Special Order hour and for yielding a few moments for me to reflect on the passing of our great Governor, Mario Cuomo. Mr. Speaker, like many other members…

It is my honor to represent one of the most diverse districts in the entire Congress. Approximately 33 percent of the people whom I represent were born outside of the United States of America. Folks from all over the world come to Brooklyn…

We have got, of course, three branches of Government, all of which are coequal and all of which are incredibly important to our democracy.

there's no way that DHS can deport 11 million undocumented immigrants because it does not have the resources to do so

I ask unanimous that all Members be given 5 days to revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York? There was no objection.

``hands up, don't shoot'' is a rallying cry of people all across America who are fed up with police violence in community after community after community, fed up with police violence in Ferguson, in Brooklyn, in Cleveland, in Oakland, in…

I thank the chair for her eloquent remarks. People have asked all over the country, in some quarters, perhaps in the Congress, and in the city, why are people upset? Well, you had an unarmed individual, Michael Brown, who had no criminal…

We have come a long way. We still have a long way to go. We look forward to marching toward a more perfect Union. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I thank Congresswoman Kelly. We are here today to begin a conversation about a fair, equitable, and colorblind criminal justice system. That should be something that all Americans embrace, and that is what we are going to work toward as we…

I thank Congresswoman Jackson Lee, and I thank Congressman Gohmert for the time. {time} 2030

this is not a group exemption. And I think that has just been a blanket misrepresentation.

As we prepare to conclude, let me, again, thank Mr. Gohmert for this gracious act of bipartisanship, and I yield to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Kelly).

I thank my good friend, a very important member of the Judiciary Committee, for graciously yielding a few moments for us to close this very important Special Order. I yield to Congresswoman Joyce Beatty to finish her remarks as we prepare…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Maryland. I now yield to one of my colleagues in the freshman class, soon to be a dynamic sophomore, the distinguished gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. Beatty).

I thank the distinguished gentleman for his eloquent remarks. Mr. Speaker, let me now yield to the distinguished gentleman from Maryland, the great Elijah Cummings, for his remarks. {time} 2015

Thank you, Congresswoman Clarke. Mr. Speaker, Akai Gurley in Brooklyn did not deserve to die. Tamir Rice in Cleveland did not deserve to die. Michael Brown in Ferguson did not deserve to die. The Congressional Black Caucus is determined to…

It is now my honor and privilege to yield to the gentlewoman from New York, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, my good friend. She is a distinguished Congresswoman who represents the neighboring district at home in Brooklyn. She is a fighter for…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Texas. Mr. Speaker, how much time do we have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has approximately 14 minutes remaining.

I thank my friend, the distinguished gentleman from New York, for his very eloquent and thoughtful remarks, as always. And now it is my honor and my privilege to yield to a great civil rights leader, a former judge, the distinguished…

I thank the distinguished gentlelady from Texas for lending her powerful voice to this issue. We want a fair, impartial, and color-blind criminal justice system. But if we are honest with ourselves, that doesn't exist for all Americans…