I think you are also familiar with the fact that according to the NYPD's own statistics, approximately 90 percent of the individuals who possibly had their Fourth Amendment rights violated because they were stopped, questioned, and frisked…

This institution is commonly referred to as the people's House. We have an obligation to address issues that impact all Americans. The sequestration cuts began as a slow burn but have increasingly caused pain for people all across this…

Thank you, Mr. Horsford, for once again co-anchoring this Special Order and for your tremendous leadership, and also thanks to Dr. Christensen. We are thankful for all that you have done in chairing the CBC Brain Trust on Health Care. The…

I thank the gentleman from the Silver State for those very astute observations. As Representative Horsford has pointed out, a budget essentially is a choice and a pathway forward that people in this Chamber are making decisions on based on…

I thank the distinguished Congresswoman from Ohio. I note the connection to Ohio State University that we share in my family. My brother is a professor of history at Ohio State's great institution. Your contribution to opening up…

Let me now yield to a great fighter for education and for social and economic justice here in the Congress and in this Nation, the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield). {time} 1640

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for his extremely insightful comments and for his leadership on this issue. We have also been joined by another dynamic member of the freshman class, who has taken the Capitol by storm with her…

It's an honor and a privilege to have the opportunity to stand here once again and to anchor the Congressional Black Caucus Special Order with my distinguished colleague from the Silver State, Steven Horsford. For the next 60 minutes…

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Again, I thank the Representative from New Jersey for making it clear that all children in this country deserve the opportunity to be part of a pipeline toward progress and prosperity, even though some…

I thank the gentleman from Nevada. We will not, as he indicated, support any budget that balances itself on the backs of children or young people or college students in America. Unfortunately, that is the budget that has been put forth by…

I want to thank the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey for his very astute observations. Mr. Speaker, how much time is remaining on this Special Order? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has approximately 5 minutes remaining.

Thank you, Representative Horsford. And as was noted earlier, the CBC believes that there are children all across America, in many inner-city communities, certainly in the neighborhoods that I represent back home in Brooklyn and places…

I thank Representative Scott. We both sit on the Judiciary Committee, and in the context of our service on the Judiciary Committee, we will be presented with an opportunity to deal with the issue of comprehensive immigration reform…

And that would include the war that was entered into as it relates to Iraq for weapons of mass destruction that were never found.

And most of the obligations that have already been incurred... relate to policies and decisions that were made during the eight years of the prior administration.

And that would include the prescription drug benefit backed by the pharmaceutical industry that was not paid for in 2003, correct?

One of the things, however, that became clear in the aftermath of the collapse in 2008... is that we needed to diversify our economy.

Thank you very much for your recognition. Under ordinary circumstances, I would stand before you today as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, where for the next 60 minutes the CBC would speak directly to the American people about…

And that would include the tax cut in 2001 and in 2003 that were not paid for, correct?

Now we have a constitutional obligation to protect the full faith and credit of the United States.

Am I correct, or is it fair to say that the 2001 Bush tax cut that was not paid for at the time by this Congress added to this country's debt burden?

We need to turn off the sequester as soon as possible. That is costing us hundreds of thousands of jobs, it is a self-inflicted wound.

We are at a very peculiar situation as it relates to our recovery under the president's administration.

the view that copyright law exists or should exist to serve the public interest, which I think is an assessment that all of us on this Committee share within the Congress

This is decision time in America. We are at a fork in the road, and we have an opportunity to go in either one of two directions. In one direction, the Democratic approach, we can take a balanced approach to dealing with the economic…