I rise this evening proud to stand with my Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour co-anchor, Congressman Jeffries, from the Eighth Congressional District of New York. Mr. Jeffries, it is my honor to stand here today as we undertake…

I would like to thank my colleagues Congresswoman Ann Kuster and Congressman Frank Guinta for leading this important Special Order Hour on opioid and heroin abuse and dependence. Today's theme, ``Faces of Addiction,'' gives us a unique…

I come here today to speak about weapons of murder and terror. Mr. Speaker, suspected terrorists should not be able to walk into a gun store and come out with weapons of murder and terror. As Members of Congress, we have an obligation to…

I also would like to associate, for the sake of time, myself with the words of Congressman Scott from Atlanta as it relates to not only the issue he talked about, but more importantly about Black wealth or minorities.

I urge you to ask the President to put a pause on this and let us see what the impact is on the Black families.

This is an important means of making sure that everybody across our society has equal access to credit and aren't discriminated against on the basis of race and ethnic origin.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing. And thanks to Federal Reserve Chair Yellen for making herself available to testify.

I very much would like to hear from Chair Yellen about how the Fed has bolstered its expertise to take on these new responsibilities.

I am eager to hear from Chair Yellen on the progress of these reforms.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, it is election day in Ohio. Right now, my constituents are casting ballots to decide their next local, State, and judicial elected officials. Participating in our democratic process is not…

let me also express my deep concern about legislation this committee considered during a markup this week that would severely undermine efforts by the Fed to regulate both banks and non-banks.

Thank you to my friend, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, and Congressman Chabot for managing tonight's Special Order. I am proud to join my colleagues as we salute Speaker John Andrew Boehner for his almost 25 years of service and being elected…

I thank Ranking Member Waters. Mr. Speaker, here is what I know. The American people are clamoring for us to do our job and work together to help hard-working American families get ahead. We can do that today by reviving the Export-Import…

I oppose cutting funds to HUD because we currently have a $38 billion gimmick to fund the military with a separate war account that has no cap on it.

I am here to protect HUD. I am here to protect it because I know about the good that it has done, notwithstanding all of the cuts through the years.

I oppose cutting HUD. I am here to hold back the rollback and that is what I see happening.

The House of Representatives, the people's House, is in chaos. Last week, just hours before a government shutdown, we only managed to pass a 6-week CR to keep the government open. I voted for this bill because I refuse to shut down…

I am proud to associate myself and my comments along with what Congressman Al Green stated about President Obama and his appointment of you.

I thank you for the actions against the Corinthian College chain.

Thank you so much, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. Mr. Speaker, tonight the Congressional Black Caucus honors the life and legacy of three civil rights leaders, Congressman Lou Stokes, Amelia Boynton Robinson, and Julian Bond, who…

And my role is to protect the institutional consumer and the individual consumer, just as your role is.

we could make an immediate, tangible, and lasting impact on the prestige and confidence of the U.S. global leadership

one of the things that we could do right now is to ratify this new IMF quota system.

I just learned--breaking news--that Chair Yellen has announced that there will be no interest rate hike as of right now.

Mr. Chairman, this is absolutely a subject that deserves our close attention.