Joyce Beatty: “The Defense Production Act is what we are here to discuss today, as you have heard from our chairman.”

I thank Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan for yielding and to our chairwoman, Congresswoman Clarke, for her leadership. In the words of John Lewis: ``Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build…

tonight is about the millions of lives Republicans are destroying. I rise for a single mother in my district caring full-time for her 16-year-old daughter, Naomi, who has chronic health conditions. I want Americans to know the face of this…

tonight, we stand here, and while we talk about the celebration of Black history and Black military men and women, we remind everyone that Black history is American history. I am sure when Carter G. Woodson was thinking about Black history…

The court was clear in its order because the statute is clear: only Congress can change the name of the Kennedy Center.