Some many years ago, with a bush as big as a bush on my head, an Afro, of which I was enormously proud, young, fragile ego, probably not that strong in my frame, some would say, skinny legs and high heels, an early teen, trying to express…

And this young boy, who, like me, felt diminished because someone thought it was wrong for me, an Afro, for him, his braided hair. Mr. Jordan, we have engaged in a lot, but I will not stand down on the CROWN Act. We must pass the CROWN Act…

The CROWN Study found that Black women's hair is more policed in the workplace, thereby contributing to the climate of group control. Black women are more likely to receive formal grooming policies; and 80 percent of Black women believe…

Earlier today during the debate dealing with removing the normal trade relations from Russia and Belarus, I indicated that ``slaughter'' is too nice a word to describe the actions of Vladimir Putin against the innocent people of Ukraine. I…

How sad and maybe even criminal it was to ignore this for so many years. How grateful we would be when those who died for their rights, for justice, for equality, the very same tenets we all adhere to here in the United States. Let me draw…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts for his leadership. How honored I am to be on the floor with Richard Neal, who had a major and forceful engagement in bringing about the recognition of those who were murdered in 1972…

I thank Chairman Neal and Congressmen Doggett and Blumenauer for this important statement. Slaughter is not a sufficient definition of what Putin and Putin's war is doing to the innocent Ukrainian people. I rise in strong support of…

I thank my friends and colleagues, Chairman Johnson and Chairman Nadler, for this long overdue legislation that we voted on last year; and, as well, to acknowledge the forced arbitration legislation that was signed by the White House…

I thank the gentleman for his generosity. I oppose the upcoming amendment that talks about not excluding unions. Unions have agreements between individuals. Unions have the power, through their persons they represent, to vote yea or nay…

As a senior member of the Committees on the Judiciary, on Homeland Security, and on the Budget, and the Congressional Women's Caucus, I am pleased to join this Women's Caucus Special Order with my colleagues, to discuss the bravery of…

Let me thank the gentlewoman from Florida for, first of all, all of her leadership in leading the Women's Caucus for a very sizable period of time; and to give us the opportunity to speak about women today; and to remind us that we really…

Allow me to again express my appreciation to the growth and bounty of the Women's Democratic Caucus. It is amazing, the coming together of now generational women, freshmen classes, sophomore classes, and some of us who have had the…