What Haley M. Stevens said, and what was done

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor America's 250th Anniversary. 250 years ago, a band of ordinary citizens, dedicated to the simple idea that all are created equal, came together and formed an enduring experiment that changed the course of history.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize May as Huntington's Disease Awareness Month. As representatives in Congress, we hold the tremendous responsibility of representing our constituents bravely battling this condition.”

“Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to share with you today's remarks and to have you hear them, because on January 3, 2019, it was a special day for many of us in this very Chamber.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Jill Ann Hartwig, a devoted mother, wife, teacher, and community member whose impact will be felt for years to come.”

“Mr. Speaker, last Thursday, the Jewish community in West Bloomfield, Michigan, narrowly avoided a fatal act of anti-Semitic terrorism. The temple may be burned and battered, but every single life inside that sacred space was saved and spared.”

“Mr. Speaker, after Monday's college football national championship, I rise to express my concern about the trend of private equity firms attempting to buy up college sports. These deals will be bad for athletes, students, and fans.”

“Mr. Speaker, PFAS are everywhere, and they are endangering Michiganders' lives. PFAS, as we know, are toxic forever chemicals that persist in the environment, contaminate the water we drink, and accumulate in the body.”

“Madam Speaker, over the weekend, the world watched in horror as Jews celebrating the start of Hanukkah were murdered on the shores of Sydney, Australia. It is dizzying, and it is unfathomable.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the remarkable life of Coach Al Fracassa, a Michigan high school football coach that shaped generations of young men in Metro Detroit.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Liam Steadman and Malia Zaidi on the birth of their new baby daughter, Daisy Evelyn Steadman, who was born on September 28, 2025.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my gratitude towards His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Archbishop of Constantinople and spiritual leader of Orthodox Christianity worldwide, for his time spent in our Nation's Capital last week.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the counselors, outreach workers, and credible messengers who save lives as community violence interrupters in Michigan and across the Nation. These programs, supported by the Community Violence Intervention funding, deescalate conflicts, mediate retaliation, and connect people to essential services like jobs, housing, and mental health care to break cycles of violence.”

“Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate RACER Trust based in Detroit for its extraordinary work turning abandoned industrial sites into engines of economic growth across Michigan and this country.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the honorable life of my dear friend, Michael Kramer, a passionate legal professional and a champion of access to education and healthcare.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1223, the Accelerating Networking, Cyberinfrastructure, and Hardware for Oceanic Research Act, or ANCHOR Act. I would like to thank my colleague, Representative Vince Fong (R-CA), for working with me to advance this bipartisan legislation.”

“Mr. Speaker, tonight I rise with my Democratic colleagues, frankly, to call out the dangerous and draconian antiscience agendas of this current administration. Since day one, this administration has unleashed chaos on our national scientific enterprise, undermining our Nation's competitiveness, our health safety, and the dignity of research and how it is conducted.”

“My friend Mike Coast, the former leader of the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center, Michigan's MEP, and I are overdue for a conversation. He is ringing the alarm bell about what these cuts will do for Michigan and what this means.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Subramanyam, a new freshman member on the Committee on Science and Member of this very body. As we can tell, he is already leading in an extraordinary way.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Beyer for his great leadership in Congress and for his continued dedication to education as he is getting a degree in artificial intelligence.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Foster for his always wise and important words. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Whitesides), who is a leader in the field of science and space exploration.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Whitesides for his comments. How lucky the people of California are to have his representation and how lucky the United States Congress is to have his expertise.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Congresswoman Foushee for her ongoing leadership for women in the sciences and for HBCUs that are also so important to our STEM scientific research enterprise.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank our science nerds and enthusiasts for their work, just as Ms. Stansbury so nicely laid out. Mr. Speaker, I yield the floor to the gentleman from New York (Mr.”

“Madam Speaker, I thank Mr. Tonko for his years of leadership on the Scientific Integrity Act, still very essential legislation for this country. What a profound honor it is to be with colleagues in this democracy sharing these views.”

“Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Subramanyam) to close us out. He is such a leader, and I am so proud of him for helping with this Special Order hour.”

“Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his remarks. We will continue to use our voices. To every scientific researcher, science student, and American wondering, we have your back.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to call attention to the brazen firing of our respected Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden. Last week, she was ruthlessly fired by President Donald J.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an incredible individual who has taken from this world far too soon, my dear friend, Molly McGovern, the daughter of our colleague Congressman Jim McGovern and his beautiful wife, Lisa, and the sister of her very delightful brother, Patrick.”

“Of course, Mr. Speaker, I find this exciting and thrilling as a steward of Michigan and Michigan's economy, as a younger individual who had worked in a political atmosphere on the Presidential campaigns of 2008, and got to go work in the administration of Barack Obama in the Treasury Department.”

“We are hearing in the zeitgeist musings about plans to annex Canada. I am not musing that. I am a Member of Congress. I don't think we need to annex Canada.”

“Mr. Speaker, I also have no further requests for time to speak on this bill, and I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, I again thank my colleagues from the committee, Mr.”

“Mr. Speaker, within 12 hours, this very Chamber is going to witness a joint address to Congress. I will take my time and my privilege as a duly elected Member of this Chamber to share some of the sentiments about the state of the Union that is emerging very clearly and loudly from Michigan and on behalf of my constituents.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to say that tariffs on Canada are going to blow a hole in the United States automotive industry. I ask the President to not put 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Casten), for his remarks, his dedication to this Chamber, to this process, and to the lawmaking. We are both in our fourth term.”

“Mr. Speaker, I am waiting for the bill to lower egg costs. I am seeing headlines that eggs are being stolen. I am hearing from constituents who are nervous about Elon Musk having access to their records and their payment system, and they are wondering why they can't go to the grocery store and find eggs.”

“Mr. Speaker, today, I stood with the House Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic Whip, Katherine Clark, our House Democratic Chair, Pete Aguilar, and Congressman Sean Casten to introduce the Taxpayer Data Protection Act because what is going on in the Treasury Department is lawless and wrong and frightening for the American people.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This past Monday, our Nation celebrated MLK Day, a powerful reminder of the ongoing effort for equality and justice and the profound impact an individual can make.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the tremendous achievements of President Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States. While I could spend my time highlighting the nearly innumerable achievements of his administration, I rise to celebrate what this Nation is today because of President Biden's leadership, a nation on the rise.”