Joe Crowley

I thank the gentlelady for her remarks. I thank all the members of the New York delegation, as well as Ms. Pelosi, the Democratic leader, for their remarks today and remembrance of the great Governor of the State of New York, Mario Cuomo…

Well done, my friend from Brooklyn and Queens. Mr. Speaker, I now would like to yield to the gentlewoman from Flushing, Queens, New York, Ms. Grace Meng.

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, at this time, I ask the gentleman from Brooklyn and from Queens, Mr. Jeffries, for his comments.

Thank you, Mr. Nadler. I now yield to the gentlelady from Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan, Ms. Nydia Velaazquez.

I thank my friend from the Bronx. And I yield to the gentleman from Manhattan, Mr. Nadler.

Myself and other members of the New York delegation were not able to be here on swearing-in day because we were attending the funeral of former Governor Mario Cuomo in New York, and we were also not here to cast a vote for Speaker of the…

We welcome immigrants who are coming here to make a better life for themselves and for their children, but we also welcome those who are fleeing danger and violence, like these children from Central America.

The United States has long stood with those who are fleeing persecution and violence.

I was disappointed this summer when we didn't see that same commitment from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle.

I represent the 14th Congressional District in New York, which takes in parts of Queens and the Bronx.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good afternoon to you and to my good friend Ms. Lofgren, as well as Mr. Conyers and to Mr. Garcia from Florida.

Notification and information-sharing cannot become a way to target innocent children or the family members that are taking them in.

Just like we can't solve immigration reform by simply militarizing our border and pretending that solves the problem, we can't help these children by simply shutting them out and avoiding their needs.

We must recognize that our communities are best served when the children living here are in school and that they are healthy.

The July sentencing of five journalists to 10 years in prison and hard labor for reporting about an alleged government chemical weapons factory is outrageous.

I appreciate the comments from both sides here this afternoon.

These are problems for which there is no easy answer, and I welcome efforts to try and address these challenging social issues.

As we witness a deterioration of human rights and political stability in Burma, I believe the administration needs to reassess its strategy going forward.

the recent arrest of journalists and sentencing them to 10 years with hard labor is not consistent with actions of a democratic country.

This legislation will ensure that U.S. security assistance is not provided to the Burmese military until Congress receives assurances that both the Burmese Government and military have taken the appropriate actions to end human rights…

I have to say I have never heard of an election being considered free and fair if the opposition candidate is barred from serving as a leader in the Constitution.

ongoing attacks on minority groups like the Kachin and the Shan are inconsistent with a democratic system.

I thank my friend from Massachusetts for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, 102 years ago, I assume a very frightened 14-year-old boy made his way on a boat called the RMS Caronia from Cork, Ireland, with his mother on his way to the…

I hope that you would not interpret the words that I spoke as being political in the sense that everything that I talked about is in bill form and in legislation that we Democrats are in support of and would like to see advanced here in…

That is not political, that is a legislative position.