States are, by far, the best situated and equipped entities to manage wildlife within their borders.

It is inexcusable when continuous costly litigation is used to undermine a process Congress clearly spelled out.

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2285) to improve enforcement against trafficking in cultural property and prevent stolen or illicit cultural property from financing terrorist and criminal networks, and for…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in observance of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Sixteen thousand children in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer every year. Only one in five will survive. I have a very special constituent, Chase Ewoldt, of…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. In closing, Mr. Speaker, Congress has a chance to right a wrong in the law by passing this bill. We always say that, in the U.S., you are innocent until proven guilty, but the civil asset…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 2285 currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Keating) has done good work here and we are deeply appreciative, and I think all Americans are when they learn about what is in this piece of…

Mr. Speaker, I think our constituents are really heartened when they see both parties coming together to work on things of national importance. Without question, H.R. 2285 is in that category. It is a tool that we need to combat ISIS. I…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5523) to amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from carrying out seizures relating to a structuring transaction unless the property to…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 5523, currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this afternoon, the gentleman from New York and I are going to tell you a fascinating story. It is a story that when we tell it to our constituents at home, there is such…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Mr. Crowley for his work, his advocacy, and his willingness to make suggestions to improve this bill so we could enjoy unanimous support. We are in a very…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I think Mr. Crowley made a great point, and that is there is a great temptation when the Federal Government comes after you--I would imagine, a great temptation--to cower to the…

I would join my colleague, Bonnie Glaser, and say that I believe that the United States should join the U.N.

the United States should be more true to that policy and when appropriate, implement countermeasures, lawful countermeasures, against countries such as China

freedom of navigation is not just a American issue; it is a global, it is a multilateral issue

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, first, let me thank my good friend, my colleague from Illinois (Mr. Roskam), for his good work on this issue. Tenacity does pay off. The gentleman has really kept his…

This Administration has made a career or maybe history of basically ignoring whatever Congress wants to do in furtherance of its constitutional oversight responsibility.