Let's stop demonizing the immigrant who comes and asks for help.

We are not going to begin the hearing with the Pledge of Allegiance?

This is not only a moral failing to asylum seekers fleeing persecution. It also defies existing laws.

We cannot and should not do that.

They want the American people to be scared. They want us to feel threatened.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 21. A poll was released today that 73 percent of Americans think that the Republican leadership has the wrong priorities, and today we consider a…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose H.R. 22, the Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act. Let's get one thing straight: The reason we are here today considering this bill is…

After all the excitement over the Speaker's race last week, it was good to get down to work this week, or not. Let's recap. The new Republican majority protected rich donors from paying their fair share in taxes, naturally, and in the…

I unequivocally condemn all acts of violence, vandalism, and destruction of property. However, these acts are not all the same. Graffiti on the side of a building is not comparable to the stalking of doctors and nurses and the assaulting…

And when you're willing to traffic in cheap shots and bigotry against a marginalized community that's already seeing hate against it on the rise, that's already seeing violence rising across the country, when you're willing to traffic in…

Despite the fact that LGBTQ+ people make up roughly seven percent of the population, 20 percent, or more than one in five reported hate crimes last year were motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity bias.

Our community is scared, terrified that we'll be attacked going to the doctor, scared that we'll be attacked going to nightclubs, scared that we'll be attacked simply for living as our authentic selves.

I'm disappointed, yet not surprised, that a few weeks after a killer murdered five people at an LGBTQI+ nightclub, the Republicans on this committee could not bring themselves to discuss anti-LGBTQI+ violence and its causes with our…

No one should have to fear violence because of who they are or who their family members are, but this violence is not happening in a vacuum.

Today we will vote for equality and against discrimination by finally overturning the exclusionary, homophobic Defense of Marriage Act and guaranteeing crucial protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. By passing the Respect for…

I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Cicilline of Rhode Island moves to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is…

This campaign which I think to most Americans is just shocking that there was actually a sophisticated effort to influence... Justices of the Supreme Court.

This legislation, today, that we passed, and the President will sign, will ensure that for federal purposes, if you are married, lawfully, any state in the country, every other state must recognize that.

Well, that was very important to get it done now, because we had a Speaker of the House, and a Senate Majority Leader, who were committed to bringing this bill, to the floor, for a vote.

It's bewildering that the Supreme Court Justices are not [subject to a Code of Ethics], and we're clearly seeing the results of that.

We can and must restore faith in our highest court, and we can start by passing the Supreme Court Ethics and Transparency Act.

It fundamentally doesn't recognize LGBTQ people, as people, who have a right, to access marriage, like everyone else did.

The Supreme Court, the highest court in our Nation, no longer has the confidence of most Americans.

I rise in strong opposition to this resolution of inquiry. ... we cannot do anything to undermine the very strong message that we stand committed to remain with the Ukrainian people until they win this fight.

This is an effort to undermine America's support for Ukraine, to begin a process to make sure the words of the very author that not one more penny go to the people of Ukraine in this fight.