Al Green

We cannot allow ourselves to tolerate hate from any source. We have to have the courage, the intestinal fortitude to stand against it, regardless as to the source.

And still I rise. Madam Speaker, I rise because I love my country, and, Madam Speaker, ``Shall any man be above justice?'' That is the question posed in 1787 by George Mason at the Constitutional Convention. Shall any man be beyond…

I would also like to thank them for your efforts, in particular for your leadership in sending a bicameral letter to the White House requesting the dispatch of special envoy for hostage affairs for Mr. Austin Tice.

I'm concerned that if we don't impeach this President, he will get reelected.

Impeachment was never intended to be used as a midterm corrective option for a divisive or unpopular leader.

You can't impeach a President because you don't like him. That is not how this system works.

The conduct of the President is impeachable, and there is enough evidence to show.

I'm concerned if we don't impeach this President, he will get reelected.

If we don't impeach this President, he will be reelected.

We can keep impeaching him over and over and over and over again.

I am on a mission of mercy.

If we don't impeach the President, he'll get reelected.

Houston also has the largest medical center in the world.

My question to you, sir, is on the importance of carbon management solutions in terms of preserving existing jobs.

My belief is that there is not a problem that Houston can't solve. We have been innovators.

Houston is known as the energy capital of the world.

I'm not of this Committee of jurisdiction, but I do believe that as a member of the Houston community and a Member from Texas it is appropriate that I be here.

With this said, I thank my colleagues again. I consider them all honorable people, and I beg that my colleagues would support this legislation that is 26 years in the making. If it fails, I know not when we will stand in this position…

I am honored to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the honorable majority leader of the House. (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

It is not a crime to seek asylum in the United States of America.

I do believe that we have to have a humane policy that respects children, that does not harm children.

Let the record reflect that no one approves.

The voting rights struggles of the 20th Century are now joined by voting rights threats posed by the 21st Century.

This bill strengthened the original Voting Rights Act by replacing Federal voting examiners with Federal voting observers.

Along with many of my colleagues in the CBC, I was an original cosponsor of H.R. 9, the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act.