I fought to make this rules change at the outset of the pandemic because I wanted to protect my family, my community, and to protect the continuity of government for this body.

These tools have allowed floor action to continue unabated when Members can't congregate.

We were able to have Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy address Congress from an active war zone halfway across the world.

Congress has changed. In a lot of ways, including more women getting elected to Congress.

The data we have shows, that incidents of domestic terrorism and extremism and hate-based violence are all on the rise.

It is particularly concerning with some of our Republican colleagues continuing to embrace falsehoods and conspiracy theories to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the 2020 election and other such colleagues encouraging far-right extremists to bring more antigovernment protests to the Capitol.

Most worrying to me is the lack of an acceptable centralized and dedicated plan for the January 6 events and the absence of a process for developing similar plans for future events.

Thank you for the opportunity to Chair today's hearing to discuss the importance of immigrant physicians in our healthcare system.

I introduced Elijah Cummings' PREP Act, legislation that would ensure that incarcerated individuals receive educational opportunities.

everyone from the Koch brothers to the Obama Justice Department saying we are over-incarcerating people in this country

Our ability to provide adequate and nutritious food to consumers is a matter of national security.