Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Violence Against Women Act. Our Nation has certainly come a long way in advancing the rights of women. In fact, just a few weeks ago, our country…

Thank you so much, Mr. Horsford. I would first like to join my colleagues in grieving and celebrating the life of Michael Brown. I would hope that his short life will not have been lived in vain, that his death will teach us something that…

Mr. Speaker, I rise with a heavy heart as death and violence once again rips the Middle East. Innocent civilians find themselves again hostage in a war that none of them sought. The rockets continue to rain down in Israel and civilians in…

Well, thank you so much for that clarification, Mr. Jeffries. So this doesn't pass a constitutional test, it doesn't pass a legal test, and it doesn't even pass the laugh test because I can tell you, for folks who have pursued repeal of…

Thank you so much, Representative Jeffries. I was wondering if I could ask you some questions. You certainly are an officer of the court, you are an attorney, and so I wanted to ask you to expand a little bit on your contention that…

But what he says in his rollout is that this is budget neutral, which means that it won't cost taxpayers any more. It is budget neutral, and it won't cost taxpayers any more, but it also will not cut programs. It is a really clever sort of…

Mr. Davis, that was very confusing to me, and I will take my seat, but I just wanted clarification on that. The earned income tax credit, which is a benefit that is provided to ordinary Americans through the Tax Code, we are required to…

I just want to ask you one more question about this fuzzy math, Congresswoman, since you serve on the Budget Committee. The SNAP program is an entitlement program. What it means is, if you are eligible for food stamps, you receive them…

Thank you so much, Mr. Pocan. And I want to join my other colleagues for thanking you for your stewardship with the Progressive Caucus and putting this Special Order together. I won't waste a lot of time complimenting our fellow…

You mentioned in your remarks that, in the Budget Committee and on the budget that this House passed, there were 300--was it ``billion'' dollars in cuts?

Mr. Davis, you are a member of the Ways and Means Committee so perhaps we can seek some clarification on the earned income tax credit expansion, which you say you have championed, and that is a very effective antipoverty program, one of…