As a senior member of the Committees on the Judiciary and Homeland Security, I rise in strong support of H.R. 8247, the ``Veterans Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care, and Treatment Act of 2020'', which makes numerous improvements…

You know the ordinary people that this legislation helps in my district are young African-American men unemployed, young African-American women unemployed, LatinX men and women, young African-American men, young LatinX men and women, and…

I want to answer the gentleman's question about ordinary Americans. These are ordinary Americans, some of whom, because of the climate change or the inequity in environmental injustice, have faced the wrong side of energy. I want them to…

As a senior member of the Committees on the Judiciary, on Homeland Security, and on the Budget, I rise in support of H.R. 8337, a bill that provides funding to continue the operations of the federal government through December 11, 2020…

I rise enthusiastically to support H.R. 8337, because we did our job to keep the government open, but it is important for my constituents to know that we have supported the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program because of food…

Congress has the power under the Commerce Clause to prohibit FGM, and that is why I was very glad to be the author and sponsor of this legislation by introducing this--what the cosponsors and I believe--is an important bipartisan bill. My…

Would you share the time remaining, please. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Texas has 8 minutes remaining. The gentleman from North Dakota has 16 minutes remaining.

I thank the gentleman for his commentary, but I am going to rise and ask my colleagues to support this legislation in a bipartisan manner. As indicated--I would correct my friend's interpretation--Mr. Steube's amendment was added in the…

Just one point that I want to make as I yield to the author and leader on this bill is that we are continuously fighting a known, recognized domestic terrorism. This vital bill will provide the reporting for a roadmap to do the right…

I thank my friend and colleague from North Dakota for his leadership. I thank, again, the chairman and ranking member of the full committee and our subcommittee chairpersons and ranking members. Mr. Speaker, let me just say that, as I…

First, I certainly want to thank all of the sponsors of this bill, and I thank Mr. Schneider for all of the important work that has been done on this legislation. With the consideration of H.R. 5602, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act…

As a senior member of the Committees on the Judiciary and on Homeland Security, and the Congressional Black Caucus, and as a cosponsor, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5053, the ``Justice for Juveniles Act,'' introduced by Congresswoman…