Madam Speaker, as someone who was born and raised in south Florida, I know Miami thrives on investment exports and economic development provided by the Export-Import Bank facilities--the Ex-Im Bank. This organization will lose its…

Madam Speaker, the President signaled that he would not move forward on comprehensive immigration reform, and we are deeply disappointed. However, we should be angry--angry that this House has not had the courage to take up comprehensive…

Madam Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman from Georgia and the gentleman from Nevada for their kind words. Larcenia Bullard was a teacher, a public servant, a trailblazer for young, African American women, a mother, and a personal…

Mr. Speaker, I am a fortunate man. I am a fortunate man because half a century ago, my father, at 17 years old, arrived at this country with my mother. And this country gave them refuge. Later, the rest of our family came. This country has…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 15, a bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform bill to properly address the humanitarian crisis at the border. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair understands that the gentleman from…

Mr. Speaker, I enter into the Record the story of a 17- year-old Guatemalan boy who received asylum because a gang killed his father and they were threatening him. Cesar, a 17-year old boy from Guatemala, lost his father to gang violence…

Mr. Speaker, our country needs comprehensive immigration reform, and the American people support comprehensive immigration reform. There are enough votes in this House to pass comprehensive immigration reform. I ask my colleagues to vote…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I wish I could say this bill were a joke. This is far worse than a joke. Not only does the underlying bill fail to provide adequate funding to deal with the situation at hand, it flat out…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize today guest chaplain, Reverend Alphonso Jackson, Sr., of the Second Baptist Church of Richmond Heights in my district. I hope you will all join me in thanking him for honoring us with today's opening…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of improving educational opportunities for a group of students that our education system has left behind, English language learners, or ELLs. Even though English language learners are the fastest-growing…

Madam Speaker, it has been 13 months, 13 months since the Senate passed a bipartisan, comprehensive bill, and yet, the Speaker has not let that bill come to the floor. So we filed a bipartisan bill with almost 200 cosponsors, and still the…