Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I just want to point out that the United Nations has called this heartless act of separating children from their parents as ``unlawful . . . and a serious violation of the…

I think the American people should take some relief in that.

it's hard to read some of the texts that are exchanged be some between some of these FBI officials and not realize there's enormous political animus taking place there.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Let me thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for his leadership and for his concern for what has been a deadly journey for many Americans. As I close, I would like to share just a moment…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this is, again, a topic that is impacting so many Americans. I recall the CARA Act that the Judiciary Committee passed out some 2 years ago, a miraculous piece of…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to close. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman for his explanation of the CREEPER bill. As I stated, it is disgusting, but, more importantly, it harms our children. What we want…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, sex toys with children is disgusting, and I believe it is something that one would want simply to say pass a bill to cease and desist. But I would like to discuss H.R…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Correa from the great State of California for taking the time to really allow those of us who are in pain to express that pain. I know that my colleagues, each one of them--as we say sometimes in our religious…

Mr. Speaker, we are on the eve of Father's Day. Fathers and mothers, their greatest gift, in their minds, are their children. Their greatest loves are their children. The greatest willingness to sacrifice their lives are for their…

Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, I was unavoidably detained and was unable to make votes. Had I been present, I would have voted: ``Yea'' for rollcall 261, the Previous Question; ``yea'' for rollcall 262, on adoption of the…

They cannot afford escalating energy bills, especially when we are blessed with the energy resources that we have today.

I look at this as leveling the playing field for rural America and urban America.

Mr. Speaker, in America today, in every State, in too many families, there is a profound sense of pain, loss, and suffering caused by the horrendous opioid crisis. Unfortunately, my home State of Georgia is not immune to this growing…

The proposal, I think, goes against the free enterprise and limited government concept and would surely raise electricity rates and energy rates for consumers.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today yet again because Congress continues to do nothing as Americans die from the scourge of gun violence. It is just over 2 years from the tragedy at Pulse nightclub that claimed 49 lives and changed hundreds of lives…

It is sad that it took me too little time to find the names of 250 Americans killed by gun violence, sad because we could save lives but refuse to do so. We could save other families from enduring this trauma and pain if the majority could…

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 rise today to congratulate the Titusville Area Hospital on earning an achievement award from the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania for its outstanding efforts to improve healthcare in the Commonwealth of…