I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. The responsibility to govern rests squarely on their shoulders. Democrats stand ready to keep government open…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the Ryan-McConnell tax scam bill. This bill should be named the ``Republican Donor Class Relief Act'' because that is what it is, and several of…

I stand before this House tonight as the proud Representative of the congressional district that has seven of the eight HBCUs in South Carolina within its borders: Allen and Benedict in Columbia; Claflin and South Carolina State in…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, let me say to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, it is time to do all of those things that he just spoke about, but this piece of legislation does none of those things. In fact…

I thank Mr. Larson for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, the bill before us today is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Republicans can dress it up and call it good names, but that will not change the fact that H.R. 1 is a scam that will be…

The Republicans have reserved a point of order against this motion. Let me be clear about what this means. The Republican leadership does not want a vote on providing proper CHIP funds to our United States territories, including Puerto…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on the question of…

I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Clyburn moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3922 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce with instructions…

We could produce a bipartisan tax plan that would end the preferential treatment of investment income, which undermines working Americans while enriching wealthy investors. We stand ready to engage with the other side. Until then, we will…

I thank my friend for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, the document before us is a partisan exercise to deliver large tax cuts to the wealthy. Working Americans will see their taxes go up, and our children and grandchildren will have to…

I thank my friend for yielding to me. I also thank him and our colleague, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, for joining me at the Center for African American Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington last Thursday evening. It was…

A few minutes ago, I stood on the east steps of this ornate building, and I now rise in the hall of this august body to call for action on an issue that has languished for far too long. Specifically, Congress needs to pass commonsense…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, as a student and former teacher of history, I have worked during my tenure in Congress to preserve and protect our Nation's historic treasures. Historically Black…

It is my privilege, as dean of the South Carolina delegation, to introduce to this Chamber Representative Ralph Norman. Mr. Norman is from Rock Hill in York County, South Carolina. He is a real estate developer, a graduate of Presbyterian…

I thank my friend, Mr. Neal, for yielding and for his support of this bill. It is very important to the States of South Carolina and Georgia. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1551 will make two critical modifications to the nuclear production tax credit…

I am pleased to join with friends and family of our former colleague and my personal friend, Earl F. Hilliard, who this weekend will be celebrating his 75th birthday. While a Member of this body, Earl and I worked very closely together…

I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Veasey) and the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Demings) for conducting this Special Order this evening. I appreciate it. Yes, I am a graduate of South Carolina State University, but I also represent…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding to me and for the work she does with this Special Order. And I thank my friend from Texas (Mr. Veasey), for allowing me to participate. Mr. Speaker, thanks to the scholarship of Dr. Carter G. Woodson…

I thank my friend, Congressman Veasey, from the great State of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as part of the observation of Black History Month to continue my series of remarks recognizing HBCUs, Historically Black Colleges and…

We wanted to make sure that we didn't put the American people, the workers--whether you are Democrat, whether you are Republican, whether you are independent, whether you are Black, whether you are White, whether you are Hispanic--we…

HBCUs, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, have been the topic of a great deal of discussions recently, and I rise, as part of the observance of Black History Month, to recognize and celebrate one of them, Allen University in…

I am proud to cosponsor H.R. 794, which will reauthorize the Election Assistance Commission until 2022, provide payments to the States to upgrade the security of voter registration databases, and require an assessment of each State's…

Standing before almost entirely White crowds in North Carolina, Michigan, Virginia, and Ohio, candidate Donald Trump painted a bleak picture of African-American life in 2016, full of crime, high poverty, and failing schools. He went on to…

The fact of the matter is--and these are not alternative facts--that when Barack Obama became President of the United States of America, we were losing.

One of them was called Dodd-Frank. And as a result of Dodd-Frank, we saw some stabilization in institutions and we began to move forward.