I thank Ms. Sinema and Mr. Fitzpatrick for their fine work on this piece of legislation, which basically is a commonsense piece of legislation to help a lot of our small, biotech companies to be able to do a better job of managing their…

Mr. President, we have looked at the proposal. I think we have reached an agreement on the proposal that takes this issue up through September of next year. I think now is the time to move forward. I urge my colleagues to vote for the…

In closing, I just want to say that NGA chose St. Louis because the location best supports the agency's mission. The superiority of the urban setting is ideal for recruiting and retaining a highly skilled workforce. When focusing on the…

Mr. President, this is an important issue that is being discussed on the floor. I join Senator Blumenthal certainly in my commitment to do whatever we can to extend more choice to veterans. I believe there are less than a handful of issues…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 4, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $801,000) (increased by $801,000)''. The CHAIR. Pursuant to House…

I thank Chairman Dent for letting me offer this very important amendment. I thank my colleagues from the entire Missouri delegation--Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Graves, Ms. Hartzler, Mr. Long, Mr. Luetkemeyer, and Mr. Smith--for their…

I reserve the balance of my time. The CHAIR. Does any Member claim time in opposition?

Mr. President, I want to talk about the amendment I have offered with Senator Murray and Senator Mikulski and Senator Cochran. The chairman and the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee have joined in that amendment, as have…

Mr. President, the administration's nuclear agreement has left the region nervous, has left the world less stable, and has left our colleagues in the Senate who voted for it unwilling to vote on anything else about Iran. I think we are…

Mr. President, today I want to talk about the Obama administration's nuclear agreement with Iran and the many ways the agreement has failed to rein in Iranian hostile behavior over the course of the last year. Over the last week, I thought…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Nuclear Agreement With Iran

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Nurturing and Supporting Healthy Babies Act, which will improve care for babies who are so sadly suffering from exposure to opioids while in their mother's…

I thank the chairman for his leadership and for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of a resolution to stop the Department of Labor from attacking Americans' savings. Mr. Speaker, investing in the future and saving…

Mr. President, what I came to talk about today is a bill we did pass a couple of weeks ago. As we get ready for police week early in May--I think the week of the 9th of May--there are people we want to recognize and do recognize and do…

Mr. President, I came to the floor today to talk about another issue, and I will talk about the issue I had scheduled to talk about earlier this week. But in regard to the issue of Zika, it does need to be dealt with. It is being dealt…

Mr. President, as I conclude, one other thing I want to mention is Silver Star Service Banner Day. I thank my colleagues for unanimously passing a resolution I submitted with Senator McCaskill last week to designate May 1 as Silver Star…

I thank Representative Chabot of Ohio for introducing this bipartisan piece of legislation as well as my colleagues on the Financial Services Committee, Congressman Hurt of Virginia and Congresswoman Sinema of Arizona, for sponsoring the…

Mr. President, today I wish to honor a man who has served faithfully for 27 years in the U.S. Air Force, with the vast majority of that service in the Missouri Air National Guard. It is a big loss, but Col. Michael Francis is scheduled to…