Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division C (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the…

Mr. Chairman, I rise today to offer an amendment to protect the coastlines of Florida from the scourge of offshore oil drilling. I am proud to say that this amendment, as we will see this morning from my colleagues' comments, has strong…

Mr. Chair, before I yield the remaining time to Mr. Rutherford from Jacksonville, I include in the Record this letter from the Florida delegation opposing offshore oil drilling that was sent to Secretary Bernhardt. Congress of the United…

I think, obviously, the safety of our judges is of paramount importance.

Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, who was recently elected the new Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America. Archbishop Elpidophoros was born in Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey, in 1967. Since…

Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague from south Florida for, as was mentioned earlier, having the courage to stand up for our State and protect it from the scourge of drilling. I have to tell you, just last November, Mr. Chair, 69 percent of…

Madam Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 8 o'clock and 26 minutes p.m.), the House adjourned until tomorrow, Friday, June 21, 2019, at 9 a.m. ____________________

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Staff Sergeant Clifford Chester Sims. Sergeant Sims made the ultimate sacrifice for our country during the Vietnam war. Sergeant Sims was born in Port St. Joe, Florida, and orphaned at a young…

I've never met this person in my life adding shame on those who make up false stories of assault to try to get publicity for themselves or sell a book or carry out some sort of political agenda.

All should condemn false accusations and any actual assault in the strongest possible terms.

I'm not looking for war and if there is there will be obliteration like you've never seen before. And I'm not looking to do that. But you can't have a nuclear weapon. You want to talk, good. Otherwise, you're going to have a bad economy…

You'll find out.

If they have information, I think I'd take it.

I think you might want to listen. There isn't anything wrong with listening.

Justice must be served. I am grateful to support this measure as original co-sponsor and appreciate that Chairman Deutch has highlighted this case.

The ongoing situation in Burma is beyond belief. The massive human rights abuses and unthinkable violence against ethnic Rohingya civilians in Burma are reprehensible.

Because that has been brought up to my attention, but I can show you the fraud on the food stamps out of Jacksonville.

It likely would be a campaign law violation to receive information from a foreign government, but that's not the point. The point is it's wrong, it's immoral, and it's contrary to U.S. national security interests. And for a sitting…