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Cheers and Jeers U.S. House of Representatives for voting nearly unanimously to endorse a resolution (H. Res. 41) rejecting white nationalism and white supremacy as "hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the values that define the people of the United States" - a response to inflammatory remarks by Representative  Steve King (R-IA)   Senate Judiciary Committee members Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chris Coons (D-DE), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Cory Booker, (D-NJ), and Kamala Harris (D-CA) for questioning attorney general nominee William Barr on his record and views on voting rights, LGBTQ issues, racial disparities in the criminal justice system, immigration, and civil rights   Representative Rodney Davis (R-IL) for introducing the Social Security Fairness Act of 2019 (H.R. 141), which repeals GPO and WEP   Senators Doug Jones (D-AL), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) for their letter to education stakeholders and policy experts about addressing racial disparities in student debt   Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) for introducing the Raise the Wage Act of 2019, which gradually raises the minimum wage to $15 in 2024, indexes future minimum wage increases to wage growth, and phases out the subminimum wages for tipped workers, youth workers, and workers with disabilities   Representatives Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ) and Jahana Hayes (D-CT) for introducing a bipartisan resolution (H. Res. 58) that supports the goal of increasing public school teacher pay and public education funding   Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for continuing to block votes on bipartisan House-passed bills that would reopen the government and provide disaster relief for victims of Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Michael, the California wildfires, and other natural disasters