I thank the chairman for his leadership on this bill. There have been a lot of accusations about what is in this bill and the content. The fact of the matter is, what is being quoted is simply not in the bill. It says that it would deprive…

19 August 2015, and I quote the President of the United States: I made sure that the United States reserved its right to maintain and enforce existing sanctions and even to deploy new sanctions to address those continuing concerns, which…

It was New Year's Eve in Blanchard, Oklahoma. Eighteen-year-old mother Sarah McKinley, alone with her 3- month-old son, heard a ruckus at the door. Two men were outside trying to break it down. Grabbing her baby and barricading the door…

Will and Ariel Durant, perhaps the most renowned recorders of the history of mankind, wrote shortly after their landmark 40-year multivolume work was completed: ``Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each…

I thank the gentleman from Tennessee. Really this whole matter and discussion is pretty simple: Article I, section 8, Congress shall have the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States and with the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title III of division A, insert the following: SEC. __. STREETCAR FUNDING PROHIBITION…

No research supports clear economic growth, according to the Congressional Research Service. While there may be other factors--usually with heavy government subsidies--that also contribute to this growth, it does not have any delineation…

Streetcars, also known as trollies, are mass transit vehicles that operate on rail lines embedded in normal roadways, often drawing electrical power from overhead structures. From 2009 to 2014, the Department of Transportation awarded $432…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oklahoma has 30 seconds remaining.

I thank the gentlewoman from Missouri for all of her hard work on the Armed Services Committee. Mr. Speaker, I served my country 21 years in the Infantry in the United States Army and have deployed operationally to Kosovo, Kuwait…

I thank the Congresswoman. Mr. Speaker, it is a serious issue that our Nation faces when we imagine the sacrifice that our veterans make only to see them become casualties in a battle with the mind. Those of us who have borne the burden of…

This measure is to memorialize the service of Bob Kalsu by designating the post office in Del City, Oklahoma, to carry his name. Bob was born as James Robert Kalsu and attended Del City High School in Del City, Oklahoma, my alma mater and…