It is in the U.S. interest to negotiate these agreements.

The basic protection of human rights should always be at the table in U.S. negotiations.

Why are we interested in making this type of information available to a country that abuses the rights of its own citizens?

It would be my intention, when we consider a 123 agreement on Vietnam, to move a parallel resolution on human rights.

Mr. Speaker, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall 31 on the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 2642, ``The Farm Bill.'' This conference report has made great improvements in reducing the draconian cuts to the SNAP program proposed in…

Mr. President, today I come to the floor to recognize an important anniversary. Five years ago today, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Act into law. This important law has kept courthouse doors open to allow women to address pay…

I thank my friend. By the way, it doesn't just help those struggling families. The Congressional Budget Office says it helps all of us--it helps the small businesses and merchants in our communities--because, if those struggling families…

I thank my friend. Madam Speaker, what we are seeing here is an abuse of process. We have one rule governing a bill that is an assault on women's health care rights, combined with the same rule for a 900-page farm bill that was filed at…

I think we've got to get a constitutional ruling on this as quickly as possible.

Do you feel that there's an urgency around that and we should review those original legislation, even as a starting point for negotiation?

Do you think Congress needs to pass legislation in this area?

I think the American people are entitled to knowing that, and I think the men and women who work at NSA need to know that.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And I hope that our witnesses can shed some light on the many lies that you allege have been told.

This is, without a doubt, a historic achievement.

If we repeal the law today, it would increase our deficit by more than 1.5 trillion--not billion--trillion dollars.

No person or group has maliciously accessed personally identifiable information on the HealthCare.gov Web site.

I thank the chairman of the Health Subcommittee. Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge a ``no'' vote on H.R. 3362, which, I think, is really just designed to harass the Department of Health and Human Services as it is trying to do its job in…

The Senator from New Hampshire is very generous with her remarks, and I want to respond by saying a few things. First of all, the way the Senator speaks about New Hampshire is the way I also speak about Maryland. When people think about…