Bill Lee

That is not acceptable when you look at the huge expulsion and suspension rates and what is taking place in terms of racial bias in our public schools.

You can't do more with less; you do less with less.

In many communities, housing was segregated. We passed fair housing laws. Affordable housing now is out of reach for many African Americans. This administration is now gutting all of our fair housing programs, our public housing programs…

Several years ago, we established the Whip's Task Force on Poverty, Inequality, and Opportunity. For so many years, I wanted to see our caucus talk about more issues relating to low- income and working people and people of color. I really…

I want to share a passage from the unity statement that was developed. This was an ecumenical group of over 100 religious denominations: ``Racism is more than individual behavior, language, and overt hostility toward particular people…

200 years ago this month, a man was born into slavery in a cabin not far from here in Maryland. The child knew his mother only briefly; they were cruelly separated when he was young. He knew his father only by the rumors. He didn't even…

I want to thank Congressman Evans for his tremendous leadership and his friendship, and I thank him for hosting this very important Special Order hour. His leadership in our caucus to fight the epidemic of gun violence in America is bold…

You admit that that was a tax scam, that you do not have the growth to pay for those tax cuts to the wealthiest.

This budget is really shameful. It dismantles our basic living standards that Americans have turned to for decades and pushes millions of people into poverty.

SNAP is a very important, effective program.

But, sir, $7, $8 an hour people need a little bit of help from their government.

I appreciate the keen insights of my friend and distinguished colleague, the Senator from Maine. I would point out here that there was a process on the tax bill. It may not have been perfect--in fact, it wasn't--but there was a process. We…

we find ourselves in another position like those we have found ourselves in before. We find ourselves in a position in which the government's spending authority is set to expire in just a few hours. We have known this was coming for weeks…

there is good news, there is great news, and then there is the story of Lucas Warren of Dalton, GA. I don't personally know Lucas. In fact, he is only 18 months old. So he, of course, has the good sense not to engage with or get to know…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Gerber Spokesbaby of 2018

This continuing resolution fails to honor the temporary protective status for immigrants. It fails to raise budget caps for defense and nondefense spending, and it neglects to provide desperately needed funding for hurricane- and…

I want to thank the gentlewoman for yielding and, once again, for her tremendous leadership on so many issues as our ranking member. As a member of the Appropriations Committee and the Budget Committee, I rise in strong opposition to this…

This was very undemocratic and underhanded, and it makes me wonder: What is the Speaker afraid of? So I asked for my amendment to be debated and voted on on the House floor, and again Republican leadership refused--really a shame. Our…

Let me thank the gentleman for yielding me time and for his tremendous leadership as our ranking member on the Defense Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition once again to this bill. I think the…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding and for that gracious introduction, but, more importantly, for his magnificent leadership and for constantly looking out for working men and women throughout the country. I also thank him…

the United States is just one of seven countries in the entire world that currently allow elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, and we are not in good company on that list. Of the other six countries that allow elective abortions…

I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with Mr. Flake, the Senator from Arizona. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Senator Coburn said this is the ``gateway drug'' for big government. That is such an appropriate analogy. It reminds me of a news clip that I saw a couple of years before I ran for the U.S. Senate, when there was coverage of a very large…

I am grateful for the work that has been done by the Senator from Arizona on this topic. One of the first times I remember seeing the Senator from Arizona on TV, many years before I was elected to the Senate, was while he was serving in…

if you have been following the circus in this town long enough, you probably remember earmarks, the infamous special interest spending provision that party leaders used to sprinkle over unpopular legislation, sort of like heavily…