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…

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 thank the chairman and sponsors of the bill for their hard work. Let me say, the reason is obvious why I rise in support of H.R. 3843, the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022. Does anybody know the word ``consumers''? Do I need…

I thank the gentleman from California for his enormous leadership, and I thank the sponsors of this legislation for their hard work. It is always baffling to me, as I have spoken on the floor of the House and served in this Congress, how…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for participating in the Congressional Children's Caucus hearing this past Monday on the Uvalde murder of children. I rise to join my colleagues in supporting the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of…

The idea of the emphasis on the issue of food security is so crucial, both in terms of the climate change such that is impacted in Eritrea and Ethiopia, and the issues of catastrophic flood conditions, so I rise to support this with the…

This is a victims' act. So many of us have worked with our law enforcement and victims. The VICTIM Act would provide $100 million annually in grant funding to law enforcement agencies and prosecuting officers to bolster their ability to…

I think it should be noted that this bill, H.R. 6448, the Invest to Protect Act of 2022, is bipartisan legislation that would bolster small law enforcement agencies' ability to address staffing shortages and improve community safety…

If you could ever be fed up--I am fed up. Fed up, and fed up with the babbling that we are hearing from Republicans on the other side. You know, the question should be: Where were you on January 6 when law enforcement were bleeding on the…

Democrats have always been supportive of law enforcement along with our civil rights friends, and we have put in firewalls to insist that we work together with law enforcement and large and small entities and that we work with on behalf of…

It provides for low clearance rates, which disproportionately affect victims and families of victims of marginalized communities. Not only do they prevent victims from accessing justice, but they also damage the public's trust. I have…

Our Nation has a crisis of violence, particularly gun violence, and it is tearing at our communities. I have a husband and a baby shot dead, the mother calling: Where is my husband and baby? The baby is found dead. The cause of gun…