I really look forward to working with you and the committee on getting another WRDA in 2020.

I want to call your attention to a story that is tragic but also heartwarming and uplifting. Honorary Colonel River ``Oakley'' Nimmo of Camden, AR, passed away last month at the age of 5 after a protracted struggle with his enemy, a rare…

recently I met with members of the American Legion of Arkansas during their annual convention. This year they celebrated 100 years of helping veterans. I was honored to join them on this occasion and share how proud we are of their efforts…

tomorrow morning the Senate will vote on whether to disarm our troops as they face a growing campaign of Iranian aggression in the Middle East. Tomorrow morning the Senate will vote on whether to empower the Ayatollahs as they continue to…

I thank my friend from Oklahoma for leading in this discussion. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the question on consideration. We should be taking up the Senate-passed bill. It has already been mentioned that it passed 84-8. We don't…

I urge the Speaker to immediately schedule this important bill to protect innocent lives, and I urge my colleagues to join me in this. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is not recognized for debate. ____________________

This amendment is very straightforward. It ensures that $5 million within the Small Business Administration's entrepreneurial development program is spent in support of the Small Business Administration's Regional Innovation Clusters…

I am proud to work with my friend from northwest Arkansas on this important amendment. I appreciate my colleague's support. In just the 3 years since it has launched, the Conductor has served nearly 9,000 people through its free…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 101, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000)''. The…

I want to thank my friend, French Hill from Little Rock, for leading on this very important issue, and I rise in strong support of his amendment. I am a proud cosponsor of this important amendment that restores funding for the Regional…

Illegal immigration is bad. Period. We should be seeking to diminish one almost in its entirety as much as possible.

My colleagues across the aisle have called this hearing today to talk about the budgetary and economic impacts of immigration.

we definitely need some level of border security in order to protect the sovereignty of our country

I think Congress would be a lot better off if a criteria for being elected was to having been a mayor once upon a time.

First of all, we agree that we have a broken immigration system.

It is the height of arrogance and hypocrisy for those who sat here ignoring this problem for months on end.

I think there is plenty of political opportunities have been there for every administration.

This is not fair to our citizens and their sense of sovereignty. This is not fair to our rule of law.