Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania. There is no one to whom he can take a back seat in terms of his freshman term for his engagement and involvement. He has made the most eloquent statements on the floor…

There is incredible excitement in the potential for commercial development in space.

I want to thank the Committee Members for all the hard work they did on the Blue Water Navy.

I think that is a huge thing you are doing.

Representative Velazquez has called for Congress to commission a study on the health impacts of deteriorating building conditions for public housing residents.

As Dr. Yergin noted earlier in his testimony not only this time but previously, there is indeed an abundance of natural gas located in the Marcellus and Utica shale gases in West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and it's estimated that…

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Rhode Island for his kind words about this bill and for the bipartisanship that pervades our committee. It is a model, I think, that, Congress- wide, we could use more of. The…

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Katko) that the House suspend the rules and…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. To use an old saying that I like to use, TSA seems to be engaged in the practice of polishing the brass while the fire bell is ringing; and the fire bell is, indeed, ringing with the bad…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5081) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish within the Transportation Security Administration the Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee, and…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 5081, the Surface Transportation Security and Technology Accountability Act of 2018. America's transportation sector has long been, and…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5730) to require testing and evaluation of advanced transportation security screening technologies related to the mission of the Transportation Security Administration, and…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 5730, the Transportation Security Technology Innovation Reform Act of 2018. This legislation represents a culmination of years of…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. First of all, I want to thank my colleague from Rhode Island for his comments in support of this bill as well, and shepherding it through the process here today on the floor. I will…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5766) to improve the security of public areas of transportation facilities, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5766, the Securing Public Areas of Transportation Facilities Act of 2018. This legislation will improve security coordination among…

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Rhode Island for supporting this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, my time on the Homeland Security Committee over the past 3\1/2\ years has been a true testament to bipartisanship: trying to get the right things done, putting aside political differences to keep the country as safe and secure…