Mr. Speaker, the arrival of tens of thousands of children from Central America seeking refuge in our country has tugged at the conscience of the American people. It has demonstrated both our best and our worst instincts. The best are all…

Amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 4640 offered by the Honorable Joaquin Castro

Mr. Speaker, for generations in America, we have seen that education is the surest path to success. That is why today I am introducing the Pre-K for USA Act. The Pre-K for USA Act allows local education agencies and governments to apply…

The very best thing that we can do to dispel those rumors and to create real change and fix this is to pass comprehensive reform, and I hope that we can do that this year.

The tragedy that is going on at our border is a direct result of the U.S. House of Representative's failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform.

Thank you, Congresswoman. Mr. Speaker, my time is short, and so I want to cut to the chase. The United States of America should honor its veterans and stand up for them in the same way that they stood up for us during their time of…

I agree with part of Mr. Yoho's statement that I want to focus on the policy, the agreement that was made for Sergeant Bergdahl.

But would you, and I know that it has not been adjudicated whether he deserted or not.

We set a goal early on, for instance, in San Antonio, of trying to create 5,000 housing units in our downtown by the year 2020.

I look forward to bringing a ton of energy to be supportive of that and to meet that goal.

I commend you for the work that you and Members of the Committee have done.