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Is there a disconnect here? And how do you translate this to the general public?

Let us note that he is turning Turkey into what was an acceptable level of democracy into a country that is being turned over to the worst type of Islamist terrorist dictatorship that exists in the world.

Our primary enemy in this war are radical Islamist terrorists who murder innocent people.

He is not welcome in the United States if he is going to think that he can attack Americans for expressing their opinion and their opposition to his policies.

Mr. Speaker, it is a great honor today to introduce to the House our guest chaplain, Becky Tirabassi, co-pastor of the Viewpoint Church in Newport Beach, California. Becky became a licensed pastor in 2014, when she and her husband, Dr…

Neil helped us greatly to know the lay of the land. He said this is where we have problems. This is where we can come together. I hope, I do not ruin his career by thanking him.

Mr. Speaker, today I rise because 3 short years ago, the Isla Vista community in my district was rocked by an act of tragic and senseless gun violence. A young man took the lives of 6 UCSB students and injured 14 others. That day families…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Four years ago, I stood on the House floor and condemned the online bullying of U.S. Marine Corps servicewomen on Facebook. These web pages contained obscene and abusive pictures, and…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Tsongas).

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Frankel), my good friend and colleague, and the co-chair of the bipartisan Women's Caucus.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New Hampshire (Ms. Kuster), the chair of the Bipartisan Task Force to End Sexual Violence.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to my colleague from California (Mrs. Davis), the ranking member on the Democratic side of the Armed Services Committee.

Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and, in so doing, I also want to make the point that our commitment to making sure that our armed services have the cohesion and readiness to serve requires us to take action on this bill. Mr. Speaker…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2473, the Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2017. I thank Ranking Member Jackson Lee, Chairman Goodlatte, and also Representative Ann Wagner of Missouri for her leadership in combating trafficking…

Reclaiming our abandoned hardrock mines would be even more expensive, with an estimated cost of anywhere from $20 to $54 billion.

That is why two of our members on our committee, Representative Paul Mitchell and Representative Jared Polis, introduced the College Transparency Act last week.

Our data infrastructure has not evolved with the changing student demographics, and it simply is not equipped to do so.