Steve Cohen

We should not subsidize in tens of billions of dollars antidemocratic, suppressive, repressive regimes, from Venezuela to Iran and Russia.

In my view, under the current leadership, Saudi Arabia will remain an ally because Saudis perceive Iran as an existential threat.

Let me second that, in terms of my learned colleague's view that we need to pass NOPEC.

Marijuana does not cause addiction, does not cause addiction.

I would just like to take my remaining time to thank Mr. Shuster for his work on this bill, and Mr. DeFazio for his work, too. They did bring about an excellent bill that I am proud to support. I have been proud to be a member of the…

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day; remembrance of the horrors of 6 million Jews being killed in Nazi Germany, and others being killed as well: homosexuals, Communists, and other minorities that were objectionable, like Gypsies. In recent…

The previous speaker said: Does anybody have the guts to stand up? I am standing up, and I voted against the tax cut bill and against the mammoth budget bill that caused this deficit to go up by $4 trillion. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\…

I want to say, Mr. Fitzpatrick got the award from the American Bar Association for his good work on legal services, and I compliment him on that. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Neal). (Mr. NEAL…

I want to remind the Members that my Republican Senator Bob Corker said that this Congress will go down in history as the worst fiscal Congress in history for having voted for both the tax scam bill and the big cuts for the wealthy. Mr…

Memphis has one of the Nation's most significant freight corridors, and substantial importance to the national cargo network and the national economy.

In 2016 I wrote to Secretary Foxx in support of the Tennessee Department of Transportation's application for what was then called a FASTLANE grant.

I have a series of statements from different groups of concern, including the American Association of People with Disabilities and Autism Society, et cetera, Epilepsy Foundation, I would like to enter into the record.

It is clear and all of our security people know and have said that that is what the Russians want to do is disrupt democracy and our government.

We want to deal properly with people with disabilities. We want to hold our courts open to different actions.

No more serious attack has been made than Pearl Harbor, the serious, no question every--but attacking our electoral system and trying to destroy democracy and no response from this committee at all. It is shocking.

It is clear to me the American public is on our side in urging your agency to issue standards to keep Americans safe in our skies.

I hope you will do it quickly, because lives could be in the balance.

Even after the dangerous accident involving American Airlines flight 383, even after the NTSB's clear recommendation to review passenger deplaning times, the FAA took no significant action.

This has been the greatest period of safety in civil aviation, I think, in our history.

But I would add that it would help a lot if the person who has the biggest bully pulpit in our country were to take the lead in consistently condemning hate rather than energizing it.

What happened today on this floor was a massive tax break for the wealthiest people in our country. Over half of the tax dollars will go to people in the upper 1 percent of the income strata. The big pot of gold at the end is eliminating…

Marijuana is not as dangerous as heroin. Would you agree with that?

I think we have a greater responsibility than anybody else in this country to see to it that African Americans get a chance at the ballot.

I am not disingenuous about anything I say about Medicaid or Medicare or LIHEAP or SNAP programs.

I strongly oppose the bill and would ask without objection to enter into the record written testimony and letters opposing this bill.