They have refused to discuss the budget.

This won't be the last time today. Here is where we are: We have people on this committee who were at that hearing.

If we want it to move forward then our leadership and others, including myself, had I known about it, would be doing this in a classified briefing.

This is disgraceful, if you want to know the truth.

Today, the House adjourns for a 7-week recess, and House Republicans are leaving town for 52 days without any action to address the many issues before our great Nation. Yet, we find ourselves trapped, trapped in congressional inaction…

First let me thank my good friend and colleague from the First District of Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline) for leading tonight's Special Order hour on the Republicans' decision to leave for 52 days without taking any action to address the gun…

this was really not about you or housing; this was politically motivated.

someone also introduced the war on poverty by President Johnson.

How is America less stable now than it was before the passage of the Dodd-Frank?

How is America less free now than it was prior to the passage of Dodd-Frank?

the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned over $11 billion to over 25 million consumers

the longest streak of private sector jobs growth we have had in 76 months, over 14 million jobs created

I started asking myself this question, how is America less prosperous now than it was prior to the passage of Dodd-Frank?

the Dow Jones average is up over 80 percent

Today I join my colleagues to pay tribute to former Ohio Congressman Delbert Latta. While I did not have the opportunity to serve with ``Del''--as he was known--I am pleased to serve in the Ohio Delegation with his son, Congressman Bob…

When will we have legislation to help stop the gun violence? Orlando, Charleston, San Bernardino, Newtown, Aurora, Fort Hood, Virginia Tech--and, yes, the list goes on. It seems like every few days we see yet another shooting and more…

I thank the gentlewoman from Illinois, (Ms. Kelly). And how appropriate for tonight for the gentlewoman to remind us, as I ask her to constantly do, about why we must, to put it in her words, come together. We must do something. Madam…

I thank Congressman Butterfield for making us aware of 136 mass shootings in 164 days of this year. Certainly, that is relevant to tonight's topic, because whether it is death by guns or death by healthcare disparities, there are too many…

I thank Congressman Jeffries. Madam Speaker, as we close out tonight, I can't think of a better way to take my last 30 seconds than to speak to you and to speak to America and to ask that we take these last seconds in silence as a call to…

We have heard a lot tonight. We have heard the call to action by Members. We have heard the relationship to poverty in health disparities, to the socioeconomic conditions of African Americans to health disparities. We have heard the…

I thank Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee for reminding us that we should be done with guns like the assault weapons. I thank the gentlewoman for reminding us of the impact that health disparities have on our communities in this Nation…

I rise this evening, along with my colleague, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries of the Eighth Congressional District of New York, for tonight's Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour, Bridging the Divide: A Call to Action By the…

I thank Congressman Payne so much for giving us such compelling information and data and reminding us that the time is now for us to enact those programs that work, and the time is now for us to understand what is at risk. Also, let me…

I thank my colleague, Congressman Yarmuth. Mr. Speaker, to the rest of my colleagues, it is indeed an honor for me to come tonight to share in the life and the legacy of The Greatest, of the champ, of Muhammad Ali. Like my colleagues, I…

Tonight I rise this evening proud to stand with my coanchor, my classmate, the gentleman from the Eighth Congressional District of New York (Mr. Jeffries). I say to the gentleman that I look forward to tonight's Special Order hour. Mr…