Mr. Speaker, on March 1, 2016, I was detained in my district and missed the two rollcall votes of the day. Had I been present, I would have voted: ``Aye''--rollcall No. 103--H.R. 136--To designate the facility of the United States Postal…

In his January 2016 report, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction observed that, 'the Taliban now controls more territory than at any time since 2001.'

A few weeks ago General Campbell testified before this committee that that Afghan leaders are 'skeptical we will continue to be there' beyond the end of 2016.

Mr. Speaker, in honor of Women's History Month, I want to recognize a remarkable woman from south Florida, my friend, Rosemary Barkett. Rosemary is an inspiring, humble woman with a joyous spirit and passion for justice who has devoted her…

President Obama's plan to draw down to 5,500 troops by the end of 2016 from the 9,800 service members in Afghanistan now, would leave the United States with 'a very limited ability' to conduct its counterterrorism operations.

I appreciate you citing concerns about maintaining our technological edge and evolution of unconventional warfare.

Mr. Speaker, today is a different subject than I usually discuss in the course of these Special Order hours. Normally we come down here and we talk about how we are going to create jobs, how we are going to make better opportunities for…

I mean, here we have a Federal agency, a program that is totally dedicated to registering and controlling firearms, yet they don't even know how many they have.

Mr. Speaker, last Wednesday The Post and Courier, under the leadership of publisher Pamela Browning and editorial page editor Charles Rowe, editorialized: President Barack Obama has asked Congress to agree to close the prison at Guantanamo…

I just want to recognize that the U.N. just passed the toughest sanctions against North Korea in 20 years.

I totally agree with Senator Cardin vis-a-vis Venezuela, which this committee has had actions on.

sometimes we turn to sanctions as a peaceful tool of international efforts.

Because of what we have done here in Congress, you are not allowed as a consumer to make a phone call unless the government is able to find out where you are.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his comments. This is an American problem. It is not a Republican problem or a Democratic problem. It is a bipartisan debt that we all created, and it is going to take bipartisan…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for his thoughtful input, his training, and his expertise. This is the kind of expertise that we need to rely on here in this body. Next, as Congressman Brat talked about the laboratories of democracy…

This breeds mistrust when you don't trust Congress, and we are trusted with many other secrets of national importance.

Mr. Speaker, I was trained as an engineer. In my engineering training, we were taught that, before you can solve a problem, you have to identify and define the problem. If you solve the wrong problem, you accomplish very little. I serve on…

I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the subject of this Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…