I thank the gentlewoman for her leadership and her friendship. Thank you so much, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty. Next, Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to yield to the gentleman from Texas, Congressman Ted Poe. Judge Poe has been a longstanding…

I thank the gentlewoman from New Hampshire for her leadership and her friendship on so many matters that we come together. Mr. Speaker, it is now my pleasure to introduce the gentlewoman from Tennessee, Representative Diane Black. She was…

I thank Congressman Walker for his leadership, and congratulations on your first piece of legislation--it is so very important--that you will be bringing forward tomorrow. Mr. Speaker, it has been a pleasure for me to cosponsor with the…

Thank you, Judge Poe, for your tremendous leadership in this area and so many others dealing with victims' rights. It is now my pleasure to recognize the gentlewoman from New Hampshire, Representative Ann Kuster. Representative Kuster has…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership on this issue. I also want to thank Judge Poe, who has fought this fight for so very many years. It is marvelous to have seen in the 113th Congress five pieces of legislation on…

Mr. President, I rise to support this amendment, cosponsored by Senator Inhofe, the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee; by Senator Capito, the new chair of the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. This…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his leadership on this very, very important issue. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of life. Today is a very joyous and hopeful day on what is a very sad anniversary. Today is…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be allowed to speak for 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I thought last night, as the majority whip just mentioned, that the President once again showed his sense of why the majority in the Congress and the majority of people in the country support the Keystone XL Pipeline. It is…

I appreciate and thank the gentleman for yielding and for hosting this very important Special Order today and for his lifetime of service in protecting the rights of the unborn, those who have no voice. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support…

On rollcall No. 32 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Schock The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by…

Mr. President, first of all, this is the first opportunity I have had to follow our new President pro tempore of the Senate on the floor. He was just elected yesterday. I have spoken on the floor at times when he has been in other…

I thank my friend for his leadership and his comments. The Presiding Officer and I are looking at legislation we looked at last year where the Senate would simply have to stand up on rules and regulations that have an impact on the economy…

Madam President, I want to talk a little bit about regulation today. We end this Congress failing once again for the Congress to take more responsibility for regulation. Items such as the REINS Act, which I have sponsored with Senator Paul…

I thank Chairman Hensarling and Chairman Neugebauer for their tireless work on this important issue, and I tell my colleagues that while TRIA is an important program, it is also in need of reform. This bill that we are considering today…

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for yielding the time and the gentleman from Vermont for his always kind and compassionate words about our fallen heroes and these great opportunities that we have to represent them and give living…

I appreciate my friend and colleague from North Carolina for yielding me this time, and the gentleman from Vermont also for his tremendous support and commitment to honoring our fallen heroes. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in honor of a great…

I thank the chairman for bringing this legislation to the floor. Mr. Speaker, President Obama, just last week, made the action and said, ``Change the law,'' on immigration granting amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. The President…