Al Green

We need stronger standards, and we need stronger sanctions.

I contend, Mr. Chairman, that the current CRA legitimizes invidious discrimination.

I remember what it was like during the Great Recession, and we had testimony before this committee indicating that people of color, and more specifically African Americans, lost a generation of wealth...

Today's hearing will examine troubling issues regarding the mass predatory purchasing of single-family homes by private equity firms.

At this time I am very proud to have a dear friend and colleague on the floor with me. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Ocasio- Cortez).

In February of 2021, you indicated that millions of people were out of the labor force, which is what you have said today.

We have 700,000 open cybersecurity roles now.

I actually think you can make a hybrid environment.

One of the greatest threats that I think that is out there is the 'unintended insider,' which is people that you can fool into doing things that would compromise your company or leave a vulnerability open to you.

You are paying back in time.

People of color are constituents. People of color are Americans. People of color deserve the opportunity to have equality of opportunity. Hundreds of years have gone by, and this is what we are getting as a result of those who would ignore…

Homelessness is a real problem. I have worked with people, I am a hands-on Congressperson, as the case was made with my colleagues, and I have worked with homeless people.

Can that happen rather quickly? Because there are other things that are happening with reference to GLO and this can have an impact.

How can you solicit funds and disburse funds to FEMA to--excuse me, GLO such that it would treat cities like Houston fairly?

And still I rise. I rise today to address the indication that what we Democrats are doing is meaningless. Meaningless to ban bump stocks. Well, tell that to the 60 people who were murdered at the Mandalay hotel where a gunman fired more…

I thank Mr. Raskin for the time, and I thank Mr. Levin for what he has done to bring this resolution to fruition. Madam Speaker, today I rise to defend the rights of our staff to organize. This really is about respect. We should respect…

I have Jewish friends, as I believe most people do, and I have spoken to them about the horrors of the Holocaust. I have been to Israel, and I have been to Yad Vashem. I assure you, a visit to Yad Vashem can become a seminal moment in your…

All life is precious.

And still I rise. And still I rise to be grateful to the Honorable Nydia Velazquez and Earl Blumenauer for what they have done to bring this bill to the floor. And still I rise for this job protections bill. This bill will not only protect…

Families and other asylum seekers expelled back to Mexico are often targeted by drug cartels and face violence and extortion.

I went to El Salvador three times. I brought him home on the third time.

It seems to me that we have to focus on doing something about those conditions.

I have a resolution calling for a Slavery Remembrance Day.

This would give us one agency within the government that oversees all of the various subsets and can bring all of this together for us.

I would like for you now to give me one quick answer, each of you, and I will start with Dr. Berry.