Mr. President, let me say to Chairman Alexander, I certainly look forward to working with him over the next several months to come up with a package that makes certain we do everything we can to cure childhood illnesses, which otherwise…

Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, it goes without saying, to pick up on Senator Isakson's point, that there is nobody in this body who does not want to see cures as quickly as possible for the terrible diseases that are taking the…

Yes, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Massachusetts.

Reserving the right to object, Mr. President. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.

Congress appropriates the money. Don't you think we have a role in that?

Mr. Speaker, earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, lowered the travel warning for Zika in the Wynwood area to a cautionary travel guidance, which is consistent with the rest of the Miami-Dade County…

We have an obligation to Israel to make sure that they have a memorandum of understanding.

As a co-lead sponsor on Dodd-Frank a few years back, I was happy that the law elevated the attention needed to the municipal securities market by creating the Office of Municipal Securities at the SEC.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the efforts of my former staff member, Janelle Perez, and her partner, Monica Ruiz, in helping the School Liaison Program for Nicklaus Children's Hospital, located in my congressional district…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Miami Childrens Theater on its 20th anniversary as an invaluable education center for children and young adults in our south Florida community. I would like to recognize its outstanding…

The President recently issued his memorandum of understanding, and it is woefully weak.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida as it celebrates its 45th anniversary. From support groups to case management and medical services, the Epilepsy Foundation offers diverse programs and…

Mr. Chairman, can I bring a slightly different discussion and weave it back into the things that have been said here? Mechanically, we often have this conversation that if we had a more holistic understanding of the money that was going to…

Mr. Chairman, many of us have sat on the terrorism finance committee, and I appreciate Chairman Hensarling for allowing me to sit there. But the more you learn, the more you understand the levels of complication. We have this habit around…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the STAND for Ukraine Act. I'd like to thank my good friend and colleague Mr. Engel for introducing this legislation, which aims to solidify U.S. support for Ukraine's territorial integrity, under…

Mr. Chair, I rise today to support H.R. 5461, the ``Iranian Leadership Transparency Act,'' introduced by my colleague Bruce Poliquin. This bill will give the Iranian people some measure of the transparency they deserve--but have long been…

I think there is the basis for a bipartisan compromise here.

We can all agree that everyone who works hard and plays by the rules deserves to live out their golden years with dignity.