Shamefully, rural South Texas and all of rural Texas has been utterly devastated by COVID-19.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sound the alarm about the extreme heat in Texas that is putting people's lives in danger. Workers in agriculture, construction, mail delivery, and landscaping are in danger and at risk for heat-related injuries…

Proxy advisers serve an important role in the market.

However, Republicans are going about reforms, in my judgment, in the wrong way today.

This hearing today is another example of what some of our Republicans are calling so-called anti-woke agenda.

Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague and friend and all the members of the Armed Services Committee for allowing me to encourage my colleagues to support amendments 723 and 731 of the NDAA. Amendment 723 offers whistleblower protections in…

ESG disclosures are about transparency. This benefits workers, consumers, and investors.

ESG disclosures include information like quantitative and qualitative disclosures related to climate-related risks, and human capital disclosures like diversity and inclusion.

I am introducing a bill today called the Workforce Investment Disclosure Act.

By eliminating corporate diversity and inclusion efforts, Republicans are directly harming communities like mine in my district, which is 77-percent Latino and over 90-percent people of color.

Mr. Speaker, Adam Schiff is tough. Adam Schiff is smart. Adam Schiff gets the job done. Adam Schiff holds the powerful accountable. That is exactly why we are here today. Extreme MAGA Republicans are trying to punish our colleague for…