Veronica Escobar: “I think what we're going to see on the floor today and tomorrow probably will be an absence of many of our Republican…”

Democrats are not attacking the institutions that are important to our democracy. Unfortunately, Republicans are.

I wish, wish, wish we could hear that same passion that we just heard about all racism.

I thank my friend, Hillary Scholten. I so appreciate her leadership and her support of the bill. Mr. Speaker, I was born and raised on the U.S.-Mexico border. I am a third-generation border resident. My children are both adults. My son…

I would like to discuss my bill, H.R. 2740, establishing an Office of Colonia Affairs within the Department of Agriculture.