I would like to thank my long-standing colleague, Representative Adams from North Carolina, for her support of this hearing.

We call that policing for profit.

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

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

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

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

And still I rise. And I rise today because I am deeply saddened. I am saddened because today represents the day in the life of a constituent that she will never forget, that her husband will never forget. I rise to call to the attention of…

And still I rise. And today, I rise with love of country at heart. I rise to announce that I will not allow this issue to become so complicated that the American people might be confused because the truth is we will be voting for one…

And still I rise. I rise to call to the attention of our Nation a symbol of national shame. And I rise to give commentary as I read a letter that I intend to send to certain colleagues. This is not a letter that I enjoyed producing, that I…

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…

This bill is really about mothers and daughters who earn about 82 cents on the dollar for every dollar a man earns. It is about mothers and daughters who lose about $1 trillion a year because of the wage gap. For those men who don't have a…

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.

And still I rise because I love my country. And, Mr. Speaker, I rise today understanding that we are in mourning. Our country is grieving. There are many reasons for this, but we still haven't acknowledged that there is something we can do…

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

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.

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.

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.

When you are a son of the segregated south, when you have heard your mother called girl, and your father called boy, when you have had to go to the back door, when you have had the Klan burn a cross on your property, you know hate when you…

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. This is a picture of a symbol of national shame. It is the Russell Senate Office Building. The Russell Senate Office Building is named after Richard Russell, a racist and a bigot. For 49…

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…

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.