I think that while we sleep, there are people out there plotting, and basically I am talking about China, I am talking about Russia, I am talking even about Iran.

Why should we allow them to have loans from financial institutions when they go and spend $80 billion on Russian tanks to oppress their people?

I cannot remember a time they did not exercise their right to vote and I think they were so dedicated because they understood that regardless of the color of their skin or where they lived or how much money they did not have in the bank…

I would like to know, what you think you could do to encourage more States to participate...

I think we have to bring some sort of pressure on these governments to realize you just can't run over people and just expect us, the United States, to not do anything.

You said that our patent system protection is less than it was 10 years ago, and I agree.

I like the phrase 'counterfeit economy.' They have a substantial counterfeit economy.

It is time to do something about it.

It advantages the large operations that have the administrative network and the skillsets and disadvantages the small.

Our relations with Latin America over the years, at best, have been benign neglect, and at worst have been shoring up either with troops or resources, governments that practice state terrorism.

current policy is so bad and relations so abominable that the OAS recently unanimously passed a resolution condemning our behavior.

yes, we should stop giving them money. But you can't do that until you designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization.

we have to step up our efforts to try to get to the root causes. And we need immigration reform that the Congress is responsible for.

To me, that is just dumb, all right? That is really dumb.

building a wall is not going to solve the problem. Separating children inhumanely from their parents is not going to solve this problem.

Mr. Speaker, I do want to extend my sincerest appreciation and gratitude for the generosity and professionalism that you have shown to us as we have made this very quick transition. Thank you very much. All right, there we go. This is Ean…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of my good friend, Tennessee State Representative Ron Lollar, who passed away on July 6, 2018, at the age of 69. Ron valiantly served his country as a United States marine in the Vietnam war…

When I am at home and I sit down with my neighbors and ask them what's important, this is always the top of their list and it's a little bizarre to me that the committee is having a hearing on this rather than really doing a much broader…