Today is World AIDS Day, and I am very pleased to come from a city where so many celebrated and commemorated the progress and challenges involved. I want to thank the Thomas Street clinic. I have visited there and seen the treatment that…

I thank Congressman Jeffries for his leadership, and I thank the Speaker, I am sorry that we were walking across the floor, and we may not publicly say it, but we thank you for your clarification, and to my good friend on the Judiciary…

This is not the first year or the second year or the third year of the administration. In actuality, we are going towards the end of the term of this administration. From my perspective as a member of the Committee on Homeland Security…

As one of the co-sponsors and Co-Chair of both the Children's Caucus and the Pakistan Caucus, I rise in strong support of H.R. 3583, the Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act. Mr. Speaker, the passage of H.R. 3583 would provide numerous…

I was unavoidably detained by a meeting on constituency matters on rollcall vote No. 521 and 522. If I had been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 521 and ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 522. ____________________

I love living in a country, Mr. Speaker, that is known around the world for its humanitarian generosity. In the State of Texas, there are almost 1.3 million undocumented individuals. They are undocumented, but they are working. They are…

I am pleased to join my colleagues of the Congressional Black Caucus to speak to the issues that members of the 113th Congress must address. I thank my colleagues Representatives Steven Horsford and Hakeem Jeffries for leading this…

I thank the manager of this Special Order, and it gives me great privilege to be able to stand here today. Mr. Speaker, as I look at Congressman Coble, I think of the men and women who love this institution. I love it, and I have had the…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, today, we had a hearing in Homeland Security with the Secretary of Homeland Security. There is no doubt that what we are doing today is to protect the homeland. What Americans say is they want the…

On Monday, September 15, 2014, I was unavoidably detained attending representational activities and thus unable to return in time for rollcall vote No. 497. I would like the record to reflect that, had I been present, I would have voted…

I want to acknowledge the value of our Constitution. I just left the Homeland Security hearing on the horror of ISIL and held up the Constitution to say that we will not allow terrorists to undermine our values, and I am grateful that we…

As a mother, I can see those who are now mourning because they have lost their babies, their family members. I can see the Yazidis in the mountains in Iraq fearful, and I can hear the cries of mothers whose sons were viciously beheaded by…