What do you think will happen to this Nation if we vote for this budget plan, this Halloween of a plan? The latest Republican budget mandates $4.9 trillion in budget cuts. Mr. Speaker, I cannot vote for this. I cannot vote for it because…

It explodes the deficit. How could this happen? It demands higher cuts to Medicare, Social Security, and education. This is a Halloween that America will not tolerate. My good friend from North Carolina, there will be over a million people…

First of all, I want to urgently have set up an appeal process on an expedited basis for my constituents and those across the disaster-impacted areas of a FEMA denial appeal system. Thousands of my constituents have been denied FEMA…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, the American people will look forward to a Thanksgiving and a Christmas of which families come together, but they will also see a Halloween. Today, on the floor of the House, the…

I have often said that, even though the sun is shining after hurricanes and storms, the people are still hurting. Houston is resilient--and I might just say, ``Go Astros''--but I think it is important to talk about those who are impacted…

As a member of the Budget Committee, I rise in strong opposition to Rule governing debate on the Senate Amendment to H. Con. Res. 71, the Congressional Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2018, and the underlying resolution. Let us be very…

Today we will begin a journey that has been represented to be a lifeline for the American people in long awaited tax reform. Sad to say that this is not a bipartisan bill. In addition, it is a bill that will cause a great deal of challenge…

I want to also entertain the questions about the pending opioid announcement of this White House. I want to bring to the attention the article in The New Yorker on the empire of pain. I am working on these issues, but I realize that this…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Cicilline The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I will also be on this floor offering letters opposing, again, not only this dastardly named legislation--who would want to see this in the Congressional Record: slush fund--undermining, as I said, the professionalism of our career…

This is my very point. My very point is a transparent and clear system of distribution of funds, and the career professionals determining what entities need those funds is a clearer system than what would occur if moneys were dumped onto…

I would only offer to say that there is not one Judiciary Committee Democrat on this so-called bipartisan bill. That is where you first start the bipartisanship: you work with members who may, in fact, believe that some of the issues that…