Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the legislation, H.R. 5932, which I introduced recently, and I was fortunate to have the Speaker's assistance on this, my friend from Missouri…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5003. I thank the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Dean) for introducing this legislation. Our servicemembers put their lives on the line for…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of H.R. 4351. This bipartisan legislation would require localities to analyze the artificial barriers that local zoning requirements create that hinder the…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5931, as I say, is a good example of both sides in this House working together for a worthy purpose. I support the bill. I urge all my colleagues to support it, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor an American icon and celebrated Arkansan, John Harold Johnson. Born in Arkansas City, Arkansas, in 1918, Mr. Johnson persevered through poverty and graduated high school with honors before attending the…

Mr. Speaker, 96 airstrikes, eight cluster bomb attacks, 231 artillery and missile attacks--that is what the people in Idlib, Syria, experienced yesterday from the forces of the brutal dictator Assad and his Russian protector, Putin. These…

I have to question the point of the exercise today.

Although the Copts have been victims of numerous terrorist attacks by groups like ISIS, what is more disturbing to me are the attacks against Copts carried out by their fellow Egyptians.

I want to thank you for including language in fiscal year 2020 in the committee report regarding efforts to ensure religious freedom and tolerance for Christian communities in Egypt.

My interest in making this request comes from our work on House Resolution H. Res. 49, Supporting Coptic Christians in Egypt.

Well, Chairwoman Lowey, thank you for your years of service to our Congress and to the American people.

The deficit will be over $1 trillion--that is with a T.

Mandatory spending accounts for 70 percent of the federal budget.

The report language I intend to request would require the Department of State to report to Congress on the steps that the Egyptian government is taking to ensure proper treatment and justice for Christians communities in their country.

I look forward to working with my fellow colleagues to develop and pass this important legislation over the next several months.

But let us never believe that the freedom of religion imposes on any of us some responsibility to run from our convictions. Let us instead respect one another's space, fight to the death to preserve the right of every American to practice…

Our fiscal trajectory, it is not sustainable.

If indeed the goal of the first bill, which is to end all leasing, were to come into fruition, or at least allow litigation to make sure that the rest of it is stopped at some point, it will have the net effect of destroying Western…