Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to this amendment, which would add $1 billion in advanced procurement for two additional Virginia-class submarines in FY 2022/23. The Navy has a substantial plan for submarines. It achieves the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule to complete consideration of the FY 2019 Defense Appropriations bill. I thank the Rules Committee and all the Members who submitted amendments to the Defense Appropriations bill. I commend the…

Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as to how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Johnson of Louisiana). The gentleman from Virginia has 15 seconds remaining.

Mr. Chair, I will be quick with my closing. The bottom line is we need these carriers. We need $26 billion in the shipbuilding budget to reach 355 ships. So the $21 billion is admirable, but the pathway to get where we need to be of 355 is…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to stand up for New Jersey jobs and New Jersey workers who are the best in the world. In Fair Lawn, New Jersey, the men and women at Mondelez bake top-quality products like Oreos, Teddy Grahams, Ritz Crackers…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of amendment No. 26 and seek time to speak in support. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 24, line 1, strike ``(CVN 80)''. The Acting…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of amendment No. 26 to provide cost-effective funding for the Navy's fourth Gerald R. Ford- class aircraft carrier, CVN-81. Let me be clear. Amendment No. 26 does not add any additional funding to the…

Mr. Chairman, it really is this compelling argument: Are we, as a nation, willing to make the commitment to ensure our future national security? Here is the deal: We are losing submarines at a breakneck pace because we are not building…

Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hultgren). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Posey) that the House suspend the rules and…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5346) to amend title 51, United States Code, to provide for licenses and experimental permits for space support vehicles, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on H.R. 5346, the bill now under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5346, the Commercial Space Support Vehicle Act, was largely developed with input from a Department of Transportation report on approaches for streamlining the…

Mr. Speaker, I once again want to thank the cosponsors on both sides of the aisle. This has been about a 9-year journey to make this much-needed change to our laws. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Senator Wyden has introduced legislation, with my support and others on the committee, to better ensure that people who are actually preparing tax returns know what they are doing.

Our deficit is already at enormous levels, and it is going to climb higher.

One of the ways we can actually reduce the deficit and increase revenues without raising any rates at all would be to actually fund the IRS.

I thought for somebody like him to come out of retirement at the age of 70 to take on a thankless, tough job like this, then he deserves our kudos, not our brickbats.

Mr. President, today, Justice Kennedy has announced he is retiring. I had some very strong disagreements with his rulings, especially on campaign finance reform, but I thank him for his service. He was a thoughtful Justice. I am very…