the great work that has been done at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been done not because of but in spite of opposition.

I have learned that until you hear both sides of a story, you should not draw conclusions.

The truth is we spent $621 million on a visitors center, a congressional visitors center. It cost $621 million.

Let's get it on. So Mr. Chairman, let's get it on. Let's get to the bottom of it, and let's not let this be the last time that this committee embraces the notion that we are going to deal with invidious discrimination, whether it is in the…

I am very much concerned about overreach.

My district in Texas is a very urban district in Houston and has one of the highest rates of uninsured people.

the SEC, in my opinion, is not a burden to taxpayers; it is a benefit to taxpayers.

I do not see this as the end, I see it as the beginning.

Many veterans make the ultimate sacrifice for the citizens of United States of America and this should never be overlooked.

It pulls at my heart to know that a family is not in a position to receive something that has been earned.

I am confident this legislation will help to ensure that all homeless veterans receive a burial with dignity.

We want every person who serves our country honorably to have a dignified memorial service.

I, along with my colleague Congresswoman Corrine Brown, have introduced H.R. 3876, the Burial with Dignity for Heroes Act of 2014.

This practical legislation would help eliminate the possibility of a hero not receiving a proper military funeral.

H.R. 3876, the Burial with Dignity for Heroes Act, introduced by Representative Al Green...

I want to use just a little bit of my time to ask for a moment of silence for those families who are still having to endure wars.

I do not call them 'johns.' I mean, John, you know, he was a good guy. He is from the Bible. Why do we call them 'johns'?

People who traffic babies have got to go to jail, and they have got to stay there a while, a long time.

But for intervention and somebody understanding that you were somebody, that you were a child of the same God...

The Constitution of the United States of America protects anybody in this country. I want them protected.

I have seen the victims in Central America. I think in this latest raid, almost all of the people that were brought in yesterday were from Central America.

I cannot think of a higher priority.

The visa issue that I mentioned earlier is a circumstance that is a great resource to help victims of human trafficking.

I take this personally. We have got to do something because these are my people.

There are no throwaways in the America that I love.