Zika is another example demonstrating the need for greater preparedness.

Madam Speaker, again, I will say that naming this post office in honor of a true public servant and a young man who grew up in the area, a young man who ultimately sacrificed his life to make sure that other people would be safe, who…

Madam Speaker, I am honored to stand here today in support of a bill to designate the Marrero, Louisiana, post office for Lionel Collins, Sr. We will name a number of post offices today, and I just want to state why it is important to me…

Syria and much of Iraq face two great evils. ISIS is well known to everyone in this room.

That extremist Shi'ite alliance is, I believe, even more dangerous than ISIS since they include two state actors and a nuclear program.

If we are going to defeat ISIS we're going to need to reach a settlement in Syria that does not cause Sunni Muslims to believe that they will be oppressed by this Assad regime as they have been in the past.

I think this resolution means to say that we've determined that Christians and Yezidis are subject to genocide.

There are those who say we should just fight ISIS and be in alliance with Assad to do so. I think that would be a road to defeat.

Assad is only interested in maintaining a grip on power regardless of how much and whose blood is spilt.

The biggest threat to this bright future is no longer OPEC or any other outside menace.

If you want to be a great Nation, you are going to have to have a well-educated people.

I think it would be great if you and Professor West could come here to Congress and teach a couple of those classes.

The First Amendment is fundamental to the freedom of the United States. Nothing more fundamental than that.

We have to do whatever we can to protect the First Amendment on university campuses.

Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 103, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' ____________________

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 104, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' personal explanation

And so where we are now, we don't have the capacity and you're asking Congress for help because we just don't have the capacity to handle this.

Mr. Speaker, the Department of Transportation has announced its eighth round of grants will be awarded under the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, program. TIGER grants are awarded on a competitive basis to…