Mark Pocan

Last Friday, President Trump had Andrew McCabe, the Deputy Director of the FBI, fired. His offense? Well, he is about to be a witness in the Mueller investigation and had copious notes about his conversations with the President. What…

I don't think being flexible on whether or not someone has rights or not matters. It should be you have rights and that is it, period.

Some people have asked, why is it that we don't have enough money to train teachers to teach, but suddenly have enough money to train them to be sharpshooters by eliminating Title II moneys?

What did you mean then how to keep guns out of young people's hands? You said it was the President supported that measure, but he clearly chickened out.

I appreciate that, because I agree, there is not a grizzly bear problem in this country. There is a gun violence problem in the country.

When the people lead, eventually the leaders will follow.

We have some concerns that the direction you might be going could take away protections for people like Uber and Lyft drivers, Amazon delivery drivers, that they might not get paid minimum wage and other things.

I am just wondering why unions are the only group that seems to be singled out for more regulation when everything else has been moving toward deregulation?

Let us be bolder in this area.

There is a lot of rhetoric out there about why there is a government shutdown and who is to blame. Well, let's look at the facts. The GOP is, indeed, in charge at all levels of Federal Government yet has not been able to do much of…

In bizarre Washington news of the last week, the raging controversy is whether the President of the United States referred to other countries and a continent as s---holes or s---houses. As if either word means a drop of difference…

I would like to thank the gentleman from Arizona, also, for his leadership within the caucus. I am proud to rise in support of the Congressional Progressive Caucus' budget alternative. This is a practical, progressive vision for our…

Our Nation has a lot of issues on its plate. We have to stabilize healthcare. We need an infrastructure plan that creates millions of good-paying jobs. We need to deal with the hurricanes and the aftermath not just in Texas and Florida…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed. The Chair understands that amendment No. 135 will not be…

I will close by saying that I have been an employer for nearly 30 years; and on behalf of the vast majority of employers who have very responsible workplaces and care for their workers and take care of their workers, it is the…

I am doing this on behalf of Ms. DeLauro. As we know, her mother passed this weekend, and she is in our thoughts. Mr. Chairman, this also incorporates two other amendments that we would have otherwise taken up separately under my name, but…

As the designee of the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), 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 706, line 23, after the dollar…

We are now at the 6-month point in President Trump's time in office, and I think it is time we check in and do his review. President Trump has made a lot of campaign promises, and we should take a look at how he is living up to them…

I have a question for the chairman of the MILCON Committee about the language in his committee report regarding colorectal cancer screening in the VA. Mr. Chairman, in his report, Mr. Dent encourages the VA to increase colorectal cancer…

I appreciate this opportunity. I would like to thank the gentleman from Maryland. The Progressive Caucus has its own version of a budget which we have discussed on the floor of Congress previously that we will be glad to put exactly next…

I would like to read a little bit from The Washington Post. ``This new budget points the way forward for Democrats.'' And what this specifically is addressing is the Progressive Caucus budget. It is looking at it and saying: ``Democrats…

I am here on behalf of the Progressive Caucus, which is the largest values-based caucus within the Democratic Party--74 members strong--who are helping to lead the legislative arm of the resistance in this country. We, every year, put…

But who now says it has not lived to its promise.

I just would ask you, would you send your kids to a school where they have 93 percent of the students who aren't English proficient, and zero percent are math proficient?

When Queen Helen of Sparta was abducted by the Trojan prince Paris, Helen's jilted husband convinced his brother, a Greek king, to lead an expedition to retrieve her. He was accompanied by a fleet of more than a thousand ships. They…