My amendment is very simple. It just says that the provisions of the SCRUB Act will not apply to any rule or set of rules relating to any obligation of the Federal Government with respect to tribal government or supporting tribal…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Wisconsin will be postponed. {time} 1345 Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Cummings The…

Just the implication that transparency is going to hurt Putin's Russia is prima facie proof that we need these rules. What payments to Putin does Rex Tillerson not want shareholders and the American people to see? Today, we should be…

I thank the ranking member. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong, strong opposition to this legislation that seeks to overturn carefully crafted SEC anticorruption rules for extractive industries. Section 1504 requires that gas and oil companies…

I want to thank the gentleman from Fort Worth for yielding this time to me. I could just tell you that it is deja vu all over again. When President George W. Bush lost the election in 2000, he engaged in a lengthy investigation over…

I want to answer his question with a question. Do you care about the 4 million children today that live off of less than $2 a day and live in extreme poverty and they are alive? No, you don't. Let me quote our Founding Father Samuel Adams…

I thank the gentleman for that because I thought maybe it was just me who thought that. Here we are, we live in a country with the largest economy, with arguably the strongest, greatest technological economy, and I wonder what these poor…

I thank the Delegate and the Congresswoman from the Virgin Islands and her counterpart, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Veasey), for really supporting this Congressional Black Caucus hour so that we can discuss the pledges and proposals that…

I thank the chairman. I really appreciate the gentleman, Mr. DeSaulnier, for bringing forth this amendment. Disclosures of and divestment in conflicts are becoming increasingly important in this administration coming up. The conflicts that…

I thank Mr. Veasey so much, and I thank our new chair of the Congressional Black Caucus for his tremendous effort in putting this very important Special Order hour together. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening because I am extremely concerned…

I thank the gentlewoman from Illinois. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strident opposition to H. Res. 933. Madam Speaker, we have heard so much about fake news lately, and now we are being asked for taxpayer funding for fake congressional…

Despite all this, Republicans want to waste more taxpayer dollars for their smear campaign, money that could be used on meaningful measures to reduce infant mortality, feed hungry children, or improve early childhood education. What we…