Yvette Clarke: “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I thank our ranking member, Mr. Shimkus, for convening this timely hearing on the…”

Just 700 miles from our border, the Nation of Haiti is facing an unprecedented crisis. Gangs control their capital city, Port-au-Prince, and every-day citizens are being terrorized by brutal murderers and kidnappings.

We are here today because Republicans are demagoguing and exploiting the xenophobic and white supremacist ideologies that are fueling the immigration debate in this Nation.

I rise to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the House. The form of the resolution is as follows: Censuring Representative Cory Mills. Whereas Representative Cory Mills has on several occasions conducted…

Let me first start by thanking Jennifer McClellan of Virginia and Jim Clyburn of South Carolina for anchoring this evening's Special Order hour on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus. I rise on this day in opposition to President…