States are responding to Americans' participation in democracy by moving to curtail access, introducing suppressive voting legislation at an alarming rate.

It is time we encourage people to vote, rather than continuing to erect barriers that seek to suppress the votes and voices of communities.

Our 2020 elections saw an unprecedented number of voters cast their ballots on or before Election Day, often using mail-in ballots.

We were grateful that in 2019 a bipartisan effort between our Republican legislature and our Democratic Governor had expanded access to the ballot by allowing no excuse mail-in voting for the first time.

It is our duty as elected Members of Congress to uphold and defend the Constitution and to protect the rights of every single voter in this country.

Since coming to Congress, just in the last two years, I have seen two juvenile detention centers in my district close after widespread abuse of the children who had been housed there.

I am particularly concerned about how pretrial practices impact juveniles in our criminal justice system.

Mr. Speaker, this week, I was so proud to welcome President Joe Biden to our district to see firsthand the impact the American Rescue Plan will have on our community and small businesses in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and to see the…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Representative Lawrence for bringing us together for this Special Order hour. In honor of Women's History Month, I rise to celebrate the League of Women Voters nonpartisan work to encourage active and informed…

Madam Speaker, before coming to Congress, I organized volunteer lawyers to represent survivors of domestic abuse, so I have seen firsthand both the need for the Violence Against Women Act and the remarkable impact of legal representation…

It is a program that is designed to deal with the War on Drugs, but it has a perverse financial incentive to have law enforcement target people to get their assets.