I really appreciate Mr. Payne's comments because what I am hearing Mr. Payne say is we should give people a raise. Mr. Speaker, I yield to Mr. Payne for any additional comments he would like to make.

I say to the gentleman that I really have enjoyed this topic. I guess it is a topic that, like in his district and my district, it always comes down to about the Benjamins and always comes down to what exactly--I liked his analysis about…

How much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Smucker). The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Evans) has 8 minutes remaining.

I would like to do a colloquy with my colleague on something that really got my attention; what she said about that chain. I would like her to talk about that chain, what that means in real life and what it means when it is not…

I think the gentlewoman may have heard our colleague from New Jersey (Mr. Payne) talk a little bit about the minimum wage and raising the minimum wage. How would she see that aspect of raising the minimum wage being a part of strengthening…

I thank the gentlewoman for her comments. I greatly appreciate it. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Richmond), the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, who is really not a stranger to this topic of economic…

I thank Mr. Payne very much for his comments. Someone who is from a great State that has done--was a mayor in a State that manufactured and did a huge opportunity in creating wealth, I couldn't think of a better person to speak about this…

I would continue to yield to the gentleman for an answer to a question. I am going to--since he is from the great State of New Jersey--say that I heard the President in his State of the Union address last week. And this topic is about…

I thank the gentleman from the great State of Georgia for introducing me and for this opportunity to talk about an important Supreme Court case, Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, and the importance of our unions. Our unions give us much to…

I would like to thank my colleagues, as I said earlier, for this opportunity. This is truly an opportunity for a young man who comes from the city of Philadelphia, who grew up in the streets of Philadelphia, and who had the opportunity to…

I, too, thank my colleague for those eloquent words and those comments which were very succinct and provided a lot for us. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus for allowing me to have this opportunity to…

We had the gentleman from the East. Now we will go to the West, to someone whom I have watched. She is an educator and is always teaching. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. Beatty), who is from the Third Congressional…

How much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has approximately 13 minutes remaining.

I hope that what we just heard, and to our chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, that we can, either through social media or whatever way, share that that was a learning experience that just took place. To have Congressman Lewis, who…

I want to thank our chairman, and that is why he is our chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, because you just heard him so eloquently express his thoughts and his feelings. He has done a fantastic job as the chairman of the…

The next person I would like to yield to, my colleague from Texas gave a great lead-in for her, from the great State of California, as Dr. King stood up against the Vietnam war. She knows a little bit about standing up. If you know…

I would like to say to the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, I appreciate this honor and this opportunity, as well as all the other Members, for giving me this opportunity to kick off the second session of the Congressional Black…

I, too, would like to thank my good colleague from the great State of North Carolina for her leadership on this very important issue. I am proud to stand here with so many of my friends and colleagues tonight for a topic near and dear to…

I rise again in strong opposition to H.R. 1, the so-called Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This bill is an example of what happens when the wealthy exert their rule over hardworking Americans. Their bill should be called the ``Job-Killing Tax Cut…

I appreciate this opportunity. I am not on the Rules Committee or the Ways and Means Committee, but I am on the Agriculture Committee. I think it is extremely important to recognize what Feeding America has expressed about this package…

In July, my colleague Representative Dwight Evans and I introduced H.R. 3170, the Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2017.

I thank my colleague from the great State of Texas. He has consistently done a very great job in leading these efforts for the Congressional Black Caucus, as well as our chairman, Cedric Richmond. Mr. Speaker, this is an interesting time…

Today I had the wonderful opportunity to join with a group of civic, business, and community leaders to introduce a new program in the city of Philadelphia called Hub of Hope. The brainchild of SEPTA and Project HOME, Hub of Hope is a new…

This year my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have wasted months in often misguided debate over repealing the Affordable Care Act. While this debate has raged within one political party, the Children's Health Insurance Program has…

Access to capital is critical to the success of small business.