I thank the gentleman. The gentleman just acknowledged that I have no social life, but that is fine. I want to talk a little bit about healthcare. Here is a fact that my Democratic colleagues were desperately trying to keep from the…

we are going to have to adequately fund the Department of Homeland Security instead of continually reaching into DOD to subsidize that department.

in my State we don't have-- our farmers struggle oftentimes with finding affordable healthcare.

the ACA has not only helped us in making sure that insurance companies can no longer discriminate against Americans for preexisting conditions, but it also decreased the cost of being sick while black.

isn't it true that by decreasing the subsidies, which was one of the ways that my colleagues across the aisle sabotaged the ACA, it only exacerbates the problem?

we have talked a lot today about the last 12 to 13 years where we have been repeatedly sending Reserve and Guard and Active Duty troops down there, it has been going on since the Alamo and every decade in between, we have used DOD assets…

just a few months ago, we stood here on the Senate floor celebrating the progress we had made together in the appropriations process, as Senator Leahy has just alluded to. I believe we are all tired of lurching from crisis to crisis amid…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to speak in opposition to the majority's temporary funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. However, our crisis that we are at at this point and at our…

I thank Ranking Member Granger for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies--the subcommittee of which I am privileged to be the ranking member in the 116th Congress--oversees a diverse…

I rise this morning to speak in opposition yet again to this Democrat offer for a continuing resolution. As has been said, this resolution today goes through February 28, and I am not sure why our colleagues on the other side of the aisle…

I thank the ranking member. I originally had intended to offer my support for this disaster supplemental package, especially as it relates to agricultural and rural development. But because of the actions of our colleagues on the other…

45 years ago this month, the Supreme Court of the United States offered its infamous Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion on demand in this country. While many abortion activists celebrate this anniversary as a victory for…

I thank the gentlewoman for the time. Madam Speaker, I think we all agree that the American people expect this legislative body to deliver solutions to the difficult challenges that face our Nation each and every day. As a longtime member…

I thank Ranking Member Calvert for yielding and for his leadership on this bill that we passed back in December. Unfortunately, as you know, I am rising, Madam Speaker, in opposition of H.R. 266. What we have before us today, however, is…

This motion to recommit restores a House priority that had overwhelming support when we put together the FY 2019 Agriculture bill during the last Congress. As I mentioned in my opening statement, our House bill last year placed a high…

I am, in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Aderholt moves to recommit the bill H.R. 265 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report…

I thank the gentlewoman and my friend as well for holding this Special Order tonight. I agree with the comments my colleagues have made here on the floor this evening. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to underscore the severity of the…

At this time I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Granger), the new ranking member of the Appropriations Committee.