As a senior member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, I rise in support of H.R. 8416, the ``Disasters of Survivors Fairness Act of 2022.'' The Federal Emergency Management Agency's mission is to help Americans prepare for…

I thank Lois Frankel, Cheri Bustos, the chairman, and chairmen of our subcommittees, from David Cicilline to Chairman Cohen, for the work that they have done. Let me agree with the gentleman from Kentucky in saying that it doesn't cost…

All of this is silenced. The threat of legal retaliation is daunting to these women, enough to keep workers from coming forward with their stories of abuse. The Harvard Business Review has indicated over one-third of the U.S. workforce is…

I rise for a series of issues that I think are important. First of all, two simple words, thank you, to all of the election officials in all 50 States, the bulk of whom worked unceasingly to ensure that the votes of the American people…

I thank my colleagues for giving me the opportunity to be able to speak this afternoon from the heart. Democrats have done great things. We have certainly appreciated the Members of the other side of the aisle who have joined us on some of…

I include in the Record a press statement from my office. [Press Statement from Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Aug. 4, 2022] Washington, DC.--Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee condemns the Russian Court System for their egregious…

I thank the chairwoman very much and again applaud her persistence in helping the American people. As I finish, on the issue of Brittney Griner, introducing this to many of our colleagues that don't know, she is a hostage in Putin's…

This would provide financial relief for the families of those murdered by the terrorists by helping to put more dollars in this victims' fund, more so than the Victim Compensation Fund, to provide them with catch-up payments that they did…

I thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler) for work that is long overdue, and the Senators in the other body, as well. I lived through 9/11, as many of us who have served in this Congress did. I lived through the terror, the horror…

When I mention Brittney Griner, I want everybody to know I am thinking of Paul Whelan, and I am thinking of the journalist in Iran, and hostages around the world, U.S. citizens. Does anybody know that we work hard on this? When I say we…

As we begin to take our work recess and engage with constituents, families, young people--in Texas sports are sort of the heart of our State, we love our Friday night football--I want us to think of a young woman who did everything right…

I thank the gentlewoman for her leadership. I am very glad to say that there is something that responsibility calls you to do: save lives. This CR indicates that we will not shut the government down in the face of disasters around the…