Sheila Jackson Lee: “I was unavoidably detained on November 2, 2015, through November 3, 2015. Had I been present, I would have voted as…”

We have done the right thing. We have kept the government open, but there is much more to do. It is the wide- ranging responsibilities of the United States Congress. One of those responsibilities is to tell the truth of our history. This…

This is a very difficult time for Members because we are talking about world issues. Tomorrow, we will be talking about world issues, as well, and that is the final adjournment. If we do not do our work, the funding of the Ukraine money…

I have yielded a minute to the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Himes). The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia controls the time.

We can do no less than to come to this floor today to be the America that we have been known around the world to have become, and that is a freedom-loving democracy standing for and watching our men and women go overseas, in many instances…