Celia Israel: “May I ask how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.”

Today and this week we will debate the national defense authorization. This is part of our most fundamental obligation as Members of Congress, to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. However, there is a…

I thank the distinguished gentleman and my friend. More than anything, I want to thank him for his leadership in being able to bring people on both sides of this aisle together on the commonsense notion that, if you can't buy a plane…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 7, strike lines 3 through 7, and insert the following: ``SEC. 3024. EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS…

We have such an array of public health and science emergencies: we have Zika; we have Ebola; we have public health emergencies; we have pandemics, epidemics. Now is the time for us to recruit the best and the brightest in the scientific…