I would remind the public that the Senate Judiciary Committee literally just approved, in a 14 to 7 vote, bipartisan legislation that protects special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

Thank you so much, Chairman Diaz-Balart for having me here, Ranking Member Price, thank you, Members of the Committee for the tireless work that you have done.

Had I been presnt for rollcall vote 140 and rollcall vote 141 on Monday, April 16, 2018, I would have voted ``aye'' on both. ____________________

I include in the Record a list of over 270 organizations opposed to the balanced budget amendment. National Organization Opposing the Balanced Budget Amendment 9to5, National Association of Working Women; AASA, The School Superintendents…

How much time is remaining on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Washington has 11 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Virginia has 26 minutes remaining.

Let me read a couple of paragraphs from this letter from AFSCME. ``The proposed constitutional amendment is a draconian and unwise proposal that would damage the economy, result in huge job losses, and weaken vital public services that all…

the plan here is to first, transfer trillions of dollars of wealth to the wealthiest... balloon the deficit

there are lots of opportunities to do things that do not involve cutting Social Security

I am troubled by some of the statements that we heard last year, as our Republican colleagues attempted to push through--did push through--a tax plan that really benefited only the wealthiest in the country and tried to say that it…

My flight to Washington, D.C. was delayed this evening. As a result, I was absent in the House Chamber for the first vote in the series, roll call vote 130, on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Had I been present, I would have voted aye on roll…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I want to thank you, included nearly $2 billion for Amtrak and my hope is that the national network of passenger rail will be robustly supported with a serious eye towards passenger rail safety.

If we do not have transportation that connects to the port that helps get goods from Eastern Washington or apples or all of the things that we export from Eastern Washington in, if we do not have clear transit that connects north south, we…

I was very pleased that the Subcommittee included language in the 2018 omnibus that sets a clear deadline for the Department to commit to releasing the funds.

I thank Congressman Raskin for his leadership on the Progressive Caucus and for his leadership on the Judiciary Committee. Nobody understands the Constitution better than a constitutional law professor. I appreciate you bringing the…

Today is the 53rd anniversary of Bloody Sunday. This is the day that our incredible colleague, Congressman John Lewis, and Dr. Martin Luther King led 600 marchers from Selma to Montgomery. They didn't get very far. At the Edmund Pettus…

continuing unraveling of the ACA will increase premiums by double-digit percentages in most states next year, an estimated 18 percent on average.

DACA repeal and deportation of about 800,000 DACA recipients would reduce economic growth by an estimated $280 billion and cost more than $460 billion in economic output over the next decade.

Because if you had, you would see--because I am a member of that bipartisan task force and it has been working for several years on this very serious issue of the opioid crisis--nowhere in those recommendations is there any reference to…

We know we cannot arrest our way out of the opioid crisis.

I am confused, frankly, about why we are having this hearing.

Crackdown on Immigrants undermines public safety.

Without that cooperation and trust of undocumented immigrants, we would not have been able to get some dangerous offenders off the street.

To blame one person who is an immigrant for the crimes of everybody else... is a good tactic for dividing and scapegoating.

It would be laughable if it were not so serious; if it were not so hurtful to the characterization of immigrants.