Without any guidance to my colleagues as to how they can present documents within the rules of the House without reading the title and the source of the document, can the Speaker describe anything about my remarks that differed from any of…

Can the Chair provide advice, so that my colleagues will understand what it was in reading the title and the source of the document that described the tragedy of this little Honduran girl seeking refuge in our country, constituted debate…

I have a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for a parliamentary inquiry.

I enter into the Record the story of a young Honduran girl the age of my granddaughter, who fled domestic violence and kidnapping. The document is from Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, and it is entitled: ``Voices of Central…

We are not asking for amnesty, but how about just a little decency, a little civility, a little humanity, how about just following existing law, going after the smugglers, and providing the supplemental resources needed to see that their…

Sadly, Mr. Speaker, the do-nothingism of the 19th century, the anti-immigrant fervor of that time, is alive and well here today in the House. Republicans are overwhelmed with fear. They are fearful of immigrants. They are fearful of little…

I believe that our objective should be to encourage innovation without wasting taxpayer money on programs that don't work that are not cost effective.

Our decision should be guided by what the evidence shows, not what ideology dictates.

Every dollar that we shift to subsidize employment means a dollar less for some other initiative.

I look forward to the testimony of each of you so that we can learn how to make genuine improvements.

As I said earlier, a smaller and smaller portion of poor families, poor children, receive TANF.

Across America, there are many young couples devoting time to determining the name of their newborn--a happy experience--but I can tell you there is no couple in America that devotes more time to selecting names than our Republican…

As a former State supreme court justice and now as the ranking Democrat on a subcommittee whose responsibilities include child well-being, I ask my colleagues to avoid the easy political path advanced by those who claim they would help…

We know that every single dollar that these Republicans add to the national debt--and they propose to add about a trillion dollars to the national debt with these unpaid tax breaks--every one of those dollars is another trillion dollars of…

This week, even as the House is approving seven different bills to fight the scourge of child sex trafficking, the cry to strip rights and protections from some children persists. Indeed, at the very same time that our Republican…

All these students lose out. The impact is serious. According to the Department of Education, about half of all students pursuing a higher education attend part time, which inevitably extends the time it takes for them to complete the…

Today's bill is another element of a Republican agenda that has consistently weakened our Federal commitment to educational opportunity. I agree with the American Council on Education which said: ``The Federal Tax Code is no substitute for…

We need to reject this bill that still comes up too short for too many students. We need to let them succeed in today's global economy and ensure that students have the support that America needs to be competitive and successful.

At this time, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Bass), who cochairs the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth. I don't know another Member of this Congress who has expressed more concern in going all over the country…

I am so pleased tonight to hear one colleague after another indicate that they are ready to act in a bipartisan way on this issue and that it should be a bipartisan commitment to addressing the vulnerability of our children. I think that…

Would you report on the time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 12\1/2\ minutes remaining.

The same Republicans that are advancing this include a group that have characterized as welfare Pell grants, school breakfast programs, senior nursing care programs. They want to lump all that as welfare, and they say we just can't afford…

The amendment says, if you renounce your citizenship and go abroad to avoid paying taxes, don't come with your hand outstretched to ask other taxpayers who stayed here and worked and contributed to the success of America--those that are…

Thank you for your good work on this amendment. This will be the third bill that we have amended on it. Mr. Chairman, seldom has a day gone by recently without a headline about some American company that is running for the border to avoid…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today really demonstrates the House Republican fear of even trying. Their guiding strategic principle in this Congress is to do nothing and to be sure that no one else can do anything; and…