I thank the gentlewoman from the Seventh District of Alabama. I really appreciate her comments. Mr. Speaker, throughout this next 45 minutes, I am going to be introducing some of my colleagues, but I want to read a letter that was sent to…

I would like to read a little bit from Ms. Arkoosh's letter. ``In Montgomery County, more than 50,000 residents receive SNAP benefits, and more than 21,000 of those recipients are children. Another 8,000 are senior citizens, and more than…

I thank my good colleague from the great State of Texas in the 18th District for her comments adding to this discussion. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from the Governor of Pennsylvania, who indicated 1.8 million people are…

I want to respond to the gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore). I will give her something that is firsthand from a mayor who is on the forefront. I have a letter here from the mayor of the city of Philadelphia, which Philadelphia has…

I thank the gentlewoman from the great State of Wisconsin for her comments. I want to introduce someone else who is also on the Budget Committee, who I have watched a long time in the short period of time that I have been here. She has…

The GOP is consumed by chaos and confusion. My fellow Democrats and I are focused on delivering better jobs, better wages, and a better future for hardworking Americans in Philadelphia and neighbors nationwide. When it comes to childcare…

As part of their retirement planning, most Americans rely on employer-based retirement plans.

Only 14 percent of small firms offer such a benefit.

The goal of this Committee is to assist small firms in providing retirement plans, because only about 14 percent of employers do so.

We can do better and have made strides in increasing that number.

After listening to this discussion, you really have sort of made the case of a bill I just dropped, H.R. 5512, to require the administrators of the Small Business Administration to establish a grant program to address rising costs of tax…

It is critical that small employers and their employees have access to quality financial security in their retirement years.

I would like to thank my colleague from the great city of Brooklyn, particularly the great part of New York in terms of Brooklyn. She always reminds me that there is not a better place than Brooklyn. And if you haven't been there, I…

I heard the gentlewoman say, obviously, 1968, and we are now in 2018. I yield to the gentlewoman to tell me what she thinks, in terms of the conditions in 1968, which were obviously the riots, to where we are in 2018. I know there has been…

What others have heard this evening from the Congressional Black Caucus is sort of like a canary in the mine. The Kerner Report, when President Johnson established it 50 years ago, was an attempt to shine a light and to send a warning that…

How much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hollingsworth). The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 6 minutes remaining.

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, we have another person, who is a neighbor of mine and has been a very good friend, from the great State of New Jersey. We have got that Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman Bridge connection…

I would like to ask the gentleman a question. I hope people heard him. I want to ask a couple things. The goal of the Commission was to identify the underlying causes of the civil unrest in communities across the country, and obviously a…

I would like to, if I can, just follow up a little bit on the Voting Rights Act. Obviously, that is the foundation of a democracy, and it is rather amazing to me that all of us in this Congress are elected by the people. I tell people the…

It is a great honor that I rise today to anchor the CBC Special Order. I would like to thank the CBC chairman, Chairman Richmond, for his leadership in this effort. For the next 60 minutes, we have an opportunity to speak directly to the…

We know the goal was to identify the underlying causes of the civil unrest. Mr. Speaker, what I hear Mr. Ellison saying with that 250 years, the first time I ever heard that described that way, I would ask him to talk to us a little bit…

Coming behind the gentleman from Mississippi, we have someone who knows a little bit about weaponry. She herself has a background. She was the police chief in Orlando. And since she and I are in the same class, I have learned a lot from…

I would like to ask my colleague from Florida a question, since she talked about her law enforcement background. And she is correct, Congress is to make laws. This Presidential administration talks about being law and order. Is he really…

Licensing is a process by which the state requires a worker to meet basic standards at the local, state, and federal levels before they are able to perform a job.

The harm done by an unskilled person working in one of those professions is much more serious than that of a hairdresser, travel guide, or florist.