The Obama mistake of underestimating ISIL as JV (junior varsity).

Over the weekend, the President promised that, as we defeat ISIL, there will be no more mistakes. I look forward to working with you to avoid his mistakes.

Madam Speaker, as someone who was born and raised in south Florida, I know Miami thrives on investment exports and economic development provided by the Export-Import Bank facilities--the Ex-Im Bank. This organization will lose its…

105. That is the number of individuals that will take their life today: 105.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak on behalf of something that I am for, and that is the chairman's amendment as he has presented it. Madam Speaker, I think that for so many of us who represent men and women in uniform who comprise our…

Madam Speaker, this week the House will vote on loosely related bits of campaign fodder bundled together and labeled a ``jobs'' bill. But if we really want to help American workers and boost our economy, let's take a vote to increase the…

ISIL has to be attacked in Syria because the sanctuary, the base of operations, base of training is on the Syrian side of that border.

This isn't just our fight.

We need a robust response from the air, giving the Kurdish Peshmerga and many Iraqi units the backing they need to confront ISIL.

I would like to thank our witnesses today, as their testimonies will allow us to determine the needs of Holocaust survivors.

I believe that we can't ignore the threat from ISIL and because, I believe, that the strategy that the President has proposed is probably the best option that is available to us at this time.

This cannot be seen as the United States against Sunni Muslims.

I announce that the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coons). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The…

Mr. President, today, I want to talk about an incredible champion of America's railroads. James A. Stem, Jr., has been a tireless advocate for the men and women who keep our Nation's railroads operating for nearly 50 years. He has done…

I think, in part, because it defies his narrative that he campaigned on that he was going to end these wars.

In my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the President to again send a big American land Army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should have his head examined, as General McArthur so delicately put it.

I think that is probably one of the best decisions I have seen made.

It is their fight. And we can provide assistance and capabilities and air strikes.