small businesses truly are the backbone of our economy.

if you don't want to call this socialism, I suppose you can call it something else, central planning, Marxism, neo-Marxism

There is a lot of skepticism and cynicism regarding decisions that are made because of your lobbying work, so I encourage you to release the documents so the Committee can fulfill our constitutional responsibility of determining whether or…

So, sir, do you understand how cynical people are about decisions made under your leadership, given your previous lobbying work for Dow, the maker of these pesticides, and who opposed the ban that Interior reversed?

Madam President, Secretary of State Pompeo will meet with Vladimir Putin tomorrow, and there is something important he must do. The Mueller report, for all its revelations about the President's conduct, also reminded us of things we know…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Ernst). Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the chairwoman of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.

Madam Chair, I yield the gentlewoman from New York an additional 2 minutes. {time} 0945

Mr. Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum), the chair of the Interior Subcommittee. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of this funding package today. I am pleased that, within the Interior…

Madam Chair, it is time to stop playing games and provide assistance to all Americans, no matter whether you lost your home to a wildfire in the West, farmland to flooding in the Midwest, or your entire community to a hurricane in Puerto…

Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Last year, we watched hurricanes pummel Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas; wildfires burn large swaths of the West; and typhoons strike territories in the Pacific. In addition to…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 2157. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Dean). Is there objection to the…

Madam Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) the chairwoman of the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price), the chairman of the Transportation Subcommittee.

Madam Chair, I rise in strong support of my friend from Colorado's amendment which would increase funding to improve NOAA's weather forecasting abilities. This is an issue that we have to deal with. This is an issue that has to be dealt…

Madam Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez), the chairwoman of the Small Business Committee.

Madam Speaker, just 1 year ago, we learned of the Trump administration's cruel separation family policy. Separating immigrant children from their family is a violation of basic human rights and a betrayal of our values as a nation. In the…

Madam President, on Tuesday afternoon, our country suffered another shooting--this time in Highlands Ranch, CO. It was the second shooting of the week following a weekend where at least 19 people were shot in Baltimore, 16 in St. Louis…