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Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. I want to urge my colleagues to support H.R. 4841. It is an excellent piece of bipartisan work that certainly speaks to the heart of Article I power, which is oversight over the…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to close. Madam Speaker, again, I want to thank my friend from Ohio for her work on this bill, for calling attention to it and for suggesting that it is a great sense of partnership…
Mr. Speaker, today I rise with my friend John Boozman, former Member of this House and now a Senator from Arkansas, to welcome today's guest chaplain, my dear friend, Rabbi Barry Block of Congregation B'nai Israel in Little Rock, Arkansas…
Mr. Speaker, as a terror state, Iran is no friend of the United States or our allies. For three decades, Iran has been a leading state sponsor of terrorism and an eager empire builder. Its history of money laundering, terrorism, and murder…
Madam President, this holiday season, the ancient darkness of anti-Semitism cast a shadow over New York City during Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. The New York Police Department recorded at least nine separate attacks against Jews--more…
We too look forward to working towards a successful 2020 WRDA. We look forward to working with you and working for our country to do legislation that is vitally important to the infrastructure of our country.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to the thousands of Vietnam war veterans who served our country but are unable to receive the VA benefits they earned and were promised. When Mr. Bill Rhodes from Mena, Arkansas, first reached…
The Corps of Engineers constructs projects critical to the Nation for the purposes of navigation, flood control, shoreline protection, hydroelectric power, recreation, environmental protection, restoration and enhancement, and fish and…
Mr. President, I rise today to recognize members of the Greatest Generation who courageously helped to defeat the German Army at the Battle of the Bulge and who dealt a critical blow to the Nazi regime. On this day 75 years ago, American…
Mr. Speaker, Turkey's leader has threatened to shut down Incirlik Air Base in retaliation for possible U.S. sanctions related to the Syrian border incursion and the House's acknowledgment of the Armenian genocide a century ago. What a sad…
Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the USMCA, and I want to congratulate my friends, Mr. Brady from Texas and Mr. Neal, for their leadership in the House Ways and Means Committee. It is a great victory for their hard work and…
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for giving me this moment. Mr. Speaker, years from now, history books will tell of this day. It will tell of a purely partisan effort to remove the President of the United States, an effort not built on a…
Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Fleischmann).
Mr. Speaker, I again commend the gentleman from Tennessee for his work on this bill. The Trail of Tears passes through my district in Arkansas. Again, this is a long-overdue bill. I urge passage of it in the House, and I urge our friends…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. During debate on this legislation in committee, a number of our Members expressed concerns on the merits of the settlement achieved under S. 216. Ultimately, this bill authorizes a…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 722, the Miracle Mountain Designation Act. This bill would designate a mountain near Elk Ridge, Utah, as Miracle Mountain to recognize…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this bill will help ensure that certain Columbia River Tribes have meaningful access to usual and accustomed fishing areas and related fishing facilities as established…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is a relatively small Tribe located in the Great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina. The Tribe was opposed to the construction…