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We write to strongly support the request made earlier today of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake of Baltimore to have the Civil Rights Division open a federal "pattern or practice" investigation of the Baltimore Police Department (BPD).

I joined with many other Members to oppose this year's Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill out of a deep concern that it does not adequately fund the needs of our veterans.

Freddie Gray and his family deserve justice, and the charges filed today by the State's Attorney in Baltimore show that there is a process moving forward to investigate fully and thoroughly what happened.

I am proud to cosponsor a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020.

I was pleased to have so many immigrants and their families join me and my friend Congressman Luis Gutiérrez at CASA in support of fixing our country's broken immigration system and to raise awareness about the expanded DACA program and the new DAPA program.

We are deeply disappointed by the House Appropriations Committee's proposal to cut $75 million in grant funding for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro).

I am very proud to be joining the new Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Caucus. HBCUs have long played a crucial role in providing high quality education that strengthens both the African American community and our country as a whole.

Mr. Speaker, when the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 to invalidate the preclearance formula in the original Voting Rights Act, it issued a challenge to Congress to pass an updated one..