Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Tsongas).

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Kilmer), also a member of the subcommittee.

Mr. Chair, I certainly appreciate my colleague from New York suggesting that he is very much in favor of the balance between conservation and supporting our commercial fishermen. Being from the State of Maine, we certainly look at both of…

Mr. Chair, I am very happy to support this amendment, and I want to thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding time and for his commitment to this issue and the preservation of the Endangered Species Act. There are many of us in…

Just as a race car can't run on a dirt road, you cannot run a bullet train on 100-year-old tracks.

I really believe that investing in our transportation infrastructure creates jobs, generates investments, and it is very unfortunate that since taking control of Congress, the majority has refused to provide any additional funds through…

Your numbers are bullshit.

Nobody on this side is talking about disarmament. We are talking about let us be wise, let us be smart, and let us recognize that there are limits.

There are many disadvantages to American businesses with respect to China's market barriers, its impediments to competition, lack of transparency, state monopolies, government subsidies, currency manipulation, discriminatory industrial…

The burden is disproportionately put on private companies to be the prosecutor of violations of international agreements.

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today in support of my amendment. My amendment would bar implementation of a Federal court decision issued on March 29, 2016, that stopped implementation of the 2014 U.S. Fish…

I'd also like to extend my appreciation to Mr. Gibson for their work.

I thank the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support H.R. 5119, the No 2H2O from Iran Act. It is now clear that a glaring side effect of the disastrous nuclear deal with Iran is that it incentivizes Iran to…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the World War I Centennial Commission. The United States entered World War I in 1917. More than 4 million Americans served in the Great War, including 350,000 African Americans and the first woman ever to…

To me it is a win-win situation.

But I will say that what we see in this country with these acts in San Bernardino and Fort Hood is radical Islamic jihad, radical Islamic terrorism.

I don't believe that we can throw Charleston into the same mix. I believe that was a law enforcement issue.