Mr. Speaker, today, I rise in opposition to this resolution, which is a Republican attempt to delay and derail the Mueller investigation. Mr. Speaker, what we have today is a Republican President who is under criminal investigation. We…

Mr. Speaker, I will applaud former Speaker Pelosi for her consistency. She seems to have uniformly supported the executive branch ignoring subpoenas and perhaps destroying evidence in failing to comply with the rule of the House, with a…

Mr. Chair, I missed a rollcall vote on June 28, 2018 for having to briefly leave the House floor. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall No. 308. Amendment No. 15 Offered by Ms. Clark of Massachusetts The Acting CHAIR…

Mr. Speaker, due to an unavoidable scheduling conflict, I was unable to cast my vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 304 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 305. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

Mr. Speaker, in the 4\1/2\ months since 17 people were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, there have been 15 shootings at schools and colleges around the country. In the absence of…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to condemn the brutal persecution of the Sindhi people in Pakistan. Throughout the Sindh Province, and especially in Karachi, millions of Sindhi people are victimized by the Punjabi-dominated regime in Islamabad…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, the very things that my colleagues across the aisle are arguing could have been argued back in Watergate days and they would have kept Richard Nixon in office. Some of…

Mr. President, I wish to honor George C. Williams and the crew of the 42-299-28 B-17 Flying Fortress that was shot down over Normandy, France, during WWII 75 years ago on July 4, 1943. George C. Williams, bombardier from Warren, Trumbull…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cassidy). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 68, nays 30, as follows…

I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 86, nays 11, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 143 Leg.] YEAS--86 Baldwin Barrasso Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Booker Boozman Brown…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring this body's attention to a war on coal that jeopardizes our Montana communities, jobs, and economy. Environmental extremists want to eliminate the diversity of Montana's energy generation. Their radical…

Mr. President, I have been asked by the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee to object on his behalf. On his behalf, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Florida.

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, as chairman of the committee of jurisdiction, I have reached out to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for its views, and the Agency opposes this legislation. According to the Agency: FEMA…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mark the life and legacy of Charles Page, a true public servant who considered himself so blessed that he went by the nickname of Mr. Lucky. But it goes without saying that all of us benefited from Charlie's…

Mr. Speaker, today, too many Americans feel that their own democracy doesn't respect them, that they are left out and locked out of their own democracy. That is why Democrats today are introducing the By the People Resolution, a broad set…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding and I thank him for his extraordinary leadership in articulating what is right, what honors our oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, the separation of…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for yielding time to me. You know, an old Arizona farmer told me that when you put up a fence, the cow almost always goes over and leans on the fence to see how strong that fence is…