I thank the gentleman for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2952. As my ranking member, Mr. Thompson, has said, for the Department of Homeland Security to be effective in its cybersecurity…

Again, I thank the ranking member for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 2519, the National Cybersecurity Protection Act of 2014. We have worked long and hard to develop and describe how DHS can best accomplish its…

I want to thank the distinguished ranking member from the District of Columbia, Ms. Holmes Norton, for yielding me this time, and I want to thank the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Chaffetz) for his leadership on these very important matters of…

Hands up, don't shoot. I thank my colleague and friend, Mr. Jeffries of Brooklyn, New York, for his tremendous leadership both here in Washington, D.C., and at home in New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join my colleagues in the…

I have no more speakers. If the gentleman from Texas has no more speakers, then, in closing, I urge the passage of H.R. 3696. It is legislation that will enhance DHS' ability to execute its cybersecurity mission. I am particularly pleased…

The United States is now considered a destination country according to the United States Department of State. Yes, Mr. Speaker, you heard it correctly. Human trafficking isn't something that is just occurring in other countries or other…

I thank the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Bass) for her tireless commitment to the children of our Nation's child welfare system and for extending time to speak on this timely and important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in…

On rollcall No. 428 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I thank the ranking member who has done a yeoman's job in helping alongside our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to move this forward. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Homeland Security has a great stake…

Men and women that risk their positions and paychecks to make their workplace, their communities, and the Nation more secure deserve access to meaningful whistleblower protections. Should H.R. 4007 be approved today, I would put…

I thank the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Horsford) for his leadership and for being willing to be one of our distinguished anchors of the Congressional Black Caucus' Special Order, along with Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, who hails from…

I thank the gentleman from Brooklyn, New York (Mr. Jeffries), my good friend and colleague, for yielding, and the gentleman from Nevada, the Honorable Mr. Horsford, for anchoring the Special Orders of the Congressional Black Caucus. I join…