In any given year, millions of tons of cargo move through the Port of Mobile and that number is continuing to grow.

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 325.

Some notion that this is Trump against the Democrats or something I think is completely wrong. We have to look at what are the underpinnings of why we got to where we were and I disagreed with his first ban. I thought it was too broad. I…

Remember the 9/11 hijackers, some of those were students who were here on student visas.

I should not be involved investigating a campaign I had a role in.

All of the rhetoric surrounding the emotion of what the president said six months or 12 months ago, if you like Trump or don't like Trump really should be irrelevant on the ruling. The national security parameters of this will, I think…

No. I don't believe I ever did.

I thank the gentleman for yielding time, and I am proud to rise in support of this strong, bipartisan legislation. Improving career and technical education programs is the most important thing Congress can do to help close the skills gap…

One of the main tenets all of you know of the recently released Treasury Department report regarding core principles for financial regulation is calling for Federal financial regulators to conduct cost-benefit analysis for all economically…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

I think everyone would agree with me when I say that, in the midst of the tragedy and horror last week, there are also special moments that brought us together and reminded us of what is really important. One was right here in this…

I thank Ranking Member Davis for yielding. I want to give a big thanks to my friend and colleague, Representative Karen Bass of California. She is a true champion for our foster youth. I was happy to participate in her Foster Youth Shadow…

I thank Ranking Member Davis for yielding me the time. At this time, I would like to engage in a colloquy with the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly). As we have discussed, H.R. 2866 requires HHS to identify reputable model licensing…

I thank Ranking Member Davis for yielding me the time. H.R. 2866, the Reducing Unnecessary Barriers for Relative Foster Parents Act, is a commonsense piece of legislation that has strong bipartisan support right here in the House. I want…

An overriding question probably in America right now, one of them: Are we going to be able to pass a healthcare bill?

Today we have an opportunity to send to the President's desk legislation bringing unprecedented accountability to the VA and badly needed protections for whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing. Mr. Speaker, as someone who has worked with…

I thank Congressman Walker for arranging this Special Order. Looking ahead, H.R. 850, the Agency Accountability Act, would be a game changer for government run amuck. In 2015, Federal agencies collected over $530 billion--that is billion…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding and allowing me to complete my remarks on this Special Order organized by Congressman Walker. As I was saying, if you recall the 2014 debate over funding for the Department of Homeland…