Somebody has got to lead. This Country leads.

I would also like to enter into the record the fact that the Koch Brothers representing the fossil fuel industry will spend hundreds of millions of dollars on this campaign trying to defeat Democrats.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1671, which would designate the U.S. postal facility located at 6937 Village Parkway in Dublin, California, as the James ``Jim'' Kohnen Post Office. I thank the Chair and the ranking member for…

It's important that we take time today and in the weeks and months ahead to diligently, and thoroughly, and dispassionately examine the details surrounding the exchange of several high-value prisoners from the detention facility at…

So, it makes sense then that we do everything we can to secure the release of every American prisoner of war.

We should never lose sight of the long-held American tradition that we'll do everything possible to secure the release of an American service member.

I urge Members to oppose the administration's proposal to morph the Homeland Security Grant Program into an all-hazards grant.

We cannot ignore the information sharing between Federal, State, and local authorities needs strengthening.

I cannot support any grant reform proposal until I am convinced that it would provide the support necessary to maintain terrorism preparedness capabilities.

Ms. Magsamen, do you have thoughts on the consequences of an AUMF repeal?

But clearly, inside that country, there is a crippling fear that the withdrawal of U.S. forces and the diminution of aid that you referenced in your initial testimony is going to have a pretty catastrophic effect on the economy.

What are your thoughts on what a repeal of the AUMF would do for our capabilities and necessities inside Afghanistan over the next several years?

Well, I think that was my biggest concern and maybe Mr. Williamson, you can comment on your report, but it appeared to me that you didn't have effective data and you weren't able to use it in a timely or even rational way to determine…

I would appreciate that.

Would you please provide that to this committee, the draft protocol?

I want to ask you, Ms. Barra, what are you doing, not just to change the structure and put these safety programs together and so on, but to change the culture of the company so that the company rewards people reporting problems, not…

the company failed to inform customers and federal regulators of the deadly problem

we are still trying to unravel the facts that led to one of the worst automated tragedies of the last decade