Joe Crowley

The vote to table that you are speaking of will prevent this measure from coming to the floor today immediately. Is that not true? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The House will now consider the motion to table. The question is on the motion…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 223, nays 182, not voting 23, as follows: [Roll No. 172] YEAS--223 Abraham Aderholt Allen Amodei Arrington…

Will the Chair rule as to whether or not the House could consider this motion immediately? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The House will first consider the motion to table. If the motion fails, then the House could pursue other dispositions of…

I am asking on the underlying resolution before you, is it a privileged resolution? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair announced that the resolution qualified as privileged.

Could the House consider this motion immediately? The gentleman from New York requests: Can the House consider this motion immediately? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The House will first consider the pending motion to table.

I offer the resolution just noticed. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Womack). The Clerk will report the resolution. The Clerk read as follows: H. Res. 856 Whereas, Father Patrick Conroy has served honorably as House Chaplain since May 25 of…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by a 5-minute vote on agreeing to the Speaker's…

I thank my friend and colleague from New York (Mr. Nadler) for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Goodlatte, Ranking Member Nadler, Congressman Doug Collins, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, and all of my friends on the Judiciary…

I thank my friend and colleague from the Bronx, New York (Mr. Engel). He has been a true friend for many, many, many years. I thank him for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in full support today of S. 447, the Justice for…

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…

It is with a heavy heart that I rise to remember my colleague from New York, the former dean of our delegation and the first woman to chair the House Rules Committee, Louise McIntosh Slaughter. Louise was a wonderful soul whose love of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I have been hearing a lot from my friends on the other side of the aisle about soul-searching. Now that they have passed a $2 trillion-plus tax plan, my Republican colleagues say they are…

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…

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

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

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.

This is not a Republican or a Democratic cause.

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.

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. 709 Resolved, That the following named Member be and is hereby elected to…

Objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard. The question is on the motion for a call of the House offered by the gentleman from Kentucky. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to…

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.