I thank the distinguished gentleman from New York for his always eloquent and poignant observations. Let me now yield to one of my dynamic colleagues on the Judiciary Committee, the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas, Representative…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman for her observations. Mr. Speaker, we are here as members of the Congressional Black Caucus to have an open, honest, and direct dialogue with America. In a democracy, there has to be a balance between…

those are all individual factors that will be assessed by the Department of Homeland Security to determine eligibility.

It is an honor and a privilege to once again have this opportunity to stand on the House floor and to anchor the Congressional Black Caucus' Special Order hour, where today we want to discuss some of the issues and challenges confronting…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Texas for his very thoughtful and eloquent observations. I think it is so important that you pointed out the President's place in the context of his legacy relating to his election because I believe…

Thank you, Congresswoman Lee, for your very eloquent observations and for laying out a clear pathway as it relates to many of the challenges that we have got to confront here in America and certainly amongst those challenges that you spoke…

Thank you, Congressman Lewis, for those very eloquent thoughts and for continuing to really function as the conscience of the CBC as our caucus functions as the conscience of the Congress. Mr. Speaker, it is now my distinct honor and…

I thank the distinguished chair for her observations and, certainly, for pointing out that, while we should be coming together to march toward perfecting our Union, there are some, inexplicably, who want to march toward impeachment before…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Oregon for yielding as well as for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, once again, as we stand on the brink of a 7-week recess, we are here in this Chamber considering a package of warmed-over bills that…

I thank my distinguished colleague from the Silver State for anchoring the CBC Special Order on this incredibly important topic related to the ongoing problem, I would argue, epidemic, of police violence largely directed at communities of…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from New York for yielding. ``Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free.'' Those words appear on the Statue of Liberty that stands tall in New York Harbor. Today, we…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from the Empire State for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this lawsuit is nothing more than a waste of time and a coverup with respect to the House Republicans' failure to effectively govern. You have failed to…

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior, once insightfully and eloquently observed that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. In the wake of the current conflict between Israel and Hamas, there has been a disturbing…

I thank the gentlewoman from Illinois. Let me now yield to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Payne). Although he does not have on one of his signature ties, he is the informal chair of the ``bowtie caucus'' and someone who has been a…

I thank the distinguished gentleman for those observations. Under the House majority, the agenda has constituted the following: delay, destroy, defund, and delegitimize. We just want to tackle issues relevant to the American people. Let's…

Chief Justice Rehnquist, in an opinion in 1997, Raines v. Byrd, made the point that individual Members of Congress do not have standing to bring lawsuits in court if they cannot point to a particularized or personal injury, which the GOP…

I thank the distinguished chairlady of the CBC. The people of America deserve a Congress that does the business of the people and that deals with real issues that impact working families, the middle class, senior citizens, the poor, the…

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Payne) for those very poignant observations. I think, as you have pointed out, we are in a divided government context, and we understand there are going to be policy disagreements, but the…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Wisconsin for her very eloquent and sharp observations with respect to the lack of merit to the GOP lawsuit that they are going to proceed with this week. We now have also been joined by the…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from California. In the 113th Congress, we have had sequestration, $85 billion in randomly spread-out cuts across our budget impacting the American economy. We have had a government shutdown that was…

I thank the distinguished gentleman for his observations and for pointing out the many issues that we in the House of Representatives could be addressing this week to deal with quality of life concerns of the American people, but instead…

It is my honor and my privilege to coanchor today's CBC Special Order, along with my good friend and distinguished colleague from the Silver State, Representative Steven Horsford. Every Monday when Congress is in session, we have an…

the notion that Federal criminal defense has simply become negotiation efforts toward resolution.

I thank my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from the Badger State, for yielding to me, as well as for the tremendous leadership that you continue to exhibit week after week in leading the Congressional Progressive Caucus' Special…

there has got to be some way to reign in the inappropriate exercise of prosecutorial decision-making.