I appreciate the work that you are all doing. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, S. 2109, the Directing Dollars to Disaster Relief Act of 2015, requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to develop a plan to control and reduce its…

I was disappointed to learn that this recommendation, along with a prior lumber determination by the Department of Energy, was made without consultation with the USDA.

Thank you, Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here, and I also want to quickly thank you for your help in working with us on lean meats as it related to the Dietary Guidelines.

When is the United States Government--when are we going to fight back as it relates to domestic supports that are provided in other countries?

Contrary to popular opinion, we are spending less than 1 percent of our Federal budget on foreign aid, including health programs.

Senator Warren was making a very persuasive and passionate case for the need for robust domestic funding to try to get ahead of these crises.

I think a lot of people in this country take for granted the public health infrastructure that exists nationally and at the local level.

The takeaway from the massive infusion of money that we put into Ebola is not that that is a failsafe way to attack these epidemics...

we want to help people in far off lands, but we are really doing it as part and parcel of our national security strategy

Mr. President, I rise today first to praise and echo the words of the senior Senator from Vermont, our ranking member on Judiciary, in urging our Republican colleagues to give a fair and full consideration of a Supreme Court nominee. I…

I take very seriously job loss.

I hope, reach a favorable decision to help New Mexico's dairy producers, given our dairy loss related to the huge snowstorm.

if we think about regulatory issue and job loss, there is no question that the most significant impact was the regulatory failure that led to the Great Recession.

I haven't gotten any Federal support to deal with that, and the state support is gone.

I want to work with every stakeholder and every policymaker to make sure that New Mexico gets what it needs to end this persistent poverty in our rural and frontier areas.

In Ohio, we have an aggressive problem with the emerald ash borer.

The source of fires in our neighborhood is mostly fireplaces.