I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I just want to make sure that we know that people are hurting and that we should understand their pain. So I want to acknowledge as a cosponsor and salute Mr. Cox, who has introduced the…

I thank the chairwoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we are opening the government. Democrats have voted every day for the last 2 weeks to 3 weeks on opening the government. I ask a simple question: To those who are out working today, what…

I can attest to the importance of Emergency Disaster Supplemental Appropriations to the efforts of communities to recover following a disaster. Texans impacted by Hurricane Harvey and are working towards recovery are grateful for the…

I think it is important for us to know what just happened today. Democrats stood on the floor, unanimously, to open the government. Democrats stood on the floor, unanimously, to be able to provide for desperate Americans suffering from…

Today reflects two interesting commemorations. First, it is the actual birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who lost his life in a fight for justice for public employees. I wonder what he would say on this day while we are in the…

I thank the gentleman. I beg to differ with my good friend from Iowa. I do believe that we are all created equal with certain inalienable rights. What I would say to him is that Western civilization is what we all are. There is no…

I can't even account for this historic and devastating Trump shutdown. When I say I can't account, I can't believe that the government is now in the mix of a shutdown that has such far-reaching proportions of impact, negative impact: not…

As I entered Bush Intercontinental Airport today, terminal B was shut down, shut down because, of course, we do not have enough TSA officers, as the terminals were shut down in Miami. I understand the circumstances and the difficulties of…

It is a pleasure to be able to speak on the floor, and I thank you for your leadership. I thank the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings), chair of the Oversight and Reform Committee, for his leadership. I thank my colleague from Texas as…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I was just on the floor, but I could not leave the floor without reminding us that our constituents have names. So I wanted Edith to know how concerned I am about her, and to say that when…

I want to thank my colleague, the distinguished Congresswoman from California, for her leadership and her amazing journey here to the United States House of Representatives. It is clearly because of life stories like hers that we will be…

To the White House: Sign the bill and open up the government. Today, the President is in my home State, impossible for him to see the entire border on the southern border and to realize that work has been done for almost two decades on…