Joe Crowley

I think the American people, they are looking for transformation in government. And this is a transformative time.

I think it`s bad for Democrats writ large. It`s bad for the president in not being able to move his agenda, when both the House and the Senate are controlled by Democrats.

It's so obnoxious, so obscene to see him actually pushing the Justice Department to go after his political enemies.

He's got to be really -- he's flailing already. You can see how he's attacking Kristen Welker, you know, she's partisan, she's this, she's that, almost like setting up the debate for failure, that it's already going to be a failure for him…

But we have to get that vote and continue to do that, I think, to see Joe Biden and Kamala Harris elected.

I would hope that, for the record, our witnesses would tell us what we can do to illustrate to the entire Muslim world what China is doing not only to the Uighurs but in support of the Burmese regime.

We passed it through the committee. We need to pass it on the floor.

If the government of Burma, Myanmar, will not protect the people of north Rakhine State, then maybe that State should be part of another nation or independent.

We would not have to wait for a determination. It would not be just aimed at one or two individuals, but would affect the regime.

In case the gentleman was going to yield back, I just want to thank my staff as well, both those who worked back in 2004 to help pass the original legislation, and my staff today. In particular, I want to thank my chief of staff back home…

And it requires the training of foreign service officers on how to take steps to recognize and prevent genocide and other atrocities. It is not as strong a bill as Representative Wagner and I would have liked it to have been. I know we…

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 833 Resolved, That the following named Members be and are hereby elected to…

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 816 Resolved, That the following named Member be and is hereby elected to…

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 764 Resolved, That the following named Members be and are hereby elected to…

This is not a Republican or a Democratic cause.

The main problem is that the administrative funding for SSA has been seriously hurt since my Republican colleagues have taken office.

There is a simple fix to the problem, which is to provide funds to help process benefits and adjudications.

Americans are quite literally dying while they were waiting for their benefits to be approved.

Social Security is what keeps millions of Americans from abject poverty.

Congressman Crowley is the lead Democrat sponsor on this legislation.

The AMP Act codifies the producer's right to collect the royalties we are owed, extending for the first time copyright protections to studio professionals.

I was so heartened by the efforts from Congressman Joe Crowley and Tom Rooney in 2015, and again last year, to introduce the Allocation for Music Producers Act, or the AMP Act.

Urban communities, particularly communities of color, must be a part of this conversation, and they must be a part of the solution to this terrible and growing problem.

As we work to address the opioid epidemic, I encourage this Administration and my colleagues in Congress to work toward a more holistic approach that focuses on treatment rather than punishment.