To the surprise of no one on this committee, it only took until the second day of the so-called ceasefire in Syria before Vladimir Putin resumed his airstrikes in support of the murderous Assad regime.

Logic compels us to assume the risk of attacks on the United States of America or European countries is significantly increased.

The echo system in which we are considering nonproliferation concerns me, in the sense that we, again, have separate lanes between agencies.

It is very important as you know to families across America and it is in our national interest to strengthen long-term care across the spectrum from home and community-based care to skilled nursing.

We can all agree that the rising cost of the baby boomers coming into long-term care need situation is going to be untenable and unacceptable.

I wanted to recommend one to my colleagues. Congressman Gregg Harper, my Republican colleague, and I are cosponsoring H.R. 3009.

This seems like a front company for a process to avoid public scrutiny.

The reason I really recommend it to you is it passed the Senate.

I wanted to congratulate you and wish you my best for what I am sure will be a swift confirmation for Central Command.

I think your example of rapid prototyping and getting the best and brightest minds from industry, from tech companies, from academia is a great model.

I believe that it is critical for the public and the emergency responders' safety that they have all the information, the resources, and equipment in place to respond to an incident quickly and effectively.

Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 102 on Feb 29, 2016, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''

We would welcome an opportunity to work with you on a long-term solution on abandoned mine lands...

the FBI needs a new facility.

For the people of Pennsylvania, especially those in my district, the problem of abandoned mines is one that we have lived with for decades.

I look forward to continuing to work with you toward that laudable goal.

I have introduced my own legislation to close loopholes in the coal royalties program to provide more funds for AML cleanup.

I find it interesting that yesterday at 4:00 p.m. your agency sent me 143 pages of crap.