I am proud to cosponsor this bill, which is led by my Ways and Means Committee colleague from Oregon. The Restaurant Revitalization Fund has been a lifeline for small businesses in Philadelphia and across the country. We provided $28…

I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Evans moves to reconsider H.R. 6119. Motion to Table Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I have a motion at the desk. The…

Philadelphians have been asking for help even before the pandemic, help with things like childcare, the cost of prescription drugs, housing, and jobs. Philadelphia, I have heard you. I am proud to vote for the Build Back Better Act and the…

I would like to first thank my colleague from the great State of Texas for yielding. Since I have been here, I have watched her relentless passion for Black people, and she has not let anybody stand in the way, and I am proud to stand with…

I would like to thank the chairwoman for her leadership of the Black Caucus for this opportunity, and I would like to thank my colleague from the great State of New York for his leadership and what he has done. After listening to the…

I proudly rise in strong support of this bill. We have to pay our bills and uphold the full faith and credit of the United States. My constituents in Philadelphia don't get a choice. They have to pay their bills. Congress must do the same…

Thank you for what you have done and I thank my co-leaders in terms of this particular issue.

I thank the gentleman from the great State of New York for his leadership. In such a short period of time, what he has demonstrated to all of us about being a leader, I applaud him for this. I am pleased to join with my colleagues in the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. This act is big and bold, and it begins to keep our promise to Build Back Better. This is a historic bill, a policy revolution. It includes: cutting child poverty in half, expanding the earned income tax…

I thank my colleague from the great State of Texas for that introduction and along with my colleague from the great State of Alabama. When I had my first visit ever in my life to Alabama it was because of Terri Sewell who got me down…

I am very supportive of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. For months I have been hearing from restaurants in my district about the need to pass the bill which will provide $120 billion for grants to restaurants.

I represent the Third District of Pennsylvania, which includes part of Philadelphia, the birthplace of America. It was in Philadelphia that the Constitution of the United States was written and signed, the very Constitution that we are all…

In my city of Philadelphia and across the country, people of color are thrown in jail more and with harsher sentences than White people for the same cannabis-related crimes. Cannabis is one of the fastest growing U.S. industries, but…

My constituents in Philadelphia need more COVID relief now. Many of them are worried or scared, but the Republican Senate is still focused on confirming more Trump judges. The House passed the Heroes Act, which gives us more of what we…

I was unavoidably detained due to personal reasons. Had I been present on September 17, 2020, I would have voted: ``yea'' on H. Res. 908--Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID-19 (Rep. Meng--Judiciary); ``nay''…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise to honor truly a great American, a real-life hero, who I was fortunate enough to have as a colleague for 4 years, including the 2 years serving together on the Ways and Means Committee…

Thank you, Madam Chair, for your leadership, especially on this subject and staying relentless on this subject.

However, that excitement has turned to frustration. Many constituent business owners have reached out to my office because they are waiting weeks or months to hear anything about their EIDL application.

the response on the PPP program has been equally unacceptable.

I thank you, Madam Chair, for allowing me this time, and I really appreciate all you have done on this, okay?

This is quite concerning, coming from the city of Philadelphia, where over 40 percent of the population is African American.

We need a commitment to release a comprehensive list of firms who applied for and received aid under the PPP.

It sounds like we could lose a lot of black businesses specifically--obviously there is the pandemic, and then there is the unrest, and then there is the PPP.

I thank you, Madam Chairperson for your leadership on small businesses and everything you have done.

Madam Chair, I hope with the question that I just asked, yes, protecting patents are important and what we need to do, but at the end of the day, if you are going to move these patents to be commercialized to the marketplace and try to…