I would like to commend you on what I think is a--one of the most productive hearings we have had.

I appreciate your patriotism, but I think we all do it for our country. But our men and women in the military, as well as the civilian workforce that supports our national security deserve to have good benefits.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, tens of thousands of Americans are dying each year due to opioid abuse. What started as an epidemic of prescription drug abuse has led into a resurgence in heroin addiction…

Mr. Speaker, I have no further witnesses. I reserve the balance of my time to close.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Barr), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Ross), my friend and the vice chairman of the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the rule and the underlying legislation. This rule provides for consideration of three bills intended to give our country more necessary tools to tackle the opioid crisis. The three bills this rule…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 934 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 934 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak out for the millions of American families who have been impacted by the opioid epidemic. Every day we hear another story of parents who have lost their child to a heroin overdose or of young children who…

Will you commit today to retain assessment areas with a local geographical focus under the Community Reinvestment Act?

Mr. Speaker, this week, the House is voting on bills meant to address the opioid crisis, a crisis facing communities across the country. This crisis deserves our full attention and bipartisan action. Mr. Speaker, 115 people die every day…

In my State of Maryland, in Baltimore, a case was brought against Wells Fargo back in 2011 for pricing discrimination.

Mr. President, I want to start by thanking my colleague, the Senator from Arkansas, for his longtime leadership on a range of important national security issues, including his attention and focus on the threat posed by Huawei and ZTE…

I look forward to following up.

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, Senator Cotton from Arkansas and I were just on the floor these past 15 minutes explaining why this bipartisan provision is in the managers' amendment to the bill. It is because of the threats…

Let me tell you, I will make sure, along with national leading civil rights groups, that you understand that there is discrimination in our society in this regard, and that you do not water down what limited protections already exist.

Mr. President, if I may, I just want to emphasize that final point made by the Senator from Arkansas, which is that it is going to be very important that we keep this provision in the Defense authorization bill as it winds its way through…

And there was since a recommendation based on a 2013 study from outside peer groups recommending a separation;