Republicans must do whatever we can to reduce unchecked and inappropriate spending and I believe we have an exciting opportunity ahead of us to submit a fiscally responsible federal budget to the American people.

It is time for the Pentagon to make permanent reductions in a thoughtful manner that will result in a more efficient civilian workforce.

The Obama administration dragged their heels. I don't know what this administration is going to do.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my continued disappointment with President Trump's anti-immigrant stance, especially based on his joint session remarks last night. I admit I was very honored to attend my first joint session as a…

I hope today the Budget Committee will continue to look to RSC's budget proposals for policy ideas as you begin drafting the fiscal year 2018 budget.

Mr. Speaker, 100 years ago next month, on April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson stood in this Chamber and asked Congress to declare war on Germany. While the proximate cause for America's entry into World War I was Germany's campaign of…

Mr. Chairman, I rise to suppose the ESEA title I protection amendment. We all know education, at its core, is a civil rights issue. We have a responsibility to ensure that every student has access to a world- class education, and this is…

Mr. Chairman, I rise to protect student loan borrowers. Protecting our young people should be a priority for every single Member of this Chamber. A major way that we are able to defend our students is through the safeguards that are at…

let's just look at military sexual trauma.

Mr. Speaker, this morning, the President is being lauded for a speech that stayed on message and was optimistic. Those accolades would be deserved if his actions bore any resemblance to his words. But, instead, we were subjected to a…

Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of millions of students and graduates in this country that are struggling to finance their higher education and pay off student loans. Yesterday I invited Izeah Garcia to the President's address. Izeah is an…

If you had the Members of Congress, who, when they left office under whatever circumstances, had a similar ranking of honorable, general, or less-than-honorable, a lot of Members would leave with less-than-honorable discharges because of…

I would like to see it standardized because I think for our military service members, they should all be treated the same.

I really want us to think about whether or not we should create a mechanism within these boards that will allow individuals to come back subsequently, after a period of years, make the case for their good behavior and potentially have…

Fifty percent grants in the Army and 11 percent grants in the Navy.

It would seem to me that there would be great benefit for standard policies to be put in place that would, you know, guide your decision making.

So not that you can extract anything from conversations, and that is why we would like to look at the cases themselves.

Mr. Chairman, I thank the ranking member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, a great leader in our Congress, and someone who I admire greatly. The only thing clever about this bill is the title. Everything else about this…