Nothing that I have seen in classified settings or otherwise has shown me one shred of support for the President's initial claim that there was such a threat.

We want everyone counted, as the chairman said in her opening statement, citizen and noncitizen. The Constitution requires it and fairness demands it.

It is ultimately the objective for the decennial census to ensure that we have a fair and accurate count of all of America.

I thought I heard from your testimony that maybe there was a more malign purpose behind adding a question that formerly has not been asked in the census survey, as I understand it, since 1950.

The idea that it is just customary and ordinary is flat out false.

Without commenting on content, my reaction to this briefing was, it was sophomoric and utterly unconvincing. And I believe more than ever, that Congress needs to act to protect the constitutional provisions about war and peace.

Each of us here took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, not the President, and not our political party. Today, history will judge. Did we abide that oath? To extort a foreign country to investigate your…

I am proud to be a cosponsor of H.R. 4331, the Tibetan Policy and Support Act, to update and strengthen the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002.

Bipartisanship is not intrinsically good or bad. It is not a goal in and of itself, it is a means toward an end.

I believe that a failure to extend the New START agreement risks the utter collapse of any structure on arms reduction between Russia and the United States.

Thank you, Mr. Khanna. Thank you so much for being here today and your interest in the subject.

I thank the gentleman and thank him again for his leadership and partnership in this enterprise. We couldn't have done it without him.

We could have mandated, but we chose to respect the Federal culture and let it evolve.

I am going to operate on the assumption that everybody is highly motivated and of good intention.

we will gladly work with you, and I know my friend will also be part of this enterprise.

Congratulations again; that is great.

This would have real consequences. This is where the savings are.

this change has unintended but negative consequences.

this would have real consequences. This is where the savings are.

this is a huge step forward.

The Uyghur Act would require President Trump to impose the Global Magnitsky sanctions against all Chinese officials who are responsible for the suppression of the Uyghurs.

It should be worth noting that Beijing committed itself to universal suffrage in Hong Kong as part of is basic law for governing the city, but it is yet to make good on that promise.

Without your persistence and your tenacity, this would not have happened.

We are long past the point when this should be done, and it should not be linked to any ongoing negotiations on trade or any other subject.

The last 6 months have seen massive protests in Hong Kong.