Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of this amendment to restore $24 million for Navy AIM-120 Delta AMRAAM procurement to match House-passed NDAA levels. When he rolled out the National Defense Strategy, Secretary Mattis was clear: ``Great…

Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $23,800,000)''. Page 22, line 18…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5905) to authorize basic research programs in the Department of Energy Office of Science for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 5905, the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5905, the Department of Energy Science and Innovation Act of 2018. This legislation authorizes the Department of Energy's Office of Science…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the distinguished doctor.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, by harnessing the strength of our national labs and investing in basic research, H.R. 5905 will help ensure Americans' leadership in science and technology. Mr. Speaker…

Mr. Speaker, this is great legislation. Again, I want to urge the adoption of this commonsense, bipartisan legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the…

I do want to raise a concern with H.R. 1697, which is that I basically think that the bill is written a bit too vague and it is too broad.

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 121, noes 301, not voting 6, as follows: [Roll No. 297]…

I support the bills that are before us but I just would like to focus especially on the Democratic Republic of Congo Democracy and Accountability Act.

I think it is a mistake to decrease relations with Serbia.

Wherever crimes are committed, wherever they happen in the world, especially against Americans, we ought to go get the outlaws.

I support all of these pieces of legislation before us, except the last one from Mr. Zeldin, and I have some questions.

I think we can only solve these problems if we have a relationship with countries, not if we break off relationships with these countries.

For that, I think it is quite understandable and quite proper that we move forward and speak on behalf of those Americans.

Mr. Chairman, I would like to commend both Mr. Courtney and Mr. Wittman for their tireless effort on the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee. As they have already stated, our Navy is being squeezed and desperately needs more ships…

I think that is an important point, strengthen democratic institutions--to develop stronger adherence to the rule of law, and to ensure respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.