Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 1217, the bipartisan expanded background checks legislation, to honor the memory of Donald Stoney Boatman, a victim of gun violence who never received a moment of action on the House…

Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the remarkable accomplishments of the U.S. Chess Olympiad team. Widely considered to be the pinnacle of international chess, Chess Olympiad is a biennial competition organized by the World Chess…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 1076, the bipartisan no fly, no buy legislation, to honor the memory of Officer Michael Krol, a victim of gun violence who never received a moment of action on the House floor. The…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 1076, the bipartisan no fly, no buy legislation, to honor the memory of Paula Nino, age 20, of Houston, Texas, a tragic victim of gun violence who never received a moment of action on…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize Chessy Prout, a courageous young woman who has shown tremendous bravery and resolve in the wake of a tragic and disturbing act that no one should ever have to face. Chessy was sexually assaulted by an…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 1217, the bipartisan close-the-loophole-on-background checks legislation, to honor the memory of Jeffrey Adams, a victim of gun violence who never received a moment of action on the…

Mr. Speaker, I want to talk for a moment about Rob McCann. Rob came to our office in Maine a year ago as a fellow with the House Wounded Warrior Program. Just as he served our country in countless combat missions in Afghanistan, Rob is now…

Mr. Speaker, I was proud to join our Nation's great civil rights leader, John Lewis, and so many of our outstanding colleagues that have spoken out on the issue of gun violence when we had our historic sit-in in the House in June. Our…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to represent the concerns of Kentucky's Sixth Congressional District's business, education, and nonprofit leaders who will be negatively impacted by the Department of Labor's final rule on overtime pay. These new…

I think Nicaragua does. You are a diplomat. I am a politician.

They need to go back, reread their founding documents, reread their charter and come to a meeting of the minds on what they exist for.

I think we are approaching a point where the OAS is becoming less effective because they continue to kind of deviate or water down their traditional stances.

Such actions suggest flagrant disrespect by the Ortega Government for commonly accepted principles of government-to-government relations.

I want to applaud the efforts of Representatives Wasserman Schultz and Ros-Lehtinen for highlighting the U.S. congressional concerns about the events in Venezuela and Nicaragua.

For the record, Chairwoman Ros-Lehtinen was a great chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. She was very fair to me when I was a freshman member.

I was proud to work with my good friend from Florida, Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen and our Chairman Duncan, among several other colleagues from both sides of the aisle to introduce and pass H.R. 5708, the Nicaragua Investment Conditionality…

What we are seeing... is just some things that we may not agree with going on with free and fair elections.

I think if a country is a recipient of the money from the U.S. taxpayers for economic assistance... these countries ought to be a little more friendly to the United States.