Mr. Speaker, you know what you would do. You would step to the floor of this House and you would make sure every single day you fought to get help for your community. One of the first votes I cast when I came here was to help the victims…

I thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings) for yielding and for all of his advocacy on behalf of the people of my community and, also, of the many forgotten people across the country. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the…

For 40 years, the Hyde amendment has been used to deny a woman coverage for abortion just because she is poor;

Because of the lack of funds, she is crippled from making one of most critical health decision she could ever make, a personal decision best made by her and her doctor and not politicians.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for organizing this event this morning, and I wish to also say that the 1956 Hungarian Revolution was a breakpoint historical event that marked a turning point in the cold war. It took great courage by…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to engage in a colloquy with my very able colleague from Florida, Congressman Dennis Ross. And perhaps as we begin, we can welcome into our midst the very able Ambassador from Hungary to the United States, Ms. Reka…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate Minnesota's very own Anoka-Ramsey Community College, which has recently been named one of the top 10 community colleges in the United States. This placement has made Anoka-Ramsey Community College a…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate Joy and Matthew Molitor, from Minnesota's Sixth District, who received an Angels in Adoption Award this year. The Molitors' adoption story began in 2011. While on a trip to Haiti, they decided to adopt two…

Mr. Speaker, September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. It is time to bring awareness to this heartless disease and to the demands and challenges of the families affected. Childhood cancer is an especially important topic in our…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Hormel Foods CEO Jeffrey Ettinger on his upcoming retirement. Hormel is a recognized Minnesota leader in food processing. The company started in Austin, Minnesota, in 1891 and is best known for giving us…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) for yielding. And I do wish to say hello to our good friend from Hungary, Ambassador Szemerkenyi. I am grateful, quite frankly, to have this opportunity, Mr. Speaker, as I rise…

Mr. Chairman, I would just note that the chairman's bill and my amendment don't prohibit cash payments to a lot of countries around the world. It restricts cash payments to only a few countries around the world and those countries that are…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 11, after line 21, add the following: SEC. 10. PROHIBITION ON CASH PAYMENTS TO STATE SPONSORS…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I want to take a moment and thank Chairman Royce for all of his work on this commonsense bill. But I have to say I am a little bit shocked that Chairman Royce has to…

Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to recognize the service of an extraordinary retired high school world history teacher, Mr. John Yee, whom I had 44 years ago when I was a student at Central High School in Aurora, Colorado. Mr. John Yee was a…

Mr. Speaker, this week, world leaders are gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, and throughout this whole process we are reminded yet again of just how broken the U.N. system really is. Nowhere is this more evident…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in celebration of the 25th anniversary of one of Florida's most beautiful communities, the Village of Key Biscayne. Incorporated in 1991, this majestic barrier island paradise is located between the Atlantic Ocean…

I thank the gentleman from New York, my good friend, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in reluctant opposition not to the legislation-- because I am a cosponsor of it and I think it is a very good bill and I think it is an important…