we choose to stay at our positions, and we choose that because we care, we truly care about the veterans and our patients and their families.

It seems to me crazy that these--that the potential wrongdoers are the ones that ultimately are making the decision as to what happens with the whistleblowers?

The New York Police Department would investigate this allegation, but the statute of limitations has expired.

Madam Speaker, our neighbors and low-income households pay three times more as a share of their income on energy bills than those in higher income strata. The fiscal year 2020 Energy and Water appropriations bill marks an important step to…

Mr. Speaker, June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, and I rise today to share with this Chamber the impact that Alzheimer's disease has had on this country and my family. Today, 5.8 million Americans live with brain disease. I have…

Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. Mr. Chair, I recognize what my friends from Maine are attempting to do to help an important industry in their State, but I must oppose them in favor of supporting the…

Mr. Chair, I rise as the designee of Chairwoman Lowey, and I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in strong support of this amendment. The Commerce Department has not answered basic questions related to the purpose behind its sharing agreement with the Department of Homeland…

Mr. Chair, I rise to support the amendment. When, in March, the Justice Department broke with the principle that its core mission should be to defend, not sabotage, the law of the land, it went too far. The White House is entitled to push…

Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. Amendment No. 65 Offered by Mr. Crow The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 65 printed in part B of House Report 116-119.

Mr. Chair, I rise in very strong support of the gentlewoman's amendment. The zero-tolerance experiment has been a tragic mistake. It has swamped U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Marshals, and district courts with low level nonviolent cases previously…

Mr. Chair, I rise in strong support of my colleague from the Bronx's amendment. Opioids are a serious threat to the health and well-being of our communities, and we must do everything we can to combat this epidemic. Within the Department…

Mr. Chair, I rise to support the amendment. My colleague sends an important message by calling attention to the misuse and overuse of solitary confinement in Federal correction and detention. In 2016, the National Institute of Justice…

The Federal judiciary is the pillar of our Nation's government, an institution nearly synonymous with upholding the rule of law.

We should ask whether there needs to be greater transparency with respect to information regarding the Federal judiciary.

Mr. Chair, I think in that common spirit and our desire to make sure that we address the opioid epidemic, just as the epidemic is exploding, so should our commitment to address this problem. This amendment is supported by the NAACP, the…

Congress has an interest in ensuring that this hard-earned reputation is maintained.

I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and will do equal right to the poor and the rich, and will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me, according to the…