I want to add my appreciation for your leadership in proposing an expansive loan rule aperture.

These regulations and restrictions, I think they are well intended by the other side, but they are hurting the people that need these investment startup dollars.

Mr. Speaker, as I speak, the Trump Republicans wrestle another child from the arms of a refugee parent at our southern border, but I still rise today to honor World Refugee Day. Every year, thousands of refugees journey to the United…

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate Mr. Pallone's courtesy in permitting me to speak on this bill. I respect his efforts, and I respect a number of his concerns. But I do think that the work that we have done with Mr. Mullin, with the committee, and…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to highlight the recently designated opportunity zones in North Carolina's Fifth District. Last month, the U.S. Treasury approved 22 opportunity zones in North Carolina's Fifth District as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs…

Mr. President, I thank Senator Merkley from Oregon for his leadership and my other colleagues who are coming to the floor this evening. Like so many people across the country, I have been deeply affected by what is happening on our…

Mr. Chairman, 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 6, line 19, strike ``and''. Page 6, line 23, strike the period at the end and insert ``…

Mr. Chairman, this legislation requires States to submit a report on the number of patients served for opioid use disorder at institutions for mental diseases, their length of stay, and the care they received after they were discharged. My…

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the comments of both of my colleagues. This is an effort to make sure that, as we take on this epidemic, whatever path we may take, we do so in a way that gets us the best information we can to determine whether…

Madam Speaker, you can hear the babies crying. When I went to the south Texas processing center, places where they were holding children, you could see the cages. You could hear and feel the warmth of Roger that was 9 months old who I held…

Mr. Speaker, America is listening to the pain of so many of the Members, my colleagues, as we have experienced the devastation of watching families torn apart from their babies, their toddlers, their young children. I spent my Sunday and…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am thrilled to be able to join my sisters on Team Congress for the 10th annual Congressional Women's Softball Game tonight. Many of you know that our game started in 2009…

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I rise today to offer my amendment that finally addresses a longstanding and discriminatory gap in coverage and expands treatment options for those suffering from addiction…

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: In section 2, strike ``individuals with opioid use disorders'' and insert ``individuals with…

Mr. Chairman, before I close, I want to, in a most sincere and humble way, thank Chairman Walden for his outstanding leadership on this matter, and for his breadth of understanding of the difficulties that my constituents have as a result…

Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as to how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Mr. Speaker, today, June 20, 2018, I was absent during the first vote series due to official business. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 272, ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 273, and ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 274…

In my opinion, all the years I worked in health care, I don't--the personnel, the people who work in the systems are the most important.