It has been 5 days since President Trump, when asked if he had to uphold the Constitution, told a reporter: ``I don't know.'' Madam Speaker, it has been 5 days of silence from my Republican colleagues. I keep waiting to see if a single…

[Y]ou can show all the ‘fact’ sheets you want, but this is about practical implications. If you changed your name, you will not be able to vote unless you jump through excessive hoops that require time, money, and travel if you live in a…

This week we learned that 75 percent of the men on that plane to El Salvador, the men who President Trump claimed were the worst of the worst, were, in fact, not hardened criminals. Are we surprised that it was another example of optics…

I want to clarify something for some of my colleagues and for leaders across this country because there seems to be some confusion. There is a big difference between taking a knee and bending a knee. Taking a knee shows that you can hold…

We have heard for months now that this administration only hires the very best people. Really? Let's look at exhibit A. This is the guy? This guy? This is the guy that keeps swinging around his big chainsaw? This is the guy who is going to…

I ask my colleagues: What kind of man asks for absolute fealty and bootlicking from the people around him? What kind of man asks people to lie for him? What kind of man is so petty that he can't admit obvious mistakes and lies? What kind…

I am thinking of the small businesses in Vermont that have reached out to me to say that Trump's proposed tariff war with Canada is going to crush them. I am thinking about the 150,000 Vermonters who are dependent on Medicaid. I urge my…

Do not take your eye off the ball—and the ball is always the money.

Republicans are not thinking about regular people ever.

It's about who's at the top who we can give more money to while the rest of us are scrapping around for every little bit that we can get.

Russia invaded the sovereign nation of Ukraine. That is the cold, hard truth of it. Vladimir Putin is the aggressor. I stand here on the floor to say that our President will not rewrite the past. Putin has mercilessly continued this war…

I am here today to stand with our Federal workers and civil servants and to tell them that we will fight these illegal actions. The Trump administration is treating our Federal workforce as if they are the enemy. These are regular…

Day one, our President made our country less safe. Day one, with an irresponsible stroke of his pen, Donald Trump released 500 violent felons back out onto our streets. These are the criminals who brutally attacked cops who were protecting…

As families in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas grapple with horrible devastation, loss of homes, community, loss of life and livelihoods, I am disgusted to hear that Republican leadership--Speaker Johnson--is planning to use this…

I think that the seniority issue in this building gets in the way.

I know Gerry will do a great job. But there’s no substitute for having someone in that position that literally has millions of Americans following her [on social media].

This is a message to all of my colleagues voting on the NDAA and to Americans who might be watching: You are being misled. Our most cynical Republican colleagues are telling you that Democrats are pushing for sterilization and surgery for…

The House Committee on the Judiciary is tasked with the underappreciated yet critical responsibility to oversee the revision and codification of the statutes of the United States. I appreciate that today we are continuing the strong…

I thank Mr. Huffman for convening us to discuss this very important topic. Mr. Speaker, when I was in leadership in the Vermont State Senate, I saw the writing on the wall. I knew that Republicans were absolutely determined to overturn Roe…

It is an honor to serve with Representative Ramirez and to speak here tonight about an issue that is incredibly important to me, and that is the health and strength of democracy. When I ran for Congress, the issue I heard the most about…

What Americans need to be demanding of us--I don't care what party you are--what they should be demanding of all of us are real answers to these problems.

We can go back decades. This is a can that has been kicked over and over again.

My community, the LGBTQ community, is constantly under attack in this Congress.

We have to pass the Equality Act to explicitly protect LGBTQ people against discrimination.

We have to pass the Equality Act to explicitly protect LGBTQ people against discrimination.