these programs, obviously, cost money and this current administration continues to repeatedly send to Congress requests for deep cuts

Madam Speaker, I thank Congressman Biggs for leading this tonight. Madam Speaker, the national debt is the single greatest threat to our national security. Since 1997, Congress has failed to do its job and balance the budget. Earlier this…

Yet the appointment of an individual who was criminally charged for lying to Congress seems to particularly be irresponsible.

Mr. Speaker, less than 2 weeks ago, after a failed attempt to establish consensus on border security funding, President Trump, a self-proclaimed master negotiator, failed to get a border wall that he originally said Mexico will pay for, so…

Violence and illicit trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean has become a more serious problem and I think that it deserves further attention from the U.S.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of action in the fight against gun violence. Congress is finally acting. Over the last decade, we have witnessed gun violence take the lives of innocent children in our schools, terrorize our neighborhoods…

Madam President, today, the House of Representatives will take up a motion to terminate the state of emergency proclaimed by President Trump. For many reasons, the measure should pass with bipartisan support. First, Members of both parties…

Madam President, before Congress went out of session 2 weeks ago, President Trump announced that he was declaring a national emergency to redirect funds to the construction of a border wall. It was a lawless act, a gross abuse of power…

Even the President himself, who is now declaring an emergency, halfway through his meandering speech proclaiming the emergency, said: ``I didn't need to do this . . . but I'd rather do it [build the wall] much faster.'' If there was ever a…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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 President, in a similar vein, on China, President Trump announced he would be delaying the imposition of higher tariffs on March 1, in the hopes of coming to a larger trade agreement. This is all well and good if the Trump…

Madam President, the President is on his way to Thailand for a second summit with Chairman Kim of North Korea. It is in all of our interests for the President to achieve a diplomatic resolution with North Korea that achieves a stable peace…

Finally--and this time it is finally, I say to my good friend from Nebraska--I turn the attention of my colleagues to a harrowing fact: We are vastly approaching the point where more people will have died from exposure to toxic chemicals…

Madam President, a word on today's vote on women's reproductive rights: The bill the Senate will vote on shortly is carefully crafted to target, intimidate, and shut down reproductive healthcare providers. Doctors across this…

I support $150 million for Second Chance Act.

Decisions made today will influence the evolution of our climate, yes.

If we can't agree that there is climate change, can we at least phrase it in this way: something is going on and we have to look at it.

It is important that the committee hold these types of hearings to gain a better understanding of the priorities and the work of the agencies that are under our jurisdiction.