I thank the distinguished chairman for his leadership, and I thank my distinguished friend from Illinois, Congresswoman Bustos for her constant determination. It is wonderful that H.R. 4445 is restoring freedom and justice to women. It is…

As a senior member of the House and the Committee on Homeland Security, and as Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, I rise in strong support of H.R. 4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual…

Congresswoman, thank you so very much. I wanted to offer my appreciation first to you because I want you to be the last word on this floor tonight because I truly mean what I said earlier, and in almost every moment there has been an…

The head of the NFL said that racism of any kind is unacceptable. Having worked on these issues since the very beginning of my tenure in the United States Congress, including hearings in Houston on brain injuries that were undiagnosed, I…

I thank the gentlewoman from California, as always, for reminding us in almost every moment of her tenure here in the United States Congress of the spirit and the investment that Shirley Chisholm made in her personally and the investment…

This morning at the National Prayer Breakfast, the outstanding speakers of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Bryan Stevenson combined together to say, Use your faith to make a difference. Let me applaud the President…

Sadly I rise to indicate that domestic terrorism is on the rise in America. We have all faced the tragedies of terroristic acts by our fellow Americans, chiefly, of course, the January 6 insurrection, which it is so striking to me that…

My real point is that we need to get serious about domestic terrorism. The lives lost through domestic terrorism is compelling and increasing. Until we get serious about the actions of the Oath Keepers and the boogaloo boys and the Nazi…

First of all, I think it is important to say how great it is to have an opportunity to create jobs and promote human rights at the same time, while respecting our fellow Americans, Asian Pacific Americans. I think it is important that we…

This is reminiscent of more than a decade and a half ago, but it means that it is long overdue for us to now start anew with the America COMPETES Act, H.R. 4521. Let me, first of all, say that in the passage of legislation, isn't it…

I stand here in strong support of H.R. 1836, the Ensuring Veterans' Smooth Transition Act (EVEST), which provides automatic enrollment in the VA for all transitioning service members, and veterans who don't want to obtain its services have…

I thank you, Madam Speaker, for the opportunity to stand here this morning with a very solemn heart, overwhelmed, one would say, with a sense of grief. And in that grief, there is joy. The grief, of course, is to feel the personal pain of…