It is a psychological fact of life that, when it comes to human beings, the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior, period, end of story. Psychologists who study human behavior agree that past behavior is a useful marker for…

It is my honor and privilege today to have with us to provide the opening prayer my pastor and good friend, Shane Hall, from Del City, Oklahoma. Although Shane was born in Brook, Indiana, he actually grew up in Burns Flat, Oklahoma. He is…

In the last couple of weeks, America has asked what is our strategy to defeat ISIS and what is the President's plan to prevent the spread of barbarism in Syria and Iraq? For all of our advancement in self-governance, the rule of law, and a…

Congress has a chance this week to turn the President's ``Pivot to Asia'' into a ``Pivot to America.'' The question is: Will we as Members listen to the people, or will we double down on a watered-down policy that has divided both the…

Congress has a chance this week to turn the President's pivot to Asia into a pivot to America. The question is: Will we listen to the American people, or will we double down on a watered-down policy that has divided both the Democratic and…

TPA, TPP, TTIP, WTO, GATT, fast track, to the American people, we have made the ability to understand trade relations with other nations nigh on impossible. Politicians, pundits, and prophetic economists are issuing clarion calls to free…

With trade deals on the horizon, President Obama has asked Congress to grant him trade promotional authority, also called fast track, to ``write the rules for the world's economy.'' This measure would allow the President to pass sweeping…

At his State of the Union Address, President Obama asked us in Congress to grant us fast-track Trade Promotion Authority, so he can ``write rules for the world's economy.'' I sat alarmed for America's future should we expand this…

I thank Congressman Lucas and my friends and colleagues. Mr. Speaker, on April 19, 1995, I was defending my country as an officer in the United States Army. We were preparing warriors to defend our country, never imagining that an attack…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, labor relations are vital to the smooth operation of business and commerce. In the culture of our Republic, Americans are raised to expect to have their say in everything from schoolroom…

For 200 years, we educated our children without Federal intrusion. During that time, we not only founded our Nation and strengthened it and held it together during a Civil War, we won two World Wars and put a man on the Moon. We did it…

As a combat veteran, we should never have to fight for something that we can so readily produce here. Why should we put competitors in leverage over our economy and give them dollars to use against us? We hear a lot of talk from…