Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the Bipartisan Policy Center for the establishment of the Congressional Patriot Award and naming Sam Johnson and John Lewis as its first recipients. I can think of no two people who are more deserving…

Mr. President, on December 2, 2015, 14 innocent souls in San Bernardino were gunned down in a violent act of terrorism, and it involved one of these, an iPhone. This item has become ubiquitous, and a lot of us carry them around in our…

I also want to acknowledge and thank the chairman for mentioning the contribution to civilian medicine that our armed services have made.

Do you think we are going to see some differences as well in terms of, you know, really acknowledging the life balance issues that our men and women need in order to stay in the service and to be able to engage for the long haul?

I feel like we have asked the same question many different ways, but we really feel a responsibility to help and get this right.

we also know that a number of our military providers also moonlight for training.

Nothing that we have to tell you, medical readiness is the foundation for which the military services' medical systems are built.

This hearing should afford us the opportunity to hear a variety of perspectives on medical readiness.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 2406, the Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of 2015, or the SHARE Act. The SHARE Act has 13 important provisions that will work to expand opportunities for sportsmen and…

Madam Chair, I rise today in support of H.R. 2406, the Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of 2015, or the SHARE Act. This legislation is vital in ensuring that Federal agencies like the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau…

I am going to ask you to do something that is kind of difficult.

Mr. Speaker, the United States is blessed with nearly 30 percent of the world's coal reserves--more than twice that of the nearest coal reserve country, Russia, and three times as much as China. Colorado is America's 10th leading coal…

We haven't had the cost-benefit analysis of looking at whether it's better to lease than purchase.

I would love to operate any company and have the government subsidize my capital cost.

I look forward to examining today what specific steps we can take to enhance the President's efforts to ensure the Federal fleet is as cost-effective and fuel-efficient as possible.

Well, that's a, again, unfortunate but, again, something we have to pay attention to.

sounds like we need to do a little bit better job of driver training at Amtrak.

They could have purchased new for 295,000. They did a 44-month commercial lease and paid 422,000?