I rise tonight to speak about important legislation that was included in the National Defense Authorization Act tonight and something that will help us fight the scourge of illicit fentanyl in the United States of America. An urgent public…

I thank the gentleman from Arkansas for letting me be part of this conversation today. Madam Speaker, as you understand, I rise in support of S.J. Res. 24, which is an effort to disapprove the endangered listing of the northern long-eared…

Victim privacy is a paramount concern, but choosing not to disclose to Congress the existence of the investigation and purposely hiding it from any reporting mechanism is shameful, to say the least.

To all the victims that never saw justice and went unheard for years, we hear you and feel your pain.

Improving the acquisition program requires investing more into the Coast Guard so that they can bolster their oversight.

Thank you, Chair Webster, for holding this important oversight hearing.

we all share the view that oversight of our assistance to Ukraine and any other nation is critical to make sure it is used appropriately and effectively. That is why we continue to increase our support for the existing permanent IGs and…

last week, we saw an important step to recognize the legacy of our nuclear weapons program and live up to our obligations to the people and communities still touched by that work. And, no, I am not talking about a movie. The new release…

For-profit schools are notorious for abusing taxpayer funds and peddling ineffective degree programs.

I think it is important to protect students and taxpayers.

relied on the ERTC to keep the lights on and our workers on payroll. While ERTC refunds took almost a year for many restaurant operators to receive, it was incredibly important to help sustain operators during mandatory shutdown orders and…

A degree can be the key to economic mobility for low-and middle-income families, but years of systemic discrimination has made it harder for black and Latino students to afford tuition.

For-profit colleges are aggressively marketing specifically to low-income black and Latino students, and on average for-profits spend $400.00 per student on commercials compared to public colleges spending just $14.00 per student.

For-profits are clearly aware that their programs fail low-income black and Latino students, but they are aggressively marketing to them because they want the Federal student aid dollars, which is really disturbing.

This is not a long-term solution and generates environmental contamination concerns.

In Illinois, 54 percent of the energy that we use to power our State is nuclear-generated electricity.

However, nuclear power does create waste. And currently, we do not have a central location for the country's nuclear waste to be stored and disposed of.

As somebody who lives in rural Washington, the importance of supporting our rural entrepreneurs is an issue close to my heart and vital to our economic prosperity.