Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember Jack O'Neill, a Santa Cruz resident, a cultural icon, and a surfing legend. Jack passed away last week at 94 years young. There has been a great amount of love for this man and a great amount of…

Mr. President, I am pleased to join Senator Grassley in introducing the Trafficking Victims' Protection Act of 2017. Last week, I met with a remarkable group of anti-trafficking stakeholders in Fresno, California, who reinforced what I…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the Affordable Health Insurance for the Middle Class Act, a common sense fix to improve affordability of health insurance on the individual market. I am pleased that Senators Hassan, Warren, Harris…

Mr. President, on rollcall vote No. 140, I voted yea. It was my intention to vote nay. Therefore, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to change my vote since it will not affect the outcome of the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I want to just reach out to my Republican friends on the Committee, especially from rural states.

I was proud to have a part in championing the 1500 residencies in the Choice Act during the conference committee phase.

Mr. Speaker, I was absent during rollcall votes No. 292, No. 293, and No. 294 due to my spouse's health situation in California. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on the Motion to Table the Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair. I…

Mr. Speaker, I was absent during rollcall votes No. 288, No. 289, No. 290, and No. 291 due to my spouse's health situation in California. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on the Motion on Ordering the Previous Question on the…

Mr. Speaker, on May 16, a group of peaceful protesters gathered at a public park outside the Turkish Ambassador's residence in northwest Washington, D.C. They came from a variety of backgrounds-- Armenian, Kurdish, Yazidi, and more--but…

I don't buy that at all. I don't think you can make an argument that we hold this president to a different ethical standard unless he's suggesting that the president is new to a high ethical standards or new to a commitment to be honest…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule and the underlying bill. The bill, in fact, does weaken critical screening of potential CBP officers, and our country actually should be working to increase the security relative to CBP. CBP is…

I think you can certainly make the case that he should have had a different response to Loretta Lynch. He should have had a different response to the president.

The fact the director of the FBI felt that he couldn't go to the attorney general because the attorney general was conflicted. That the president asked him to drop a criminal case against the National Security Advisor, that ought to take…

Mr. Speaker, I think this is a good solution to the dilemma that faces us. We do have a hiring deficit in the Border Patrol, but we cannot give up on the need to fully vet these people. The independent inspector said that the polygraphs…

Mr. Speaker, I do not at all question the intentions of the proponents of this bill. I understand that the entire rationale is to expedite hiring because of the vast number of vacancies. I do, however, question the wisdom of this approach…

An Afghan veteran who had classified information that he admitted he had taken out of theater. An Army officer who would meet the criteria who admitted that he had removed classified information from Iraq. A police officer who admitted…

I agree. I think that Dir. Comey should have said, Mr. President, that's not an appropriate request, I can't do that.

To me as a former prosecutor that says this is someone conscious that what he is about to do is wrong.