I have to confess something here: I am an addict. I have been told that our office is one of the 10 top users of CRS.

I think it has really taken off and it gives our veterans a chance to feel like they are really appreciated.

If we are going to not allow anybody else to have weapons in this Capitol, you certainly shouldn't allow Members to have them.

There was no response.

I think this is going to generate another research question for CRS, the question being why can't we use private donations for restoration projects here in the Capitol.

I am a pro-energy, pro-growth congressman from the pro-growth, pro-energy city of Houston, Texas.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank once again Ms. Grace Meng for bringing this important issue to the attention of the Energy and Commerce Committee. I would urge all Members to support this legislation. I yield back the balance of my time.

I introduced H.R. 4126, the Guantanamo Transfer Prevention Act, which among other things would prevent the President from unilaterally ceding the base back to the Cuban government without the advice and consent of Congress.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of H.R. 4401, the Amplifying Local Efforts to Root Out Terror Act, or the ALERT Act, of 2016. Mr. Speaker, this is the latest in a series of efforts by this Congress…

Recently, the Castro government demanded that in order for normalization to continue between Cuba and the United States, the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base must be transferred back to Cuba.

While there appears to be no consensus on whether the President can modify the agreement alone, Congress is empowered to alter that statute by the statute the effect of the underlying 1934 treaty.

It is such a strategic place in the Caribbean and a national security interest.

Today I would like to speak to you about a transfer of property and detainees from Guantanamo Bay Naval Station.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. In closing, I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his leadership on this. With regard to the gentleman from Washington State (Mr. Reichert), I was a district attorney for 12 years…

There is a little bit of a moral hazard dimension here in that you can imagine people saying, well, I don't necessarily want to step in now and be the guinea pig if it doesn't look like structurally the system is actually going to get…

It is not helped by the fact that people don't really understand this product.

I want to thank the panel. This is a fascinating and sobering topic.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the…