Let me also say how disgraceful the display of rhetoric here today targeting our Secretary was for this committee.

It has always been focused on the preservation, protection of the homeland.

Because the discussion that was held here today was disgraceful. Despicable.

As the daughter of immigrants, this I find the discussion here abhorrent. This is a Nation built by immigrants, for immigrants.

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick) for yielding, and I thank Mr. Jackson for co-anchoring this evening's Special Order hour. Mr. Speaker, I rise on this day praying for the speedy recovery of 16-year-old Ralph…

I think it is time that we get beyond performance art and get to comprehensive immigration reform.

I think, you know, it is time that we get beyond performance art and get to comprehensive immigration reform.

I thank the gentleman from Illinois, Jonathan Jackson, for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I rise on this day to acknowledge and thank Congresswoman Cori Bush and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley for their unyielding, unflinching, and…

it is time that we get beyond performance art and get to comprehensive immigration reform

Despite their tough talk about the need for rigorous border security, Republicans voted against this critical funding.

I believe that without mitigation against bias, platforms will continue to replicate, exacerbate discrimination that is illegal under civil rights law as well as exclude important dialogue about sensitive topics like race from occurring on…

Worse still, Republicans have proposed bills to effectively end asylum in this country.

I must remind my colleagues that the last time Republicans recklessly shut the Government down, they forced the dedicated members of the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, and other security agencies to work without pay for weeks…

Foreign adversaries having direct access to Americans' data as well as the ability to influence this content Americans see on a prolific social media platform represents an unprecedented threat to American security and to our democracy.

We need transparency, accountability, and bold action to mitigate against misinformation, bias, and exclusion of certain communities from the opportunities present on platforms like TikTok.

I urge our Senate colleagues to do your job. I mean, what is the problem? Follow the House's lead and pass legislation extending this critical authority.

How can we ensure that immigrants who are big contributors to the American economy can have lawful pathways?

The conflation of the opioid and fentanyl crisis with asylum seeking is quite unfortunate.

Our decades-long broken immigration system needs reform.

I rise on this day, the first day of Black History Month, unfortunately during a moment of unprecedented assaults on truth by those desperate to rewrite America's history. In this troubling time of banned books and canceled curriculums, it…

Democrats understand that our country cannot continue to invest in sources of energy that exacerbate environmental injustices, pollute our communities, and rely on marks dominated by foreign dictators.

I am deeply disappointed with the majority's failure to explicitly include any reference to environmental justice, racial or economic disparities, or inequality in their document organizing the jurisdiction of this committee.

This bill, which not a single Republican in the House voted for, included provisions to lower energy costs, electrify homes, and so every American, not just the wealthiest, can be part of the transition to the clean energy community.

As natural disasters caused by climate change continue to increase in frequency and severity, we must invest in resilience in low-income communities and communities of color.

We have recently this year passed legislation that I authored requiring the reporting of major cyber incidents to CISA.