Filemon Vela: “I can only imagine what kind of desperation prompts mothers and fathers to hand their children over to smugglers.”

I was present and voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 449, final passage of S.J. Res. 33. However, it has come to my attention that my vote was not recorded, and I would like the record to show how my vote would have been counted on S.J. Res…

How we treat refugees seeking safety is not a test of our National security, but a test of our National character.

You cannot have a successful national economy when such a vital component hurts the way our farmers are currently.

At the end of a long vote series today, I unintentionally voted nay for H.R. 1146, the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plan Protection Act, on rollcall number 530. Had I been able to correct my vote at that time, I would have voted ``aye.''…