Joe Morelle: “We all agree, ballot initiatives are a basic expression of our uniquely American expression of self-government.”

Mr. Speaker, I do want to say my distinguished colleague from Florida conveniently left out one part of what this bill does, which is to share your personal, private data with the Department of Homeland Security. From this point forward…

I think for all the reasons that have been described, this is an important part of maintaining the history of the last 250 years and making certain that we preserve this so that future generations will know how we got here and how we see…

Very, very thoughtful, because in the next several days, if they haven’t already, Americans are going to start getting their health insurance premium bills.

Allowing the buildings we work in to deteriorate around us is a fitting illustration of the broader failure to strengthen and sustain Congress’ Article 1 powers under the Constitution.