I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end, add the following new section: SEC. 3. REPORT REQUIRED. (a) Annual Report.--Beginning in the…

I do want to thank the chairman for his support, and I want to thank Members of the minority for their support. This is so very important. I look forward to working with the chairman in this Congress to continue to ensure that the Veterans…

I will be brief. The lack of childcare is a serious barrier to workforce participation. But the lack of childcare is also a significant barrier to obtaining good healthcare, which is why I am so grateful that we are taking this step today…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I want to thank the gentlewoman from California for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join my colleague from Missouri in asking my colleagues to support H.R. 430 and to vote ``yes'' on this legislation. Now, this is just a short-term…

I join with my colleagues in supporting House passage today of the long overdue FY 2019 Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies funding bill which will help bring an end to the reckless shutdown for…

Being sort of last in this debate gives you an opportunity to hear all of the arguments. The question has been asked: Why should we allow Speaker Pelosi to intervene? Well, she authored the bill. We need her to defend this bill, and we…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding, and I commend my colleagues of the farm bill conference committee in both the House and the Senate for strengthening the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and rejecting harmful…

Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 434.

Hallelujah. Let the Republican majority tell it. The American people are just going to be so thrilled with tax scam 2.0 where we permanently lock in obscene tax advantages for corporations and the wealthy, where we lock in inequality…

Tomorrow, the House is going to take up and, hopefully, pass legislation that I have introduced to honor a Wisconsin hero and one of my she-roes, Vel R. Phillips. The bill would designate a post office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in her…

I thank Mr. Thompson, and, indeed, it is my pleasure to join him in cosponsoring the reauthorization of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act of 2018. Mr. Speaker, I am so very, very pleased that this is a piece of bipartisan…