It is truly an honor to represent not only the many veterans within our association, but all of our Nation's veterans and their families, who have made such large sacrifices to protect our way of life.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the chairman and Mr. Salmon for letting me speak in support of this resolution. I have worked very closely over the last several years with the Embassy of Japan. I was honored, for example, to host the…

In a great example of interservice support and bipartisanship, he joined forces with Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard...

Thank you, Chairman Coats and Ranking Member Maloney, for hosting the hearing today on the national debt, and to our panelists, thank you very much for your testimony and for being here.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas. Texas is a State that has very little Federal land. And the fact that he took the reins as subcommittee chairman for the Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and has taken…

I am very concerned about the risk of nuclear war between India and Pakistan.

Pakistan actually has the ultimate responsibility for its dangerous nuclear policies, but the United States played a role.

But it was in response to a policy that we put on the books. Is that correct?

the administration has sought to further water down our nonproliferation policy by admitting India to the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give an update from home. I represent south Louisiana. A few weeks ago, we had a rainfall event that has been categorized as a 1,000-year storm. Mr. Speaker, in some areas of south Louisiana we received 31…

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 481, I was detained discussing flood recovery efforts in Louisiana. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''

These weapons are meant to make it easier for Pakistan's military to pull the nuclear trigger.

Mr. Speaker, for the last 2 weeks, many across our Nation have been preparing the children for school. They have been preparing to end their summer vacation. In our home State of Louisiana, nearly 500,000 of our citizens have been affected…

Well, let me just stop you right there.

They said they would do it.

That is a very alarming statement in your testimony.

I am concerned that this may be a part of the strategy that is being employed by my colleagues on the opposite side of the aisle to discredit the President of the United States of America.

Mr. Speaker, as we recognize the 50th anniversary of the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library in the borough of Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, we also acknowledge the legacy of United States Senator Joseph R. Grundy, who established…