Al Green

As the beneficiary of an HBCU education myself, these findings are, at once, both deeply personal and profoundly troubling.

But race has been the major factor in that City's inability to get funding.

We call that policing for profit.

I discovered early on when I moved to Missouri after HBCU Prairie View at Indiana University that Missouri had, I think, seven sundown towns.

This is not a pretty picture. You have to actually see the people and how they fear for their lives to appreciate what is happening to them.

I have been to the border, and I have also been across the border.

Well, I was at the border. I think the child was 5 years old, screaming for her older brother that traversed this distance with her.

I sincerely believe that there are some people who see the solution as just keep the problem on the other side of the border.

Whatever employers are doing in the main is not enough. Workplace violence is the third leading cause of job death. Whatever they are doing is not enough. Twenty percent of registered nurses in one survey reported an increase in workplace…

I recently visited our southern border to see the conditions on the ground for myself and what I found was a crisis spiraling out of control.

I have been really impressed with the needs that we have, and want to do what I can to meet not only the needs of the people of the Ninth Congressional District, but the needs of the people across the length and breadth of our country.

And I am hopeful that, if there are exceptions to rules, that we might fall into some exceptions for some of these projects.

We have many projects that we can call to your attention.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I greatly appreciate the opportunity to present some projects from my congressional district.

This hearing is absolutely necessary and some of the evidence that we are receiving is overwhelming.

The greatness of America is determined not by how we treat people who live in the suites of life, but how we treat people at the bottom of life, children, and how we treat seniors in the twilight of their life.

My constituent, Mr. Jose Escobar, was living his American Dream, married to an American-born woman, two American-born children, living in an American-built house, paying American taxes. Yet when he reported to ICE, he was taken out of the…

And still I rise. I rise today in strong support of this legislation because it includes trans women. Some of the most brutal, horrific crimes created in the minds of people have been perpetrated upon trans women. Madam Speaker, this…

The banking industry has a race problem and a new study is putting a spotlight on the inequities within the nation's largest financial institutions.

Madam Chairwoman, with your consent and permission, and without objection, I would like to have this admitted into the record.

This is an excellent hearing. I would like to thank the staff as well, because the staff has shared some information with me just this morning that is exceedingly important.

I thank my friend for his kind words. He and I spoke earlier today, and I believe that there are people who assume things about us that are just not true. There are probably people who assume that he and I don't get along, but they don't…

And still I rise, and I rise with gratitude and appreciation for the Biden administration. This administration did not give up, did not give in. This administration has become now a symbol of hope and help for working class people. It is…

This bill would restart the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) and it courts $10 billion in getting this credit initiative regenerated.

And still I rise. And I thank the Honorable Bobby Scott for the opportunity to be heard. I will be terse. Madam Speaker, unions protect people. Unions protect people because those workers will organize and make sure that there is a safe…