Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the 100th anniversary of the Kiwanis Club of Milwaukee. Over the past 100 years, the club and its members have served the families and children of Milwaukee through countless hours of service and…

Just the execution and enforcement, but the idea and the standards are good.

I appreciate your efforts to move forward on this and try to find a suitable answer to make sure that resources are cared, we want that, but also that personal choices and personal liberty and the opportunity for doing something with your…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize a remarkable couple, Matt and Sheryl Mohr from Hudson, as Angels in Adoption from Michigan's Seventh Congressional District. I had the privilege of visiting with Matt and Sheryl yesterday, and their…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, and its executive director, Jill Jedlicka, winner of the Thiess International Riverprize awarded by the International River Foundation. As Buffalo's industrial economy…

Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from which I am going to read some excerpts. This includes a letter that we are sending to Majority Leader McConnell and Minority Leader Reid in the Senate. Let me read a few excerpts from…

Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership in bringing this bill to the floor. Mr. Chairman, back in June of 2015, President Obama said: ``It is United States policy to deny hostage-takers the benefits…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize October 2016 as American Pharmacists Month. During the month of October, we recognize the pharmacists across America who work each day to guarantee that Americans have access to important and often…

Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, September 22, 2016 I was absent due to personal reasons and missed votes. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: Rollcall No. 542 on ordering the previous question--``Aye.'' Rollcall No. 543 adoption…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the University of Georgia as well as its impressive students, faculty, and staff. On September 12, the U.S. News and World Report ranked UGA the eighteenth best university in America. This is…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the remarkable life of Jack Davis, a beloved and brilliant cartoonist from St. Simons Island. Mr. Davis' passion for cartoons began at the age of 12 when he read his first cartoon magazine. As his…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mr. Matt Kuchar of St. Simons Island, Georgia. Mr. Kuchar competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics and won a bronze medal in the men's individual golf competition. He completed his fantastic Olympic week…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank my good friend from Texas. He is always gracious and has always been a wonderful partner in this enterprise. In closing, the United States Government must come into the 21st…

Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this legislation, which is not a product of bipartisan collaboration as is the tradition of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The facts of this case are simple. Unfortunately, they have been muddied by…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 6004, the Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2016. Let me also thank my good friend and coauthor of this bill, Mr. Hurd of Texas, for his…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today and ask you to consider where we were before the Affordable Care Act: premiums were rising three times faster than wages, eating up much more of Americans' hard-earned paychecks; millions more families were…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This bill approves a water rights settlement agreement that would resolve nearly five decades of litigation. That is a great thing. The 2015 settlement between the United States and…

Mr. Speaker, Robert Emmet was an Irishman who was inspired by our hard-fought independence in this country, and he wanted the same for his native land. I think this bill is a wonderful thing for Ireland and a wonderful thing for Irish…