Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this bill. I want to begin by thanking the chair and ranking member of the full committee for their leadership in getting this bill to the floor and their commitment to regular order. The bill before us…

Mr. Speaker, during one of my recent weekly talk radio townhalls, I spoke to a family member of a veteran who served aboard the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans during the Vietnam war. The Vietnam veteran, Richard Grant, from Fargo, advocates…

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber…

I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber…

Madam President, last Friday, America watched in horror as the news story broke of yet another school shooting, this time at Santa Fe High School in Texas. Eight students and two teachers were fatally shot. Thirteen victims were wounded in…

I thank the Chairman for yielding. And I want to say thank you to you all for being here today.

I am really grateful, a rare example but it's true that we worked together with Gerry Connolly and Steve Chabot, and that is that we are concerned about Russian aggression, beginning in Moldova.

Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5515, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2019. I appreciate Chairman Mac Thornberry achieving a bipartisan success in the committee with 60 ``yes'' votes and only 1 ``no'' vote. This…

What a fabulous positive celebration this was, and I was really grateful for the leadership of President Trump.

What can we do to encourage our allies to better defend themselves to promote peace through strength?

Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate River City Science Academy of Jacksonville, Florida, for winning the State championship in the Science Olympiad and for their excellent representation in the national competition that took place in Fort…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Officer Lance Whitaker, who was killed in the early morning hours on May 15, 2018, while responding to a police call for service. Officer Whitaker began his law enforcement career with the…

I applaud the efforts to move forward with more leverage on Iran by lifting the sanctions in a 90- to 180-day time frame.

I think President Obama had the right idea to do a surge in Afghanistan, but unfortunately, he pulled our forces out after 15 months, and that was a tragic mistake.

We don't do a very good job of that. Now, President Bush didn't do a very good job of it, President Obama didn't do a very good job of it, and I am hoping this President will see the need to do that.

They are clearly following Sheik Adnani's call to kill by whatever means necessary.

Many known terrorists are taking this path as well.

While I believe we are safer today, terror threats persist.