I thank the distinguished chairwoman for her insightful, thorough remarks. I now yield to the distinguished gentlewoman from the great State of Texas, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who has joined us today to share her remarks and…

This is day 11 of the reckless Republican shutdown of the United States Government, and you have still failed to provide a way out of the mess that you have created. The communities that I represent in Brooklyn and Queens are still…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from the Silver State, my good friend, Representative Horsford, for his tremendous leadership for anchoring this CBC Special Order. And it's my honor and my privilege to join him today, during this…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Wisconsin, the badger State, for yielding me some time, for your tremendous leadership in anchoring this Progressive Caucus Special Order week after week after week, carrying forward in such a…

Since March or April of this year. And, Congressman, you raise an interesting point. I think this is important to clarify for the American people. Our friends on the other side of the aisle have said, Well, we want a changed set of law. We…

I thank the distinguished gentlelady from New York. Mr. Speaker, the House GOP has once again exposed its extremism for all of the American people to see. The resolution that underlies this rule is dead on arrival in the Senate and will…

I think it would be irresponsible to simply attempt to hold hostage the full faith and credit of the United States of America.

And we lost approximately 600,000 jobs during that 8-year period.

Under the 8 years of the Clinton administration the so-called confiscation tax rate was 39.6 percent.

And under this confiscation rate, approximately 20 million jobs were created in America.

It is clear to me that reasonable people should be able to agree that online piracy is a significant problem, deserves to be addressed.

Thank you, Congresswoman Beatty, for those very comprehensive, thoughtful, and insightful remarks, and for pointing out, of course, the historic connection between the struggle for civil rights here in America and the organized labor…

Thank you, Representative Veasey, for your very eloquent thoughts and observations. Of course, we understood that Dr. King was very close with organized labor, with 1199 in New York, with the retail workers, and a variety of other unions…

One of the things that's been troubling to me and to many of the people that I represent back home in Brooklyn and parts of Queens has been to witness the attack on organized labor, on unions all across the country. Particularly in 2011…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina for those observations and for your continued leadership here in the Congress. I would ask the Speaker how much time is remaining on this Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The…

It is an honor and a privilege, Mr. Speaker, to once again have this opportunity to stand here on the floor of the House of Representatives and to anchor the CBC Special Order where, for the next 60 minutes, members of the Congressional…

I thank my good friend from New Jersey for those very insightful and thoughtful observations. I think the organized labor movement has a pretty simple objective in that a hard day's work should be compensated by a good day's pay; and…

I do think it is important to make the point that I agree we have had a very uneven economic recovery.

Poverty is not a white issue, or a black issue, or a Latino issue. It is not a rural issue, or an urban issue, or a suburban issue. It is not a Democratic issue, or an Independent issue, or a Republican issue. It is an American issue, and…

I thank the distinguished chair of the CBC. Our objective here today, as part of our mission in the Congress, is really just to make sure that all Americans, regardless of skin color, have access to the American Dream, have an opportunity…

It is my honor and my privilege once again to anchor this CBC Special Order where, for the next 60 minutes, the members of the Congressional Black Caucus will have an opportunity to speak directly to the American people on the important…

I'm going to now turn to the distinguished gentlelady from the Virgin Islands, Dr. Donna Christensen.

I thank Congressman Payne for those very eloquent remarks and for noting the conversation that he had with his young son, conversations that have been taking place in the aftermath of this verdict in households all across this country…

I thank the distinguished gentlelady from New York. The conversation on race is not an easy one, but certainly is a necessary one here in America and one that should be embraced because the diversity of our society, as the gentleman from…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from New York for his very insightful, passionate, and wonderful remarks as they relate to the situation that we in America find ourselves in today, the way forward, as well as an understanding of why we…