Secretary DeVos, your Budget request does not reflect the reality in classrooms across the country, and if enacted would cause structural damage to communities across the nation.

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 596, the Crimea Annexation Non- recognition Act, as amended, currently…

The Trump administration would do well to take a page out of the oath that doctors take, their first principle, which is 'do no harm.'

This Budget relies on anecdotal evidence and false concepts that you call choice and freedom.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, in closing, let me say that we need to take a strong stand against Vladimir Putin and his aggressive behavior in Eastern Europe. This legislation would reaffirm in…

Madam Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly), the author of this bill and a very valued member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

You are responsible for the care of thousands of unaccompanied children who continue to stream across our southern border.

Your budget would cut funding for CDC's immunization activities by $78,000,000.

Your budget would slash funding for CDC's Center for Chronic Disease Prevention by a whopping $237,000,000.

Non-defense discretionary programs play a variety of roles in supporting and enhancing our national security by contributing directly to health, education, and development of our youngest generation.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I thank this bill's author, who is a valuable member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Connolly from Virginia. Madam Speaker, I also thank the gentleman…

the President's Budget guiding principle, one that bolsters military spending while sharply cutting funding in education and training, while claiming that we simply cannot afford it, is an argument that I wholeheartedly reject, and I am…

71 percent of young Americans cannot qualify for military service because they are, too poorly educated, medically or physically unfit, or have a disqualifying record of crime or drug abuse.

I continue to oppose your indefensible silence which leaves the door open to states using Federal dollars to arm teachers versus current law.

I oppose military intervention in Venezuela.

Congress never contemplated that the SSAE grants would be used for the purchase of firearms.

President Trump often depicts the NATO partnership as some kind of one-way street where the United States bears inordinate cost with little benefit, and that is just not true.

Since before he even came into office, President Trump has taken opportunities to denigrate our allies and undermine NATO.