I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 38, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $500,000)''. Page 112, line 5, after the…

As you mentioned, the Poor People's Campaign was a national call for a moral revival. What we are doing here now: We are reengaging the Poor People's Campaign for the nonviolent economic reform movement that the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 5, line 3, strike ``; and'' and insert ``, including tribal communities;''. Page 5, after line 3…

I have absolutely no doubt at all about the gentleman's commitment and his sincerity to solve the problem of housing challenges for those who are addicted. I would just note that my own experience in my community is similar to the…

The legislation before us today makes nonprofit organizations eligible for Federal Government vouchers to house people in recovery for drug addiction. My amendment simply makes Tribal housing authorities also eligible to apply and receive…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I just want to point out that the United Nations has called this heartless act of separating children from their parents as ``unlawful . . . and a serious violation of the rights of the…

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 of title I, insert the following: SEC. __. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. (a) In General.--The Corps of…

I thank the chairman and madam ranking member. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer my amendment to this critical bill, which authorizes billions of dollars in Corps projects. My amendment is very simple. I can keep it short. It would reaffirm the…

I have not had the privilege to serve on the Agriculture Committee, but, given the comments of the gentleman there, I would suggest as an amendment that, since this bill is about work, we have work for 12-year-olds. Maybe boys could be…

I thank the gentlewoman from California. I rise in opposition to S.J. Res. 57. This is a resolution to disapprove of the CFPB auto lending rules. I oppose this, Mr. Speaker, because I believe U.S. markets should be free from fraud and from…

I thank the gentleman for that. I just want to tell him how outraged I am by the propaganda against poor people. I am outraged by it. If you look at a family that uses SNAP, formerly called food stamps, this program works perfectly well in…

I thank Mr. Evans for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I do appreciate having time here on this Congressional Black Caucus hour to discuss so-called welfare reform and efforts on the part of the majority to shred the safety net. Mr. Speaker, I…