Over the last 100 days, this Congress has tackled many of America's central challenges. That starts, of course, with cleaning up our election system itself, and our vote on H.R. 1 is a giant step in the right direction. We have also…

I thank the author of this important bill, Representative Bass, and I thank the tireless advocates who have worked to bring us to this important day. Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment and to please support this…

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 16, after line 2, insert the following: SEC. 4. AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT COORDINATION. The heads of…

America is built on some core values that everyone should have an equal voice in our democracy, that everyone deserves equal opportunity, and that equal work should mean equal pay. Right now, however, equal work doesn't mean equal pay…

Domestic violence is an insidious problem that affects far too many people across our country. One in four women and one in seven men will be the victim of violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. Sadly, the scourge of domestic…

Last weekend Members of Congress traveled to Alabama for a civil rights pilgrimage. In Selma we marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge alongside Congressman John Lewis. Mr. Speaker, 54 years ago yesterday, Congressman Lewis was on that…

I am delighted that we are finally at this day, because you know the tide, you know the toll that takes place every day. On average, every day in America, 342 people are shot: murders, assaults, suicides, or suicide attempts. That means…

For decades, lobbyists have stifled our national conversation about gun violence and Congress has refused to act. Since Parkland, Thousand Oaks, and so many others, new voices have broken through. Student activists have marched…

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 3, line 11, after ``harm,'' insert ``including harm to self, family, household members, or others,''…

New faces are really attractive.

What we need is a positive platform, and somebody who's strong enough to just sort of - sort of do what Obama did, just do that to Trump.

I think people have some ideas about how to run against Donald Trump. I - you know, we'll see what they do.

Our base is young people who vote - vote overwhelmingly Democratic, women who now vote overwhelmingly Democratic, including White women, which wasn't the case in 2016, and people of color, all those groups have to show up.

Most people want healthcare for everybody, and so forth, and so on.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the FIND Trafficking Act, H.R. 502. Over the last several years, the work of law enforcement has gotten significantly harder. One difference, cryptocurrencies; virtual…

Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution reads: ``The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic, and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public…

A concerned constituent recently sent me this hand-written letter about President Trump's shutdown: ``As an air traffic controller . . . I want you to know how the partial government shutdown is affecting me. For the last 2 weeks, we have…

I am honored to stand as a Member of Congress for my first floor speech. I purposefully rise to speak about the issue of gun violence and, specifically, H.R. 8. Last year, 40,000 people in America died of gun violence, over half to…

Hate speech is not free speech.

This party is in trouble.

The vast majority are going to be helped.

That is total nonsense. That is complete speculation based on exactly nothing.

These folks aren't going to know if they like their insurance or not until they see what they're going to get instead.

This program may have flaws. We have not yet discovered what they are. This is speculation, this is nonsense.

The Tea Party called out their racist fringe, and I think the Republican Party has got to stop appealing to its racist fringe.